Course syllabus for ECON 302 Principles of Macroeconomics Course description: This course is designed to introduce you to the subject of economics and to present a descriptive and theoretical analysis of the American economy. The course will describe major economic policy problems confronting the U.S. economy today including the growing international economic dimension of U.S. economic activity. A major focus of this course will be a detailed description of the principal macroeconomic policymakers in the United Stated and their interrelationships. The course will also discuss the basic theoretical tools with which an analysis of various macroeconomic policies can be undertaken