Instructor Class Description

Time Schedule:

• Spring Quarter 2013
• Summer Quarter 2013
• Autumn Quarter 2013

Weng Chi Lei
ECON 201
Seattle Campus

Introduction to Macroeconomics

Analysis of the aggregate economy: national income, inflation, business fluctuations, unemployment, monetary system, federal budget, international trade and finance. Prerequisite: ECON 200; recommended: MATH 111. Offered: AWSpS.

Class description

This is an introductory course in principles of macroeconomics. Macroeconomics deals with structure, performance and behavior of the entire economy. Major macroeconomic topics covered in this course include national income, savings and investment, inflation, unemployment, economic growth, money, banking system and the Federal Reserves, economic policies, international trade and exchange rates.

Student learning goals

understand and be able to use macroeconomic terminology

understand the basics of how the economy works in the aggregate level

learn how the macroeconomic variables are related

apply macroeconomic principles to analyze and explain economic events and social phenomena

critically evaluate economic content of articles and publications

General method of instruction

Recommended preparation

Prerequisite: ECON 200; recommended: MATH 111.

Class assignments and grading

10 % for Homework Project, 20% for 5 Quizzes (with the lowest score dropped), 35% for Midterm Exam and 35% for Final Exam

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