Syllabus Principles of Macroeconomics (ECON112) Spring 2015 Instructor
Tong Xu
Class
MWF 1:00pm-1:50pm @Rich Building 108
Office Hour Monday & Wednesday 2:00pm-3:00pm @Rich Building 310D Email
[email protected]
Textbook
Principles of Macroeconomics 7th edition by Mankiw
Prerequisite Principles of Microeconomics (ECON101) You should be familiar with the basic concepts of microeconomics such as supply and demand. Also I expect you to have some experience using equations, graphs, and tables in the analysis. Course Objective The main objective of this course is to give you a basic understanding on the system of overall economy. Macroeconomics is the study of the economy as a whole. This course is a further study from your microeconomics course, of which you studied on the economic behavior of individual consumers, firms, and industries. In this macroeconomics course, we will study in a broader context of the economy such as the characteristics of aggregate economic variables, and how various fiscal and monetary policies affect the economy. During the course, we will link the knowledge learned in the class to the real world. Grade Weights Class Participation: Quizzes Homework: Midterm Exam I: Midterm Exam II: Final Exam:
5% 5% 10% 20% 20% 40%
Grading scale A 95-100 A- 90-94 B+ 86-89 B 83-85 B- 80-82
C+ C CD+ D F
76-79 73-75 70-72 65-69 60-64