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) |
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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) |
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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 |