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You will access your CCA Blackboard Vista course at http://online.ccaurora.edu

Note:  You will not be able to access your course until the start date, June 2^nd.

New this semester: A support desk is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to assist you with setting up your computer and solving problems. http://www.ccaurora.edu/students/helpdesk/

PRINCIPLES OF MACRO ECONOMICS

ECO 201 - 176&-177 (Online)

03 Credit Hours

(June 2 to Aug 9)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Focuses on the study of the American economy, stressing the interrelationships among household, business, and government sectors. Explores saving and investment decisions, unemployment, inflation, national income accounting, taxing and spending policies, the limits of the market and government, public choice theory, the Federal Reserve System, Money and Banking, and International Trade.      

COURSE WEBSITE:

http://online.ccaurora.edu

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION:

Name

Emma Cummings

Phone

303.388.8773

E-mail

emma.cummings@ccaurora.edu

Fax

Mailbox Location

Classroom 208

Other

REQUIRED COMPUTER SKILLS:

·        Send/receive mail

·        Download files to your computer and then open them

·        Basic word processing skills 

·        Experience with the Blackboard Vista tool or having read the orientation guide at http://www.ccconline.org/support/vista

REQUIRED TEXT BOOK(S):

Roger LeRoy Miller, Macroeconomics, Pearson Addison Wesley Publishers, 2006.   This is an update for the textbook.

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

None.

REQUIRED HARDWARE/ SOFTWARE:

·        Supported Web-browser

·        Supported version of Java

·        To confirm your software is supported, run the Browser Check at http://online.ccaurora.edu

HOW TO GET STARTED:

Upon entering Blackboard please go to the Course Contents located under the Course Tools.  Click on the arrows to the right of Course Content.  There you will find the syllabus and getting started.  Under Course Tools and below Course Content you’ll see Announcements.  Always check to see if there are new announcements.

ORIENTATION SESSION/FIRST MEETING:

Not Applicable.

OTHER INFORMATION:

Use MS Word when submitting assignments.