ECON 1BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Academic Integrity

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Economics
• Course: ECON 1BB3
• Professor: Bridget O' Shaughnessy

Document Summary

Econ 1bb3: introductory macroeconomics lecture 1 - course outline. Learn about the use of assumptions and models in economics: be able to use specific models (ppf, supply and demand, ad-as) to analyze economic. Problems: understand the computation of macroeconomic variables such as the inflation rate, unemployment rate, and gdp, understand the use of monetary and fiscal policy in canada, a small open economy, develop analytical and problem solving skills. Course structure: offered in a blended format, with one lecture per week and online modules to supplement the lecture, weekly schedule posted on avenue to learn to be used to keep on track and homework on aplia. The course is broken into five broad content modules: Module 1 microeconomic topics 2 weeks. Module 2 macroeconomic definitions and data 1 week. Module 3 the canadian economy in the long run 4 weeks. Module 4 open economy issues 2 weeks. Module 5 the canadian economy in the short run 3 weeks.