BA 2008 - Macroeconomics

Course provides students with a background to understand the nature, forces, behaviors and institutions that compromise the US economic system. The student is introduced to economic thinking, concepts, principles, laws and models found in the field of macroeconomics. Students explore macroeconomics through topics and their related issues. Some topics studied are: economic systems, market system, demand and supply, functions of private and public sectors in the US economy, National Income Accounting, Business Cycle: unemployment, inflation and growth, Employment Theory, Fiscal Policy, money and banking and monetorism.

3 hours Lecture and Discussion—3 credits