ECON201-11S2 (C) Semester Two 2011

Intermediate Macroeconomics with Calculus

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 11 July 2011
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2011
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 24 July 2011
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 9 October 2011

Description

ECON 201 studies the economy as a whole to understand the two main areas of macroeconomics: long-run growth in the standard of living and the general level of prices, and short-run fluctuations in employment and output. The aims are to understand the forces that determine economic growth and business cycles, as well as how they are affected by public policies. During the course you will learn about commonly used macroeconomics data, factor and asset markets, business cycles, economic growth, the public sector, and the international sector. The course also teaches the mathematical techniques that economists use to study these areas.

Learning Outcomes

This course looks to develop students' ability to express macroeconomic concepts using graphs, mathematics (particularly calculus), and plain English, and to be able to switch fluently among these three modes of expression.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

Co-requisites

Recommended Preparation

Course Coordinator

Philip Gunby

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Problem Sets 10%
Essay 10%
Final Exam 50%
Mid-Term Test 30%


The assessment for this course will comprise 8 problem sets, an essay, one mid-semester test (to be held in-class on the Tuesday of the first week of Term 3) and a final exam.  The weighting for the various pieces of assessment will be according to one of the following two schedules, whichever gives the highest grade (except, see the note on "dishonest practice" below).

Schedule 1:
Problem Sets - 10%
Mid-term Test - 30%
Essay - 10%
Final Exam - 50%

Schedule 2:
Problem Sets - 10%
Mid-term Test - 25%
Essay - 15%
Final Exam - 50%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Williamson, Stephen D; Macroeconomics ; 4th ed; Addison-Wesley, 2011.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $630.00

International fee $2,775.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Department of Economics and Finance .

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