ASPIRE AP Microeconomics

(Enrollment Based)

Course No. SS4EPA

Semesters: 1;

Credits: .5

Prerequisite: Senior Classification

Recommended: Advanced/AP Social Studies Courses

ASPIRE AP Microeconomics is designed specifically to serve ASPIRE students in order to provide a learning environment commensurate with the academic and affective needs of highly gifted students. ASPIRE AP Microeconomics is an Advanced Placement course that can substitute for Economics with Emphasis on the Free Enterprise System and Its Benefits and is equivalent to an introductory college-level course. The ASPIRE AP Microeconomics course provides students with a thorough understanding of the principles of economics that apply to the functions of individual decision makers, both consumers and producers, within the economic system. The primary course emphasis is on the nature and functions of product markets. Students will also study factor markets and the role of government in promoting greater efficiency and equity in the economy. This course will prepare students to take the Advanced Placement Microeconomics Exam, which may allow them to qualify for college credit.