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| Course ID: ECON 211 |
| Programs: BSBA |
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Macroeconomics is the study of how the economy as a whole grows and changes over time. This course will provide an introduction to contemporary macroeconomic concepts and analysis. This course provides students with the basic theories, concepts, terminology, and applications of macroeconomics. Students learn practical applications for macroeconomics in their personal and professional lives through assimilation of fundamental concepts and analysis of actual economic events. Students will learn the importance of a model-based approach to macroeconomic analysis as well as how the various models are connected. The goal is to produce students who have the capacity to analyze current economic issues in the context of an economic frame of reference, namely, a set of macroeconomic models. Students learn about key trends and have thorough discussions of how such trends might be explained by traditional macroeconomic models. The course gives an international perspective; students are given the opportunity to explore modern theories of balance-of-payments issues , determinants of exchange rates, and the choice of exchange rate regimes.
McConnell, Campbell R.; Brue, Stanley L.; Flynn, Sean Masaki. Macroeconomics with Economy 2009 Update + Connect Plus, 18th Ed. McGraw-Hill: 2009. ISBN 9780077401856.