Spring 2017 - ECON 105 D100

Principles of Macroeconomics (4)

Class Number: 1654

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 4 – Apr 7, 2017: Tue, 11:30 a.m.–1:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

    Jan 4 – Apr 7, 2017: Thu, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Apr 12, 2017
    Wed, 8:30–11:30 a.m.
    Burnaby

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

The principal elements of theory concerning money and income, distribution, social accounts, public finance, international trade, comparative systems, and development and growth. Students with credit for ECON 205 cannot take ECON 105 for further credit. Quantitative/Breadth-Soc.

COURSE DETAILS:

Macroeconomics is the study of the structure and performance of national economies and of the policies that governments use to try to affect economic performance.  The issues that we will study in this course include the following:

1.      What determines a country's long-run economic growth?
2.      What causes a nation's level of economic activity to fluctuate?
3.      What causes unemployment?
4.      What causes prices to rise?
5.      Can government policies be used to improve a nation's economic performance?

Grading

  • Midterm exam 35%
  • Final Exam 55%
  • Tutorial Work 10%

NOTES:

Information regarding tutorials will be discussed in the first class.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Krugman, Wells, Au & Parkinson     Macroeconomics  2nd   Canadian  ed. 2014,  Worth Publishers.  

Department Undergraduate Notes:

***  NO TUTORIALS DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF CLASSES***

Students requiring  accomodations as a result of a disability must contact the  Centre for Students with Disabilities  at 778 782 3112 or csdo@sfu.ca 

Registrar Notes:

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