MACROECONOMICS  114.3 (01) Spring 2009

COURSE OUTLINE
the study of the economy as a whole including broad aggregates such as 
economic growth, employment, foreign trade, money supply 
and technological change

Instructor:        Harry Hillman Chartrand, PhD          

Location:        114.3 (01)  Arts 214

Class Hours:  MTWRF 8:30-10:50 June 8-26, 2009

Phone:           244-6945

Email:             h-chartrand@shaw.ca *

Website:        http://members.shaw.ca/elementaleconomics

Tutorials:         Optional, not mandatory -   MTWRF 11:00-12:00

                 June 9- 26, 2009, Room to be announced

Tutor:               Xiaoqing Zhang  (Jenny) xiz178@mail.usask.ca

* All communication thru my Shaw account.  Specify which section and your student number.  See Notice at end of outline. 

Required Text:  McConnell, Brue & Barbiero (MBB), Macroeconomics, 11th Ed., McGraw-Hill Ryerson.

Previous Text: : MBB 10th Ed.; Parkin & Bade, Macroeconomics: Canada in the Global Environment , 4th or 5th Edition  *

Evaluation: Multiple Choice
On-Line Testing   **         @ 10% =                  10% PAWS, ACADEMIC,  MY COURSES, ECON 114, Web Test
3 Mid-terms  ***                @ 10% =                  30%
1 Final Exam                    @ 60% =                  60%  
                                                                                100% Progressive Marking ****

* My lecture notes are keyed to chapter numbered graphics for all texts.

** Online testing associated with each midterm to be completed by midnight before the midterm.

Online tests go into review mode with answers after each midterm to prepare for the final exam. 

*** The weight of any missed midterm (10%) will be transferred to the final exam (60-70%).

 No notes or documentation required to explain absence.  

**** Minimum mark based on above calculation.  That calculation compared to final exam

results and adjusted to reflect progress.  All testing based on the textbook test bank

 unless otherwise specified. 

Topics

Themes

Links

1.0 Introduction

Ch. 1-6

1.1 Overview & Concepts

1.2 System of National Accounts

Links

2.0 Aggregate Expenditure

Ch. 7 

2.1 Consumption & Savings

2.2 Investment & Government

2.3 Imports & Exports

2.4 Equilibrium

2.5 The Multiplier

Links

3. Aggregate Demand & Supply

Ch. 8

3.1 Aggregate Demand

3.2 Aggregate Supply

3.3 Equilibrium

Links

1st Mid-Term Test

Ch..4, 6, 7, 8
(30 questions 45 minutes)

to be announced

4.0 Public Policy

Ch. 9-13

4.1 Fiscal Policy

4.2 Monetary Policy

Links

2nd Midterm

Ch.9-12

(30 questions 45 minutes)

to be announced

5.0 Global Economy

Ch. 15 & 16

5.1 Trade Policy
5.2 Balance of Payments

Links
Selected Articles

3rd  Mid-Term Test

Ch. 15-16

(30 questions in 45 minutes)

to be announced

Final 

Ch. 4,  6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15 & 16

(100 questions 180 minutes)

to be announced 

NOTICE

1. All testing is multiple choice.  For midterms & final exams 'op scan' sheets are used.  Students must use a lead pencil 'to fill in the dots' and code their student number correctly.  Failure to correctly code the student number will result in delay in results and demerit.

2. No electronic devices are allowed, by Departmental policy, in midterm and final examinations excepting approved calculators specifically Texas Instruments T1-502SV  for $4.95 or Texas Instrument T1-30Xa for $11.95.  Both are available at the 'U' bookstore.  For my classes a calculator is necessary only for online testing purposes.  

3. Plagiarism & Academic Dishonesty will not be tolerated.