90-762, Macroeconomics
6 units
Prerequisites: None
Delivery Format: On-Campus
Information: Course Objectives:
The primary objectives of this course are: (a) to familiarize you with the language and concepts of macroeconomics; (b) to help you develop critical thinking and sharpen the analytic abilities in macroeconomic issues; and (c) to use the macroeconomic information to make decisions in the private and public organizations.
Description: This is an introductory course on macroeconomics - the study of the performance of national economy as well as the policies used to improve that performance. Unlike microeconomics, which focuses on the behavior of individual households, firms, and markets, macroeconomics takes a bird’s eye view of the economy. The key topics include measuring macroeconomic activities such as GDP, unemployment, price level and inflation; analyzing economy conditions and issues in the long-run and the short-run, as well as the issues of international trade and exchange rates in the international economy.
Last modified on November 9, 2007
