About the Course

Macroeconomics and the Global Economy

  • Grades 7-11
  • Advanced CTY-Level
  • Residential
  • Mathematics

What are the key indicators of an economy’s performance? How do governments craft policies that promote economic growth? What does it mean for a country to have a trade deficit? Analyzing economies at an aggregate level, macroeconomics explores questions such as these, providing a bird’s-eye view of economic activity. This course surveys fundamental concepts in macroeconomics, including money, banking, inflation, employment, national income, economic growth, financial markets, and the role of public policy. Building upon this foundation, you’ll consider the global economy and issues in international trade and finance; and examine the comparative advantage and balance of payments, exchange rates, and foreign currencies. By applying mathematical concepts to theory, you’ll learn how professionals in the field analyze and predict changes in the economy. Through lectures, readings, discussions, simulations, and research, you’ll gain a firm grounding in macroeconomics, an introduction to central concepts in international trade and finance, and a deeper understanding of the state of the U.S. and world economies today.

Typical Class Size: 16-18
 

Course Overview

Summer Dates & Locations

Registration deadline:

Session One

Roger Williams University
Roger Williams University
Bristol, Rhode Island
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Residential cost: $6,599
Commuter cost: $5,799
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Session Two

Roger Williams University
Roger Williams University
Bristol, Rhode Island
-
Residential cost: $6,599
Commuter cost: $5,799
Enroll

Testing and Prerequisites

  Math Verbal
Required Level Advanced CTY-Level or Advanced CTY-Level
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Course Prerequisites

Macroeconomics and the Global Economy requires:

1 prerequisite

Algebra 1

Cost and Financial Aid

  • Tuition
    • Varies
  • Application fee
    • Nonrefundable Application Fee - $50 (Waived for financial aid applicants)
    • Nonrefundable International Fee - $250 (outside US only)

Financial Aid is available

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Course Materials

Please acquire all course materials by the course start date, unless noted as perishable. Items marked as “perishable” should not be acquired until the student needs them in the course. If you have questions about these materials or difficulty locating them, please contact [email protected].
 

Sample Reading

These titles have been featured in past sessions of the course, and may be included this summer. CTY provides students with all texts; no purchase is required.

  • Macroeconomics, Paul Krugman and Robin Wells

About Mathematics at CTY

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Many of our courses allow students to describe the world around them in basic and profound ways. Our younger students learn about shape, scale, and proportion in Geometry and Spatial Sense. Middle School students explore beautiful real-world applications of lines; analyze data based on curves that fit a uniform, symmetric and bell-shaped, or skewed pattern in Data and Chance. And advanced students explore the underlying mathematics and fundamental characteristics of shapes, distance, and continuous deformations in our proof-based Topology course.

Dive deep into logic and reasoning

Our courses in formal logic give you the tools to question the world around you. Inductive and Deductive Reasoning introduces younger students to different types of reasoning, as well as the strengths and weaknesses inherent in various forms of critical analysis. Older students explore how logical reasoning can explain (or fail to explain) counter-intuitive results in Paradoxes and Infinities, or take a more rigorous approach to formal logic in Mathematical Logic.

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