ECO 211
Computer Applications of Macroeconomics


Course Description:
This course introduces the student to computer assisted applications of macroeconomic principles to include the concepts of choice and scarcity, national income accounting, aggregate supply and demand analysis and the evaluation of the effects of fiscal and monetary policy on full employment, price stability and economic growth. Microcomputer use will involve graphics based tutorials and simulations. It must be taken in tandem with Economics 201.
Econ 211 gives students a "hands on" approach to economics and its application through the use of tutorials and simulations. Additionally, Internet and the World Wide Web will be used as sources of current economic material.
 

SPRING 2005 OUTLINE of TOPICS
DATE TOPIC ASSIGNMENT
1-21 Introduction The Computer
1-28 Scarcity & Unemployment Unemployment Data
2-4 Alternative Economic Systems Pacific Rim Economies
2-11
Supply and Demand
Agricultural Prices
2-18
Review
Make-up Work
2-25 National Income GDP
3-4 Review: National Income GDP Statistics
3-11 The Business Cycle  Business Cycle Indicators
3-18 Spring Break No Class
3-25 Classical EconomicTheory Classical Economics
4-1 Current Issues Current Issues
4-9 Review Make-Up Work
4-15  The Federal Government's Budget Government Spending and Taxing
4-22 The Federal Reserve System Who Leads the Fed?
4-29 Money Currency and the Velocity of Cirulation
5-6 Review Make-Up Work

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Last updated January 10, 2005

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