Week 1: January 14, 16
Chapter 1 Ten Principles of Economics
Chapter 2 Thinking Like an Economist
Chapter 3 Interdependence and the Gains from Trade
Week 2: January 21, 23 Class begins at 8:15
Chapter 4 The Market Forces of Supply and Demand
Chapter 5 Measuring a Nation's Income
Week 3: January 28, 30 Class begins at 8:15
Chapter 6 Measuring the Cost of Living
Chapter 7 Production and Growth
Week 4: No class Tuesday, February 4; February 6 Class begins at 8:15
Chapter 8 Saving, Investment, and the Financial System
Week 5: February 11, 13 Class begins at 8:15
Chapter 9 The Basic Tools of Finance
Chapter 10: Employment
Week 6: February 18, 20
Review
Thursday, February 20: Exam 1: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Week 7: February 25, 27 Class begins at 8:15
Chapter 11 The Monetary System
Chapter 12 Money, Growth and Inflation
Week 8: March 4, 6
Chapter 13 Open-Economy Macroeconomics: Basic Concepts
Chapter 14 A Macroeconomic Theory of the Open Economy
Week 9: March 11, 13
Chapter 14 (continue)
Spring Break
Week 10: March 25, 27
Chapter 16 Aggregate Demand and Supply
Chapter 17 The Influence of Monetary and Fiscal Policy on Aggregate Demand
Week 11: April 1, 3
No class Tuesday, April 1
Exam 2 Thursday, April 3 Chapters 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16
Week 12: April 8, 10
Chapter 15: Introduction to the IS-LM Model
Chapter 18 The Short Run Trade-Off Between Inflation and Unemployment
Chapter 19 The Financial Crisis
Week 13: April 15, 17
Chapter 19 The Financial Crisis (continued)
Chapter 20 Common Currency Areas and Monetary Union
Week 14: April 22, 24
The Chinese Economy: Economic Issues for the Global Economy
Final exam: Comprehensive. See the University schedule for date and time.