AEM 1300

Introduction to Macroeconomic Theory and Policy

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

This course is an introduction to macroeconomic analysis at the college level and the issues that are most important to the national debate relating to economic policy.

When Offered Summer.

Forbidden Overlaps Forbidden Overlap: due to an overlap in content, students will not receive credit for both AEM 1300 and ECON 1120.

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Satisfies Requirement Satisfies CALS and Dyson School requirements for introductory macroeconomics.

• Identify the basic structure of the US Economy.
• Explain a simple macroeconomic model of how the economy works to generate growth and employment.
• Illustrate how macroeconomic aggregates (such as GDP, inflation, employment) are measured.
• Identify data sources for macroeconomic variables.
• Use all of the above to critique important macroeconomic issues of the present time.

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