24Summer ECON 103 Syllabus

ECON 103.1003 Syllabus

ECON 103: Principles of Macroeconomics

The First Summer Session, 2024

Course Information

Classroom: AB 212

Lecture: MoTuWeTh 10:30AM-12:30PM

Instructor: Qizhou (Robin) Luo

Email: qluo@unr.edu

You may reach out to me with questions and schedule office hours by appointment via email.

Course Description

Introductory analysis of how markets and governments interact to determine an economy’s output, employment, income, interest rate, wage, price, and trade balance levels over time.

Pre/Co-requisites

Prerequisite: ECON 102

Corequisites: MATH 124 or MATH 126 or higher.

Textbook and Materials

Macroeconomics, 3e by Acemoglu/Laibson/List

Students must purchase Pearson MyLab in order to complete homework assignments and in-class quizzes.

List of Topics

The course aims to cover the topics listed below (this may vary slightly). Each topic should take between one and three lectures.

Chapter 5 The Wealth of Nations: Defining and Measuring Macroeconomic Aggregates
Chapter 6 Aggregate Incomes
Chapter 7 Economic Growth
Chapter 8 Why Isn’t the Whole World Developed?
Chapter 9 Employment and Unemployment
Chapter 10 Credit Markets
Chapter 11 The Monetary System
Chapter 12 Short-Run Fluctuations

Assessment

40% Homework

25% Midterm Exam

25% Final Exam

10% Participation

Valid reasons for late submissions and procedures for scheduling makeup exams should be presented by the due dates. Late homework submissions will incur a penalty of 20% if without reasons.

Grading Criteria, Scale, and Standards

Letter Grade	Percentage	GPA
A	93–100%	4.0
A−	90–92%	3.7
B+	87–89%	3.3
B	83–86%	3.0
B−	80–82%	2.7
C+	77–79%	2.3
C	73–76%	2.0
C−	70–72%	1.7
D+	67–69%	1.3
D	63–66%	1.0
D−	60–62%	0.7
F	0–59%	0.0