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The social sciences learning area is about how societies work and how people can participate as critical, active, informed, and responsible citizens. Contexts are drawn from the past, present, and future and from places within and beyond New Zealand.
This course offers a combination of external and internal assessment
This course offers UE literacy credits
Course endorsement is available
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This course is aimed at those students wishing further study within Economics.
The study of this course helps students with an understanding of the current economic issues facing New Zealand. In particular, you will focus on the need to keep inflation low, economic growth high, unemployment low and government policies relating to different economic issues.
Students develop economic literacy, research skills, and critical thinking relating to current New Zealand economic issues whilst applying these to real life scenarios.
You will be assessed on internal and external standards.
Standard AS91222 - Analyse inflation using economic concepts and models (external)
Standard AS91223 - Analyse international trade using economic concepts and models (external)
Standard AS91225 - Analyse unemployment using economic concepts and models (internal) - UE Lit Reading
Standard AS91226 - Using statistical data to analyse economic issues (internal)
Standard AS91227 - The interaction of government policies relating to different economic issues (internal) - UE Lit Reading
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For further information you can contact:
Head of Commerce - Mark Fearon - frm@pc.school.nz
Or
Careers Department - careers@pc.school.nz