Description:

Macroeconomics looks at the big picture of the performance of the national economy and its links to the global economy. This is equivalent to a three credit Macroeconomics course at most colleges.

This course is designed to examine many basic tools economists use, such as the economic perspective, fundamental concepts, graphing skills, and an overview of the interrelated components of the United States economy.

It explains the importance of supply and demand, economic measures, growth, employment and inflation, and how these relate to the business cycle and the health of the economy. It develops the knowledge of aggregate expenditures and aggregate supply and demand, which have a specific macroeconomic point of reference.

In addition to issues affecting the United States, the course examines various international issues important in today's global economy.

StraighterLine courses are accepted at any college that awards credit for courses approved by the American Council of Education and at StraighterLine's regionally accredited partner colleges. Courses come with up to 10 hours of one-on-one, on-demand, online tutoring.

Goals:

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Identify and apply relevant terminology and concepts to economic issues and problems.
• Compare and contrast the market system of economics with other systems.
• Analyze and synthesize the public and private sectors of the U.S. economy.
• Explain and synthesize the components of the National Income and Product Accounts.
• Describe the macroeconomic goals and problems.
• Analyze and synthesize short-run and long-run models of macroeconomic activity.
• Analyze government macroeconomic policy tools, and explain how they are used to stabilize the macroeconomy.
• Compare and contrast various macroeconomic theories.
• Analyze and synthesize international economic activity, and use the results to predict the impact on U.S. macroeconomic activity.

Grading System:

StraighterLine does not apply letter grades. Students earn a score as a percentage of 100%. A passing percentage is 70% or higher.

If you have chosen a Partner College to award credit for this course, your final grade will be based upon that college's grading scale. Only passing scores will be considered by Partner Colleges for an award of credit.

There are a total of 760 points in this course.

School Description:

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