SS 2200 Macroeconomics

Course Description: SS 2200 Macroeconomics is a study of the entire economic system in which the gross national product, fiscal policy, monetary policy, banking, and the budget are reviewed.

Textbook: Economics; McConnel-Brue. McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Prerequisites: Sophomore standing

Specific Concepts to Address:

• Role and purpose of studying economics
• Supply and demand analysis
• Unemployment, inflation and economic fluctuations
• Philosophies including classical and Keynesian
• Role of money
• Effects of interest rates on financial markets
• Challenges of economic development
• Comparison of world economies by system and location

Suggested Emphases:

• Supply/demand analysis
• Measurement of national income, employment and inflation
• Fiscal policy
• Money and banking
• International economics

Helpful Documentation:

• Current resume
• Job descriptions
• Letter from supervisor documenting your use of macroeconomic
• Formal research papers done on the topics in the suggested emphases section
• Documentation or certificates from training courses that have been completed