Prerequisite: Signed AP Agreement

1.0 Credit: Full Year

Grade(s): 12

Fee: Fee: $5 for student resource booklet; AP Exam Fee: TBD

Following the College Board’s suggested curriculum designed to parallel college-level microeconomics, AP Microeconomics courses provide students with a thorough understanding of the principles of economics that apply to the functions of individual decision makers (both consumers and producers). They place primary emphasis on the nature and functions of product markets, while also including a study of factor markets and the role of government in the economy. Following the College Board’s suggested curriculum designed to parallel college-level macroeconomics, AP Macroeconomics courses provide students with a thorough understanding of the principles of economics that apply to an economic system as a whole. They place particular emphasis on the study of national income and price determination and developing students’ familiarity with economic performance measures, economic growth, and international economics. Upon successful completion of the Advanced Placement Exams at the end of the school year, the student may receive college credit. Students must remain enrolled for the entire school year to receive AP credit and the corresponding weighted grade.

AP exams of 3 or higher can earn college credit.