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Summer Term 2022
May 18, 2024 |
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| ECON 201 - MACROECONOMICS GSS1 |
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An introduction to the methods, models, and approaches used by economists to analyze and interpret events and policies related to the overall operation of the economy. The course endeavors to make sense of unemployment, inflation, recessions, debt and deficits, economic growth, the expanding role of the Federal Reserve, and policies to provide stability to the economy. Additional attention is given to the making of economic policy in an era of globalization. Finally, students are exposed to multiple schools of thought regarding macroeconomic reasoning. Prerequisite: ACT math score of 21 or above; SAT math score of 540 or above; MATH 099; ALEKS test score of 46 or higher; Accuplacer Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics test score of 240 or above; or Accuplacer Elementary Advanced Algebra and Functions test score of 245 or above. Prerequisite or corequisite: ENG 102. GT-SS1
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate, Post B.A. (Second), Post BA, Graduate Level, Graduate Degree Seeking Schedule Types: Lecture Business, Acct & Econ Division Economics Department Course Attributes: Gen Ed-Area I-Social Science, Lower Division - 100-299 |
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