Course Schedule

The course schedule aims to provide you with a general sense of how the class will advance in reading the textbook and Harford. It is organized by cycle. The class website will provide you with more specific assignments, from both the books and from online articles and additional work on a weekly basis. As a major feature of this class will be discussion based on current economic events, there will certainly be changes made regularly to the overall schedule.

Cycle 1: Wed. 8.26 – Wed. 9.02
Course Introduction
Summer reading discussion and quiz
 What is Economics? (B&B 1)
The Economy: Myth and Reality (B&B 2)

Cycle 2: Th. 9.03 – F. 9.11
Scarcity and Choice (B&B 3)
Supply and Demand (B&B 4)

Hartford chapter 1

Cycle 3: M. 9.14 – Th. 9.17
Review

Test 1

Introduction to Macroeconomics (B&B 5)
**Senior Retreat**

Cycle 4:  Tu. 9.22 – Tu. 9.29
**Senior Retreat**
Macroeconomic Policy (B&B 6)
Economic Growth (B&B 7)

Cycle 5: W. 9.30 – W. 10.07
Aggregate Demand (B&B 8)

Harford 2 & 3

Review

Test 2

Demand-Side Equilibrium (B&B 9)

Cycle 6: Th. 10.08 – F. 10.16
Supply-Side: Recessions and Stabilization (B&B 10)

Harford 4, 5

Quiz on chapters 9-10

End Quarter 1

Cycle 7: M. 10.19 – M. 10.26
Fiscal Policy (B&B 11)
Money and Banking (B&B 12)
Monetary Policy (B&B 13)

Cycle 8: Tu. 10.27 – W. 11.04
Combining Monetary and Fiscal Policy (B&B 14)

Harford 6

Review

Test 3

Budget Deficits (B&B 15)

Cycle 9: Th. 11.05 – M. 11.16
Inflation and Unemployment (B&B 16)

Harford 7,8

Quiz 2

International Trade (B&B 17)

Cycle 10: Tu. 11.17 – Tu. 11.24
The International Monetary System (B&B 18)
Exchange Rates and the Macroeconomy (B&B 19)

Cycle 11: M. 11.30 – M. 12.07

Harford 9, 10

Projects

Cycle 12: Tu. 12.08 – F. 12.11

Projects

Review

Final Exam