週次

Week

課程主題

Topic

課程內容與指定閱讀

Content and Reading Assignment

教學活動與作業

Teaching Activities and Homework

學習投入時間

Student workload expectation

課堂講授

In-class Hours

課程前後

Outside-of-class Hours

1

Introduction

Macroeconomic data (GDP, Inflation, and unemployment)

Ch.1

Lecture

3

3

2

Key components of GDP (Consumption, Investment, and Government purchases)

Ch.2

Lecture

3

3

3

Long-run models

Determinants of national income

Ch.3

Lecture

3

3

4

Relationship between money and inflation

Ch.4, 18 (Sec. 1, 2)

1^st Homework

3

3

5

Analysis of open economy

Ch.5

Lecture

3

3

6

Unemployment

Ch.6

Lecture

3

3

7

Growth Theory

Review session for the first midterm

Lecture

3

3

8

Midterm

FIRST MID TERM (Ch.1-5&18)

1^st midterm

3

3

9

Growth Theory

Solow growth model

 (Homework 2 will be distributed)

Ch.7, 8

2^nd Homework

3

3

10

Short-run models

Introduction to economic fluctuations

Ch.10, 11

Lecture

3

3

11

IS-LM model

Ch.11

Lecture

3

3

12

Mundell-Fleming model

Ch.12

Lecture

3

3

13

Midterm

SECOND MID TERM (Ch. 6-11)

2^nd midterm

3

3

14

Short-run models

Aggregate supply and the short-run tradeoff

Ch.13

Lecture

3

3

15

Recent topics

Mechanism of financial crisis

(Homework 3 will be distributed)

3^rd Homework

3

3

16

Recent Topics in monetary policy

Lecture

3

3

17

Final Exam

FINAL EXAM (Ch. 12-13 and lectures 16-17)

Final

3

3

18

Final discussion

Discussion session after the final

Discussion session

3

3