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Program Overview

  • Duration

    1 Year (Self-Paced) Program

    Can be done in 6 months

  • Total Courses

    14

  • Total Credit Hours

    84 Hours

MIU's Economics Program equips students with an intricate understanding of the economy's operational framework and fiscal dynamics. Pupils master the delicate balance of economic theories, policy scrutiny, and advanced quantitative practices, gearing up for influential roles in the spheres of economics, fiscal management, scholarly research, and governmental strategizing.

Social Science Basics And Analytical Skills:

At MIU, the program is structured to provide a comprehensive grounding in the essential pillars of business, encompassing accounting, marketing, finance, management, and organizational behavior. This foundational curriculum provides students with a holistic grasp of business mechanics and operations.

Community Engagement and Fieldwork:

At MIU, the emphasis on experiential learning within the College of Social Sciences is paramount. Students immerse themselves in practical research projects and community involvement, bridging the gap between classroom concepts and societal application. Such direct engagement not only sharpens their analytical and empirical abilities but also deepens their understanding of societal dynamics.

Cultural Diversity And International Social Issues:

Dedicated to fostering an inclusive understanding of global cultures and social challenges, the College of Social Sciences at MIU incorporates a worldly view into its curriculum. Students are encouraged to dissect and comprehend social patterns from a multinational perspective. Our study abroad options, coupled with global research initiatives and collaborations with international social scientists, equip students with a comprehensive worldview of the social sciences discipline.

Introduction to Political Science

Political Science course offers an unbiased and thorough introduction to basic concepts and theories of political science. Major theories expose you to many ways of thinking. Emphasizing both U.S. and comparative politics, will provide you with a solid foundation of knowledge and the analytical skills necessary to understand modern politics in historical context.

Introduction to Mass Communication

This course explores system-wide view of the interacting social, historical, economic, and technological forces at work in today's rapidly evolving mass media. The course combines concrete practice of journalism with empirical research, enabling you to comprehend the impact of dynamic media that are an integral part of our lives today.

World Literature

With classic and contemporary selections from a wide range of racial and ethnic groups, World literature course will introduce you to important literary works and help you explore critical themes of our times, such as gender and identity, the effects of war and violence, race and culture, and more.

Foundations of Sociology

Foundation of sociology course helps you explore how you learn and use learning strategies for more effective study. It covers topics: perspective and method, social inequality, social institutions, and working for change. Focus on deviance and crime includes an extensive discussion of crime, crime rates, and criminal justice system. 

English Rhetoric

English Rhetoric course concentrates on using processes and skills common to all good academic writing. Course comprises of five major parts: discussion of writing process; guidelines for writing essays in each rhetorical mode; a look at writing with sources; anthology of reading selections; and complete introduction of grammar and usage. 

Introduction to Finance

Introduction to Finance is a course that introduces basic principles of finance. Through this course, you will be able to develop a fundamental understanding of the finance world, which will help you build a base for pursuing a career in the financial industry.

Essentials of General Psychology

This psychology course focuses on development of critical thinking skills crucial to your success. This course provides details of tradition integrating gender, culture, and ethnicity throughout, biology and behavior, learning and conditioning, Social Forces, Culture, and Behavior, thinking and intelligence, memory, emotion. motivation, theories of personality, health and disorder. 

Introduction to World History

This World’s history course provides an engaging overview of human civilization. It provides you with most help available in reading, thinking about, and applying the material they learn about world’s history. In-depth information presented in such a way that you will have a feeling that course made history come alive.

Introduction to Banking

This is a course on money, banking and financial markets. By the end of this course, you will understand the basic principles of financial system. The course provides details of banking concepts like: what is money, interest rates, stock market, Federal Reserve System, monetary and fiscal policy, supply/demand of money.

Introduction to Engineering Economics

This course presents engineering economy in the content context of the entire decision-making framework. It introduces and integrates the concept of cash flows, how companies handle risk, analyze risks and implement and evaluate solutions with respect to the situations.

Introduction to Microeconomics

The purpose of the course is to give you a thorough understanding of principles of economics that are applied to the functions of individual decision makers, both consumers and producers, within the larger economic system. Provides an in-depth study of demand and supply, market structure, competition, with a global perspective.

International Economics

Course provides a sound theoretical and practical foundation for understanding the global economy in an era of shifting borders, restructuring economies, and regional realignments. Course covers population, agriculture, and international trade. It emphasizes global interdependence; flexible manufacturing; the globalization of business, culture, environmental problems, and telecommunications; and the transnational corporation.

Introduction to Economics

This course will motivate you to learn economics through real business examples. You all can relate to businesses they encounter in their everyday lives. Course provides an introduction to methodology and analytical tools used by economists. Economic theory, policy and history are examined with major emphasis on macroeconomics and microeconomics.

Econometrics

Econometrics course is the application of statistical techniques to economic models. The objective of this course is to provide a very thorough presentation of important econometric concepts. It’s based on ordinary least squares regression models and covers topics related to simple and multiple regression methods using cross-sectional data.

Cost of Attendance

Tuition Fee Breakdown Cost
ASSOCIATE TO BACHELORS DEGREE $18,480
Medical Insurance $0.00
Personal Expenses $0.00
Study Materials $0.00
Food Cost $0.00
Total Tuition Fee $18,480
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Eligibility Criteria

High School Diploma, GED or equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

84 Hours

Course Duration

1 Year (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

14

Introduction to political science

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    A science of politics?
    Theories: classic and modern.
    Nations, states, and governments.
    Individuals and constitutions.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Democracy, totalitarianism, and authoritarianism.
    Political ideologies.
    Political culture.
    Public opinion.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Political communication and the media.
    Interest groups.
    Political parties and party systems.
    Elections.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The basic institutions of government.
    Legislatures.
    Executives.
    Administration and bureaucracy.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Legal systems and the courts.
    Political economy.
    Violence and revolution.
    International relations.
    The global system.

Introduction to mass communication

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    We the people: media and communication.
    Books.
    Newspapers.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Magazines.
    The movies.
    Radio.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Television.
    Music and the recording industry.
    Computers and the internet highway.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Journalism: information and society.
    Public relations.
    Advertising.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Ethics.
    Regulation.
    Mass communication research: from content to effects.

World literature

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Roots and rebellions
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Gender and identity
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    War and violence
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Race and culture
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Individualism and community

Foundations of Sociology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    What is sociology?
    Research methods
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Culture, society, and social change
    Socialization
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    ; deviance and crime
    Interaction, groups, and organizations
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Inequalities of social class
    Inequalities of race and ethnicity
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Inequalities of gender
    The economy
    The political order
    Marriage and family

English rhetoric

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Reading and writing in college
    The reading process
    Reading critically
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The writing process
    Preparing to write
    Writing effectively
    Revising and editing
    Describing
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Narrating
    Illustrating
    Analyzing a process
    Comparing and contrasting
    Dividing and classifying
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Defining
    Analyzing causes and effects
    Arguing
    Recognizing a research paper
    Avoiding plagiarism
    Finding sources
    Writing a research paper
    Documenting sources
    Introduction
    Subjects and verbs
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Fragments
    Fused sentences and comma splices
    Regular and irregular verbs
    Verb tense
    Subject-verb
    More on verbs
    Pronoun problems
    Pronoun reference and point of view
    Pronoun agreement
    Adjectives
    Adverbs
    Modifier errors
    End punctuation
    Commas
    Apostrophes
    Quotation marks
    Other punctuation marks
    Capitalization
    Abbreviations and numbers
    Varying sentence structure
    Parallelism
    Combining sentences
    Standard and nonstandard english
    Easily confused words
    Spelling

Introduction to finance

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    An introduction to the foundations of financial management - the ties that bind
    The financial markets and interest rates
    Understanding financial statements and cash flows
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Evaluating a firm's financial performance
    The time value of money
    Risk and return
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Bond valuation
    Stock valuation
    Capital-budgeting techniques and practice
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Cash flows and other topics in capital budgeting
    Cost of capital
    Determining the financing mix
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Dividend policy and internal financing
    Short-term financial planning
    Working-capital management
    Current asset management
    International business finance

Essentials of General psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The science of psychology.
    How psychologists do research.
    Evolution, genes, and behavior.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Neurons, hormones, and the brain.
    Body rhythms and mental states.
    Sensation and perception.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Learning and conditioning.
    Behavior in social and cultural context.
    Thinking and intelligence.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Memory.
    Emotion.
    Motivation.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Theories of personality.
    Development over the lifespan.
    Health, stress and coping.
    Psychological disorders.
    Approaches to treatment and therapy.

Introduction to world history

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    One:
    Two: out of the mud: farming and herding after the ice age
    Three: the great river valleys: accelerating change and developing states
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Four:
    Five: rebuilding the world: recoveries, new initiatives, and their limits
    Six: the great schools
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Seven: the great empires
    Chaptereight:postimperial worlds: problems of empires in eurasia and africa, ca. 200 c.e. to ca. 700 c.e.
    Nine: the rise of world religions: christianity, islam, and buddhism
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Ten: remaking the world: innovation and renewal on environmental frontiers in the late first millennium
    Chaptereleven:
    Chaptertweleve:the nomadic frontiers: the islamic world, byzantium, and china ca. 10001200
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Chapterthirteen: the world the mongols made
    Chapterfourteen: the revenge of nature: plague, cold, and the limits of disaster in the fourteenth century
    Chapterfifthteen:
    Chaptersixteen: imperial arenas: new empires in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
    Chapterseventeen: the ecological revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
    Chaptereighteen:mental revolutions: religion and science in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
    Chapternineteen:
    Chaptertwenty: driven by growth: the global economy in the eighteenth century
    Chaptertwentyone:
    Twentytwo: the exchange of enlightenment: eighteenth-century thought
    Twentythree: replacing muscle: the energy revolutions

Introduction to Banking

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Why study money, banking, and financial markets?
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    An overview of the financial system
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    What is money?
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Understanding interest rates
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The behavior of interest rates
    The risk and term structure of interest rates
    The stock market, the theory of rational expectations, and the efficient market hypothesis
    An economic analysis of financial structure
    Banking and the management of financial institutions

Introduction to Engineering Economics

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Engineering economy and the decision-making process
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Cash flows and the time value of money
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Interest formulas
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Problem or opportunity definition
    Considering risk
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Deterministic evaluation
    Considering options in time
    Multi-criteria evaluation

Introduction to Microeconomics

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The scope and method of economics.
    The economic problem: scarcity and choice.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Demand, supply, and market equilibrium.
    Demand and supply applications .
    Elasticity
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Household behavior and consumer choice
    The production process: the behavior of profit-maximizing firms.
    Short-run costs and output decisions.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Long-run costs and output decisions.
    Input demand: the labor and land markets.
    Input demand: the capital market and the investment decision.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    General equilibrium and the efficiency of perfect competition
    Monopoly and antitrust policy.
    Monopolistic competition and oligopoly.
    Externalities, public goods, imperfect information, and social choice.
    Income distribution and poverty.
    Public finance: the economics of taxation.
    International trade, comparative advantage, and protectionism.
    Globalization.
    Economic growth in developing and transitional economies

International Economics

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Approaching democracy
    The founding and the constitution
    Federalism
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Congress
    The presidency
    The judiciary
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The bureaucracy
    Public opinion
    Political parties
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Participation, voting, and elections
    Interest groups
    The media
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Civil liberties
    Civil rights and political equality
    Domestic and economic policy
    Foreign policy

Introduction to economics

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Economics: foundations and models
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Firms, the stock market, and corporate governance

Econometrics

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Economic questions and data
    Review of probability
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Review of statistics
    Linear regression with one regressor
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Regression with a single regressor: hypothesis tests and confidence intervals
    Linear regression with multiple regressors
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Hypothesis tests and confidence intervals in multiple regression
    Nonlinear regression functions
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Assessing studies based on multiple regression
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