Course Syllabus

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

Chapter 1 - Limits, Alternatives, and Choices

Chapter 2 - Confronting Scarcity:  Choices in Production

Chapter 18 - The Economics of the Environment

Chapter 15 - Public Finance:  Expenditures and Taxes

Chapter 20- Macroeconomics - The Big Picture

Chapter 21 - Measuring Output and Income

Chapter 23 - Economic Growth

Week 6 - Mid - Term #1

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

Chapter 31 - Inflation analysis  - real and nominal dollar 

Chapter 31 - Business Cycles, Unemployment, and Inflation

Chapter 22 - 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 28 - Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply

Chapter 27 - Fiscal Policy, Deficits, and Debt

Week 13 - Mid - Term #3

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

Chapter 24 - Money, Banking, and Financial Institutions

Chapter 25 - Money Creation

Chapter 26 - Interest rates and Monetary Policy

Final Examination - Cumulative (160pts)