Graduate Certificate in Economic Education

University of Nebraska at Omaha

The graduate certificate in economic education is to assist high school instructors who teach economics to obtain the 18 graduate credit hours needed to teach economics as a dual enrollment course. The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) requires that teachers must have at least 18 graduate credit hours in a given subject to teach classes that can be considered dual-enrollment. The graduate certificate is designed to expand high school teachers’ economics knowledge both in theory and practice so they can deliver high quality classes at the college-level.The field is a method of studying humans using models and data it is not a series of facts about the economy to memorize. While economics includes the study of what people buy and how products are produced, the field is far more expansive.Economics can be applied to numerous fields including art, education, law, medicine, psychology, sociology, and urban studies. Economics is the foundational science on which all business fields are built. Regardless of your passion, economics can help you understand it.

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