Macroeconomics
Introduces macroeconomic theories, with emphasis upon the concepts of aggregate market structures and market pricing, national income accounting, consumption, investment, money and banking, and income determination. Examines the problems of employment, price stability and growth. It is recommended that the college’s reading and math requirements have been met.
Subject Code: ECO
Course Number: 105
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours 3
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Identify various economic theories and describe their fundamental tenets.
2. Identify the Federal Reserve System and describe its role in American monetary policy.
3. Discuss various aspects of American fiscal policy. (surplus, deficit, taxation, etc.)
4. Graph using the supply and demand models to analyze different market outcomes.
5. Analyze and interpret computed graphs of a given supply and demand model.
6. Explain the concept of scarcity.
7. Measure economic growth in GDP or GNP indexes based on national income accounts.
8. Explain a nation’s trade balance based upon research of that country’s top imports and exports.
Effective Term: Fall 2020
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