program description

academic accelerator program (aap) is a balanced first-year program for international students with good english-language skills. it supplements immersive classes taught in english with just the right amount of support.

as a student in the academic accelerator, you’ll receive:

• the right amount of support for your academic and english-speaking needs
• a full year’s worth of college credits
• access to courses exclusively for international students
• english-language help with words you need to know for your classes
• a mix of classes with international and u.s. students

alfred marshall, one of the intellectual giants of economics, defined economics as “... a study of mankind in the ordinary business of life”.  as such, microeconomics provides a framework for analyzing decisions made by individuals and firms, especially decisions concerning the allocation of scarce resources and the implications of those decisions for both the decision-maker and the wider society.  macroeconomics, which uses the foundations provided by microeconomics, focuses on the determinants of economic aggregates like the price level and national output and studies the effects of monetary and fiscal policy on these aggregates.

an empirical economic analysis concentration is available to bs and ba majors in economics and international trade & finance majors. the concentration provides majors with skills in analyzing business and economic data to solve real world problems.