Graduate (S) Business Administration 503

FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS

Summer 2011
 
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Calendar

 The calendar given below is tentative. Please check back often for possible changes. Yellow shading indicates weekend or University holiday.

June / July
S M T W T F S
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 1 2
3 4  5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
 
 
JUN 22: Introduction, Supply and Demand, National Output, Labor Market
Reading:
  • Chapters 1 - 2

Notes:

 
JUN 27: Labor Market, Inflation, Measuring Money
Reading:
  • Chapters 3, 4 , and 6
Notes:
 
JUN 29: Money Creation, Monetary Policy
Reading:
  • Chapters 7 - 8
Notes:
 
JUL 4: Fourth of July Holiday
  Notes:
  • No class!
 
JUL 6: Quiz, Interest Rates
- Wednesday, July 6
  • The quiz will cover Chapters 1 - 4

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Reading:
  • Chapters 9
Notes:
 
JUL 11: Price and Output Fluctuations, Fiscal Policy
Reading:
  • Chapters 10 - 11 (skip pp. 398 - 405)
  • Chapter 18 (pp. 692 - 698)
Notes:
 
JUL 13: Fiscal Policy, Foreign Exchange Markets, Exchange Rates
Reading:
  • Chapters 12 - 13

- Chapter 12 (pp. 427 - 430)

- Also include pp. 615 - 621 from Chapter 17

Notes:
 
JUL 18: Balance of Payments, Economic Impact in Flexible and Fixed Exchange Rate Systems
Reading:
  • Chapter 14
  • Chapters 16 and 17
Notes:
 
JUL 20: Final
- Wednesday, July 20
  • The final will cover Chapters 6 - 14, 16, and 17
Notes: