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Course Schedule

Week

Time

Topic

1

Sep 12

Orientation and Introduction (chapter 1)

 

 

Review of Basic Concepts of Economics (TBC.)

2

Sep 19

Review of Basic Concepts of Economics (Cont.)

Measuring a Nation’s Income (chapter 10) (TBC)

3

Sep 26

Measuring a Nation’s Income (chapter 10) (Cont.)

 

 

Measuring the Cost of Living (chapter 11)

4

Oct 3

No class (Mid-Autumn & National Holiday)

 

5

Oct 10

Production and Growth (chapter 12)

 

 

(1st roundtable discussion)

6

Oct 17

Saving, Investment, & Financial System (chapter 13)

 

 

 

7

Oct 24

Unemployment (chapter 15)

 

8

Oct 31

Midterm 1 Basic economic knowledge, chapters 1&10-15

   

9

Nov 7    

The Monetary System (chapter 16)

 

 

 

10

Nov 14

Money Growth and Inflation (chapter 17)

 

11

Nov 21

Open-Economy Macroeconomics (chapter 18)

 

12

Nov 28

A Macroeconomic Theory of the Open Economy (chapter 19)

 

13

Dec 5

Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply (chapter 20)

 

 

(Project assignment)

14

Dec 12

The influence of Monetary and Fiscal Policy (chapter 21)

 

15

Dec 19

The Short-Run Trade-off (chapter 22)

 

16

Dec 26

Review before the final Exam

 

17

Jan 2

Project Presentations 1, 2 & 3

 

18

Jan 9

Project Presentations 4, 5 & 6

 

19, 20

Jan 14-25

Final Exam Week