AP® Macroeconomics (edX)

Each module will cover a major concept in the AP® Macroeconomics course, based on Advanced Placement® standards.

All topics are broken into bite-sized pieces—with short instructional videos, interactive graphs, and practice problems.

Throughout the 18 core modules, you will also find more than 30 short videos for additional review. Each one is placed at a critical juncture – ensuring you don’t miss important ideas, definitions and concepts.

Topics include:

- Basic Concepts

- Supply & Demand

- Measures of Economic Performance

- Nominal & Real Values

- Classical & Keynesian Models

- Aggregate Demand

- Aggregate Supply

- Short-Run Macroeconomic Equilibrium

- Moving to Long-Run Equilibrium

- Economic Growth

- Fiscal Policy

- Money & the Money Market

- Money Creation

- Monetary Policy

- Loanable Funds

- Phillips Curve

- Comparative Advantage & Trade

- Foreign Exchange Markets

This course is specifically designed for blended learning in AP classrooms, but can also be used by AP students independently as supplementary help and exam review.

What you'll learn

- Mastery of the AP® Macroeconomics curriculum

- Build confidence in the material as you learn key concepts from experienced AP® Macroeconomics teachers

- Build graphical intuition through interactive graphing

- Practice for your exam with graded exam-style questions (with explanations)

Syllabus

- Introduction & Basic Concepts:

Dr. Clark Ross, Economics Professor, Davidson College, Davidson, NC

Sally Meek, AP® Macroeconomics Instructor, Plano West Senior High, Plano, TX

- Supply & Demand: Sally Meek, AP® Macroeconomics Instructor, Plano West Senior High, Plano, TX

- Measures of Economic Performance: Dr. Clark Ross, Economics Professor, Davidson College, Davidson, NC

- Nominal & Real Values: Stephanie Vanderford, AP® Macroeconomics Instructor, Providence Day School, Charlotte, NC

- Classical & Keynesian Models:

Dr. Clark Ross, Economics Professor, Davidson College, Davidson, NC

Dr. Shyam Gouri Suresh, Economics Professor, Davidson College, Davidson, NC

- Aggregate Demand: Dick Rankin, AP® Macroeconomics Instructor, ʻIolani School, Honolulu, HI

- Aggregate Supply: Gabriel Sanchez, AP® Macroeconomics Instructor, Bonita High School, La Verne, CA

- Short-Run Macroeconomic Equilibrium: Dr. Robert Graham, Economics Professor, Hanover College, Hanover, IN

- Moving to Long-Run Equilibrium: Brian Held, AP® Macroeconomics Instructor, Loyola High School of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

- Economic Growth: Dee Mecham, AP® Macroeconomics Instructor, The Bishop's School, San Diego, CA

- Fiscal Policy: Skeeter Makepeace, AP® Macroeconomics Instructor, The McCallie School, Chattanooga, TN

- Money & the Money Market: Jon Nash, Economics Professor, Full Sail University, Winter Park, FL

- Money Creation: Mary Kohelis, AP® Macroeconomics Instructor, Weirton Madonna High School, Weirton, WV

- Monetary Policy: Michael Brody, AP® Macroeconomics Instructor, Menlo School, Atherton, CA

- Loanable Funds: Dr. Elia Kacapyr, Economics Professor, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

- Phillips Curve: Sally Meek, AP® Macroeconomics Instructor, Plano West Senior High, Plano, TX

- Comparative Advantage & Trade: Dr. Dennis Appleyard, Economics Professor, Davidson College, Davidson, NC

- Foreign Exchange Markets:

Dr. Art Raymond, Economics Professor, Muhlenburg College, Allentown, PA

Stephanie Vanderford , AP® Macroeconomics Instructor, Providence Day School, Charlotte, NC