ECON2510 — Macroeconomics
Academic Division: Business, Industry and Technology Academic Discipline: Business Administration Assistant Dean: Vincent Palombo PhD 3 Credit(s) This course will prepare the student to understand, critique, and predict how the various schools of macro-economic thought would diagnose and attempt to solve questions of national economic interest. Extensive investigation of the underlying principles of Keynesian, Neo-Keynesian, Monetarist, supply-side and Austrian perspectives is accomplished using both an analytical as well as a socio-economic/historical approach. Understanding these perspectives will enable the student to both understand and successfully participate in rational discussion regarding such issues as fiscal policy, monetary policy, trade policy, taxation, taxation theory and economic growth. (TAG# OSS005) Undergraduate OSS005 3 Lecture Hour(s); Required – End of term Critical Thinking Information Literacy Quantitative Literacy Computational ability is assessed by assignments involving the calculation of the Consumer Price Index, the fractional-reserve money multiplier and the unemployment rate. – Second half of term Quantitative VALUE Rubric – Middle of term Student Learning
Prerequisites: MATH0084