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Intermediate Macroeconomics Honours
UoS Code ECOS2902
Credit points 6
Offered Semester 2
Prerequisites ECON1001 and ECON1002 with a Credit average or better in the two units of study combined
Corequisites ECMT1020
Prohibitions ECON2902, ECOS2002, ECON2002
Assumed Knowledge
Additional Information Certain combinations of Maths/Stats may substitute for Econometrics. Consult the Chair of the Discipline of Economics.
Lectures 1 x 2hr lecture and 1 tutorial per week
Assessment Assignments, mid semester exam, Final Exam
Description This unit is comprised of lectures based upon the curriculum for ECOS2002 Intermediate Macroeconomics, supported by a seminar for one hour a week. The content of lectures reflects a more intensive treatment of the topics than ECOS2002. Topics covered include: models of the goods, money and labour markets; macro-economic relationships such as consumption, investment, demand for money and labour demand and supply; macro-dynamic relationships, especially those linking inflation and unemployment; exchange rates and open economy macroeconomics; theories of economic growth; productivity and technological change; the dynamics of the business cycle; and the relationship between micro- and macro-economic policy.