Course Syllabus

 

 

Economics 19th ed - McConnell, Brue, Flynn (MB)

Economics 7th ed - McEacheren (Mc)

Economics - 19ed. - Samuelson/Nordhaus (SN)

 

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

Limits, Alternatives, and Choices - (1,2 - MB), (1,2,3) Mc), (1,2 (SN)

Market Failures: Public Goods and Externalities  (5, MB), (16, 17 Mc), (14 SN),

Public Finance: Expenditures and Taxes (16 MB). (24 Mc),  (16 SN), 

GDP Analysis - (24 MB) , (22 Mc), (20 SN),

Economic Growth (25 MB), (21 Mc), (25 SN), 

 Mid - Term #1 (100 points, 100 minutes)

 

 

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

Inflation Analysis - (24MB), (20, 23 Mc), (29,30 SN), 

Business Cycles, Unemployment, and Inflation (26 MB), (22,23 Mc), (22, 29, 30 SN), 

Economic Growth (25 MB), (21Mc), (25 SN)

Basic Macroeconomic Relationships (27 MB),  ( 20, 24, 25, 26 Mc), (19,21, 22 SN), 

The Aggregate Demand - Aggregate Supply Model (28MB), ( 20, 24, 25, 26 Mc), (19,21, 22 SN), 

Mid - Term #2 - (100 points, 100 minutes)

 

 

 

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

Basic Macroeconomic Relationships  - (28, 29), ( 20, 24, 25, 26 Mc), (19,21, 22 SN), 

Chapter 30 - Fiscal Policy, Deficits, and Debt (30MB), (27, 31, 32 Mc), (22 SN)

Regardless of which textbook you are using - ALL STUDENTS MUST READ MC 27, 31, 32)!!

Mid - Term #3 - (100 points, 100 minutes)

 

 

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

Chapter 31 - Money, Banking, and Financial Institutions. (31,32, 33 MB), (29, 30 Mc), (23, 24 SN)

Final Examination - Cumulative - (160 points, 120 minutes)

 

 

 

 

 

Course Summary:

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