SYLLABUS
ECON 102 A02: Introduction to Macroeconomics
ABOUT THE COURSE
Course Description
Employment, inflation, international payments, monetary policy, and fiscal policy, all in the Canadian economy.
Course Prerequisites
ECON 101 or consent of the Department of Economics. It is your responsibility as a student to ensure that you have the appropriate prerequisites for the course.
Course Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will have:
• An understanding of how GDP and CPI are defined and calculated, and their applications in the study of economics.
• An appreciation of how economists approach the analysis of the monetary, fiscal policies, and macro-management.
• An ability to apply the model of aggregate demand and aggregate supply to questions of recession and economic expansion.
Course Materials
Karlan, Morduch, Alam, and Wong (2023). Macroeconomics, Third Canadian Edition & Connect, McGraw-Hill Education. The access code for Connect is included free of charge in the textbook package. Both hard copies and digital versions can be purchased from the U of A bookstore (and the publisher directly). Purchasing used copies or from third-party websites may not include access to Connect.