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ISTANBUL GELİŞİM UNIVERSITY INFORMATION SYSTEM

MACRO ECONOMICS COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
UIT218 MACRO ECONOMICS 4 3 3 6

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 - Basic Concepts and Approaches in Macroeconomics Lecture, Discussion
2 Pre-assigned readings and assignments Measuring the Economy 1: Measuring Gross Domestic Product Lecture, Discussion
3 Pre-assigned readings and assignments Measuring the Economy 2: Inflation Lecture, Discussion
4 Pre-assigned readings and assignments Measuring the Economy 3: Employment and Unemployment Lecture, Discussion
5 Pre-assigned readings and assignments Measuring the Economy 4: Interest Rate, Exchange Rate, and Balance of Payments Lecture, Discussion
6 Pre-assigned readings and assignments Money Supply, Money Demand Lecture, Discussion
7 Pre-assigned readings and assignments Consumption Expenditures, Investment Expenditures Lecture, Discussion
8 Pre-assigned readings and assignments Planned Expenditure Level: Simple Keynesian Model Lecture, Discussion
9 Pre-assigned readings and assignments Deflationary Gap and Inflationary Gap Lecture, Discussion
10 - MID-TERM EXAM -
11 Pre-assigned readings and assignments IS-LM Model Lecture, Discussion
12 Pre-assigned readings and assignments Monetary and Fiscal Policy Lecture, Discussion
13 Pre-assigned readings and assignments Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand Lecture, Discussion
14 Pre-assigned readings and assignments Alternative Macroeconomic Models: Classical Economics, Keynesian Economics Lecture, Discussion
15 Pre-assigned readings and assignments Alternative Macroeconomic Models: Monetarist Economics, New Classical Economics Lecture, Discussion
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -