Course Syllabus

Week 1 - Week 6:  Reading Material for Exam #1(100ps)  (dates are approximations)

Chapter 1 - Limits, Alternatives, and Choices

Chapter 2 - The Market System and the Circular Flow

Chapter 5 - Market Failures:  Public Goods and Externalities (pages 99 - 100)

Chapter 16 - Public Finance:  Expenditures and Taxes

Chapter 24 - Measuring Domestic Output and National Income (pages 45 - 492)

Chapter 25 - Economic Growth

Week 6 - Mid - Term #1

Week 7 - Week 10:  Reading Material for Exam #2 - (100pts)

Chapter 24 - Inflation analysis  - real and nominal dollar (pages 493 - )

Chapter 26 - Business Cycles, Unemployment, and Inflation

Chapter 27 - Basic Macroeconomic Relationships

Chapter 28 - The Aggregate Expenditures Model

Week 10 - Mid - Term #2

Week 11 - Week 15:  Reading Material for Exam #3 (100pts)

Chapter 29 - Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply

Chapter 30 - Fiscal Policy, Deficits, and Debt

Week 13 - Mid - Term #3

Week 16 - Week 17:  Reading Material for Final Exam (160 pts - cumulative exam!!)

Chapter 31 - Money, Banking, and Financial Institutions

Chapter 32 - Money Creation

Chapter 33 - Interest rates and Monetary Policy

Final Examination - Cumulative (160pts)