Introduction to AP Economics

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2、nt (ap) started in 1955 and held by college board, ap gives an opportunity for students to study college-level courses in high schools. ap contains 22 programs and 37 different subjects, top american students usually choose 4-5 subjects to study. almost 3,600 universities and colleges in over 40 cou

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4、rs two courses in economics: ap macroeconomics and ap microeconomics. each course corresponds to one semester of a typical introductory college course in economics. students may take one or both exams within one year. a separate score is recorded for each. bread ppt tm exam information of ap economi

5、cs ap microeconomicsap macroeconomics question type number of questions time required raw scoreraw score section i: multiple choice 6070 minutes 1 mark for each question total raw score for section i: 60 marks 1 mark for each question total raw score for section i: 60 marks section ii: free- respons

6、e questions 360 minutes question 1: 121.2500=15 marksquestion 1: 131.1538=15 marks question 2: 90.83333=7.5 marksquestion 2: 80.9375=7.5 marks question 3: 80.9375=7.5 marksquestion 3: 61.25=7.5 marks total raw score for section ii: 30 marks total raw score for section ii: 30 marks total raw score 90

7、 marks90 marks bread ppt tm exam information of ap economics raw scoreap scorequalification 75-90 marks5extremely well qualified 62-74 marks4well qualified 50-61 marks3qualified 39-49 marks2possibly qualified 0-38 marks1no recommendation source: ap score conversion chart microeconomics, collegeboard

8、, 2005 bread ppt tm exam information of ap economics application for taking an ap exam: apply on college board official website at or .hk exam fees: ￥1100 rmb deadline of application: early march exam date: early may bread ppt tm recommended textbooks

9、recommended textbook: ray, margaret. and anderson, david. krugmans economics for ap, second edition. new york: worth publishers, 2015. this textbook is adapted from nobel prize laureate paul krugmans economics, third edition. this book has close adherence to the ap topic outline and terminology as w

10、ell as practice for the ap exam. bread ppt tm recommended textbooks recommended textbook: mankiw, n. gregory. principles of economics, seventh edition. mason, oh: thompson south-western, 2015. this book is the best seller among economic textbooks all over the world. it is chosen by harvard, yale, st

11、anford and over 600 universities and colleges as the prime textbook. its chinese version is also one of the most popular economics textbooks in china. bread ppt tm course format our class format is mainly based on lectures and discussions. a handout will be distributed before each class. you should

12、fill the blanks in the handouts and take notes while listening to the lecture. bread ppt tm course evaluation class attendance and participation: 10% homework assignments: 40% quiz 1: 10% quiz 2: 10% quiz 3: 10% final exam: 20% bread ppt tm after class, you should fill all missing words in your handouts, tackle all questions of in-class activities, write any questions you might be confused about in this lecture and