Economics school training courses in Dover, DE (public, in-house or online)

Economics is one of the four content areas required by the State of Delaware for all social studies programs. Wilmington College, in coordination with the Americans for a Competitive Enterprise System (ACES), an association of business professionals dedicated to the instruction of economics worldwide, has developed this five-course certificate program designed to instruct educators (K-12) in how economics affects the American free enterprise system. More than simply a series of economics classes...

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This course covers the fundamentals of engineering economics and basic accounting. It will help students understand how an organization can utilize its capital economically when it makes capital decisions. The three major learning objectives are to understand of the Economics of Engineering, which includes the Time Value of money and the Mathematics of Finance (loans, mortgages, etc). Secondly students need to know how to use Figures of Merit (NPV, IRR, BC etc.) in making engineering design and ...

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From the start of the current green building movement, the subject has been surrounded by a combination of myths and supposition, based on estimates, projections and resistance to change. For the last ten years, however, it has been possible to test these assumptions by studying the actual costs and benefits of completed green buildings. This course will examine the economics of green building, including first costs, operating costs and maintenance costs, as well as the importance of integrated ...

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This course blends the concepts and theories learned in undergraduate microeconomics with the tools of statistics to provide a more analytical understanding of current and future organizational goals. In their quest to maximize profits, managers must make choices subject to constraints and opportunities emanating from within the firm and from the external environment. This course helps managers ascertain what data inputs are needed, where to find them, and what to do with them in order to build ...

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This course provides students with a basic introduction to and foundation for the methods of economic thinking and, specifically, microeconomics as applied to individuals and individual organizations within the economy. It leads students to consider how and why individuals and societies choose to use the resources available to them and the results of those choices.