Course Course Summary Section 1 Content Section 1 Content Left Section 1 Content Right Credit Type: Course ACE ID: SAYA-0006 Organization's ID: ECON102 Organization: Saylor Academy Location: Online Length: 60 hours, self paced Dates Offered: 2/1/2024 - 1/31/2027 1/1/2021 - 1/31/2024 1/1/2016 - 12/31/2019 Credit Recommendation & Competencies Section 2 Content Section 2 Content Left Section 2 Content Right Level Credits (SH) Subject Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 principles of macroeconomics Description Section 3 Content Section 3 Content Left Section 3 Content Right Objective: The course objective is to explore of the factors that impact the overall performance of economies. The course focuses on public policies helping and hindering the achievement of intended outcomes, such as reducing unemployment or increasing trade. Learning Outcomes: differentiate among full employment and unemployment, and the three forms of unemployment define inflation and explain ways of computing the general movement in prices explain the model of aggregate demand and aggregate supply and the way the equilibrium price level and real GDP are determined define money, its role in the economy, and the way money is created in the banking system evaluate how the U.S. Federal Reserve uses monetary policy to influence key variables in order to achieve economic growth, price stability, and full employment analyze capital flows and their impact on the foreign exchange market and the aggregate economy describe the determinants of total output and the ways to measure nominal and real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) analyze a government use of fiscal policy to stabilize the economy apply fiscal policy to resolve economic issues and stimulate economic growth analyze the relationship between inflation and unemployment and the attitudes of various schools of thought towards active management of the economy General Topics: Introduction to economics Macroeconomics: gross domestic product, inflation, and unemployment Aggregate demand and aggregate supply Aggregate equilibrium and economic growth Money, banking, and monetary policy Fiscal policy and the relationship between inflation and unemployment International trade and finance Instruction & Assessment Section 4 Content Section 4 Content Left Section 4 Content Right Instructional Strategies: Audio Visual Materials Lectures Practical Exercises Methods of Assessment: Examinations Quizzes Minimum Passing Score: 70% Supplemental Materials Section 5 Content Section 5 Content Left Section 5 Content Right Section 6 Content Section 6 Content Left Section 6 Content Right Button Content Rail Content 1 Other offerings from Saylor Academy ARTH101: Art Appreciation (SAYA-0036) BIO101: Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology (SAYA-0019) BUS101: Introduction to Business (SAYA-0020) BUS103: Introduction to Financial Accounting (SAYA-0021) BUS105: Managerial Accounting (SAYA-0009) BUS200: Business Ethics (SAYA-0047) BUS202: Principles of Finance (SAYA-0022) BUS203: Principles of Marketing (SAYA-0023) BUS204: Business Statistics (SAYA-0037) BUS205: Business Law (SAYA-0024) View All Courses Page Content