Course Material:

1. Text: Macroeconomics by McConnell, Brue and Flynn (18th ed - McGraw-Hill Publishers)
    
2. Relevant articles from websites, newspapers, and magazines

This text is available in hard copy as well as e-book format.  Here are the ISBNs for your convenient buying:

McConnell 18e Macro

Paperback, color: 007-3365947

Coursesmart ebook codes: 0077297369

Make sure you know which one fits better your specific learning style before you purchase.  There are plenty of used copies available as I have used this book in Fall 2009 and Spring 2010.  Try some online sites also to get the best possible deal but start the search early.

See District Online Schedule for official list of required and optional textbooks and materials for this class.
Purchase Textbooks Online at the SDCCD Online Bookstore

Hardware and Software:
To successfully complete this online course, you will be required to meet the minimum hardware and software requirements. View Hardware and Software Requirements.

Internet Browser:
You must use a supported Internet browser in order to successfully work in Blackboard Vista, the online course management system for this course. To see a list of supported Internet browsers, click here.

Welcome to the study of Macroeconomics. The study of economics is conveniently divided into two disciplines – Macroeconomics and Microeconomics. Macroeconomics is concerned with the study of economic aggregates while Microeconomics deals with the economic behavior of individual units in the economy. Macroeconomic study focuses on the broader economic issues of the economy such as inflation, unemployment, money supply, interest rates and economic growth. This is a must course to understand the simple cause and effect relationship between wants and resources. The study also looks at the economic policy implications of budget surplus, deficit, debt, taxation and its connection with monetary policy measures. Macroeconomics provides a link to understand many global issues such as trade and payments, free trade issues and foreign exchange market. We are going to study the economic concepts and theories by focusing more on the current economic issues like gasoline price, housing market, unemployment, recession, and mess in the financial market. You are encouraged to share your views in our fuel for thought series.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Understand the concept of opportunity cost and its application in specialization and trade theory
• Understand the changes in exchange rate market and changing value of dollar
• Establish the link between free market and regulated market behavior through demand and supply interaction
• Understand the role of major economic problems of unemployment and inflation
• Understand the meaning and computation of Gross Domestic Product
• See the relationship between consumption and economic growth
• Understand the policy implications of taxes and government spending and meaning of budget deficit and debt
• Understand the working of federal Reserve System and the management of money supply in the economy
• Overall, a good grasp of what is going on in the economy in terms of all the drastic changes we are seeing.

REGISTRATION DIRECTIONS:

1. Complete Online Application (for new SDCCD students). Go to Student Web Services
2. Receive registration appointment and instructions by email or mail.
3. Register online at the Reg-e, our online registration system.
4. Make sure that you pay your tuition so that you don't lose your registration!   Fees and Tuition Information.
5. Order textbooks online. Visit our online bookstore.
6. After completion of registration on Reg-e, and several days prior to the start of the semester, you will receive an email with course login instructions. If you don't receive an email please go to http://www.sdccdonline.net and login on the first day of class as follows:
   
   Type your Blackboard Vista Username = 7-digit College Student Identification (CSID) number
   Type your Password =  mmddyyyy (your birthdate with no hyphens, slashes, or spaces)
   
   For example:  1010101 (CSID number used at registration)
                          06231980 (password for the birthdate June 23, 1980 )
    
7. If this course is closed, please login to Reg-e to be placed on a waitlist. If the waitlist is full, you will not be able to add your name to the waitlist.

You will not be able to login to your online course until the first day of the semester!!!
You must login to your online course on the first day of the session to avoid your enrollment being dropped.
Follow the login instructions at www.sdccdonline.net/login.htm