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Economics
Title: 1015 Principles of Macroeconomics (Online)
Campus: MU
Credit: 3 credit hours (no graduate credit)
Lessons: 5 lessons, 5 submitted
Exams: 2 exams
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Prerequisites: None
Description: Macroeconomics generally refers to a collection of questions about how scarcity affects a collection of people interacting with one another. In this course, our focus is on understanding how scarcity affects the welfare of a nation. Topics include gross domestic product, economic growth, unemployment, inflation, monetary and fiscal policy, government budget, international trade, and exchange rates.
Special Instructions: Not open to students who have completed Economics 1051H or Agricultural Economics 1042. Prerequisites: Economics 1014 or 1024.

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Textbook Information
Item 1
Author: Hakes
 Title: Study Guide for Brief Principles of Macroeconomics
 ISBN: 0-324-31906-1
 Edition: 4th '07
 Publisher: Thomson Southwestern
 New price: $31.25
Item 2
Author: Mankiw
 Title: Brief Principles of Macroeconomics
 ISBN: 0-324-23697-2
 Edition: 4th '07
 Publisher: Thomson Southwestern
 New price: $68.35
Text total: $99.60

Tuition:
Undergraduate tuition: $245.60/credit ($736.80)
Graduate tuition: $298.70/credit ($896.10)

Total Cost:
Undergraduate tuition: $736.80 (Graduate tuition: $896.10)
Information Technology fee: $36.60
Administrative fee: $25.00
Texts, etc.: $99.60

Total cost: $898.00 ($1057.30 Graduate)
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