BROCK UNIVERSITY

ECONOMICS 3P22

INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS II

Fall 2015

A. General Information

Instructor	Professor Zisimos Koustas
Office	Plaza 437
Phone	688-5550 Ext. 3326
Web Page	http://spartan.ac.brocku.ca/~zkoustas/
Office Hours	T 10:00-11:00  TH 10:00-11:00

B. Course Grading

There will be a midterm test and a final examination. In addition, two problem sets will be assigned and marked. The average of the assignment grades will be used to calculate the final grade. The weights attached to each piece of work in the course are as follows:

Midterm test	40%
Assignments	10%
Final examination	50%

Note: Students may withdraw from the course without academic penalty by Tuesday, November 10, 2015.

C. Suggested Study Method

Attending classes regularly and taking class notes is strongly recommended. Active class participation, through contributing to the discussion, is very much encouraged. Discussing the assigned problems with classmates is allowed and indeed encouraged. However, the final product must reflect your own work. Late assignments will not be accepted after the solutions have been posted online. Otherwise, a penalty of 10 marks per overdue day will be applied.

D. Course Outline

Required Text: Gregory Mankiw and William Scarth,  Macroeconomics, Fourth  or Fifth Canadian Edition, Worth Publishers, 2011, 2014.

	The Economy in the Long Run
Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4	Chapter 3: The Classical Model
Weeks 5, 6	Chapter 5: The Open Economy
	Midterm Test: Saturday, October 24, 2015
Weeks  7, 8	Chapter 7: Economic Growth I
Weeks 9, 10	Chapter  8: Economic Growth II
	Sectoral Analysis
Week 11	Chapter 17: Consumption
Week 12	Chapter 18:  Investment