HES21X

Ap Macroeconomics

SOCIAL STUDIES

Prerequisites

  • - {'type': 'grade_level', 'allowed_grades': [12]}
  • - {'type': 'passed', 'courses': ['US']}

Course Description

  • This course offers an introduction and solid grounding in basic economic principles. Macroeconomics focuses on the “big picture,” with an emphasis on the performance of the domestic and international economy.  The course analyzes the methods for measurement of economic performance, investigates the study of a nation’s economy on an aggregate basis, examines the policy alternatives facing an economy, and describes the relationships of countries in international trade and currency markets.