Principles of Macroeconomics
Syllabus for ECON 1202, Summer 2010

 

NOTE: CONTINUALLY UPDATED!!!

 

 

Instructor:	Steven R. Cunningham
Lecture:	1:00 - 4:00 PM, Monday-Friday, Monteith 221
Office Hours:	Monday-Friday, 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Office:	418 Monteith Building
Telephone:	Instructor (860) 486-3550, Fax (860) 486-4463
Instructor’s Email:	Steven.R.Cunningham@uconn.edu
Course Website:	http://econ1202.com
Textbook Website:	MyEconLab.com

 

Required Texts

• Macroeconomics: Principles, Applications, and Tools, 6^th edition, by O'Sullivan, Sheffrin, and Perez. Pearson/Prentice-Hall, 2010.  ISBN-10: 0136092721; ISBN-13:  9780136092728. Required.

• MyEconLab.com. (Bundled with the textbook.) Required.

 

Section 010 Course Code: XL0H-P1CI-101Y-8RX2  Instructions

 

Summary

This course provides a broad-based survey of the field of macroeconomics. The course material covers aggregate supply and demand, theories promoted by various schools of economic thought, money and the financial system, the role of government in the marketplace, and macroeconomic policy. Included are discussions of pressing domestic policy issues. The student should leave the course with an understanding of current and recent theories of macroeconomic structure and policy.

 

Organization and Grading

Daily lectures. Grades are based upon homework assignments (20%), a mid-term exam (40% each), and a final exam (40%). The final exam covers the material from the second half of the course.

 

MyEconLab, the online support system for the textbook, is essentially an online, interactive study guide that links directly to the textbook. I urge students to take full advantage of MyEconLab to gain confidence with the material in the course. Homework assignments will be administered through MyEconLab. 

 

Lecture & Exam Schedule

Note: This is the planned schedule, and may have to be modified at any time.