Prerequisite: Elementary Algebra Skills. Advisory:. Intermediate Algebra Skills. This course is an introduction to macroeconomic analysis. Topics include aggregate measures of economic activity, such as gross domestic product, unemployment, and inflation; market systems; macroeconomic models and their equilibria; effects of fiscal and monetary policy; economic growth; evolution of economic thought; and international economics. The course also includes an online lab component that reinforces concepts learned through deeper learning and applications, and offers additional practice with solving problems in economics.