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01:220:321:04 Spring 2013

Intermediate Macroeconomics

Course: Economics 321 (Section 04)

Room: Murray Hall 213

Time: Monday and Thursday, 11.30 am 12:50 pm

Instructor: Prof. Cristina Fuentes-Albero415 New Jersey Hall, College Ave Campus

cfuentes@econ.rutgers.eduOffice hours: Monday 2:30 4:30pm or by appointment

Teaching assistant: Youngseok Park406 New Jersey Hall, College Ave Campus

ypark@economics.rutgers.eduOffice hours: Wednesday, 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Thursday10:00am 11:00 am, or by appointment

Prerequisites: Intro to Microeconomics (220:102), Intro to Macroeconomics (220:103),

and Calculus I (640:135 or 640:151, or equivalent)

Course Materials: The required textbook isMacroeconomics Policy and Practice (1stedition) by Frederic S. Mishkin.

You are also required to enroll in MyEconLab, an on-line platform where problem sets

will be assigned and graded. An access code for MyEconLab can be purchased eitherbundled together with the textbook or separately. Information on how to register can be

found on the course Sakai site. Please register with MyEconLab within 48 hours of the

first class. The MyEconLab course ID for your section is: !"#$%#&'()*#+,-./00.

Registering for MyEconLab is mandatory. Assignments will be posted every week and

can only be answered on line. You can access the site free of charge during a grace period(which lasts 17 days) but you must register to do so.

Evaluation:

Homework 30% Due online Thursday by 10:00 pmQuiz1 10% February 14 (in class, 10 minutes)

Quiz 2 25% March 14 (in class, 75 minutes)Quiz 3

Quiz 4

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April 18 (in class, 75 minutes)

May 2 (in class, 10 minutes)

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Missed examsare excused only for medical reasonsor emergencies, and only with anote from the Dean's office or a signed form from a physician's office. The student or

someone acting on behalf of the student must notify the instructor within 24 hours afterthe missed exam

The following is the correspondence between average percentage scores and letter grades

that will be used for this class:

Grade: A. Minimum average percentage score: 90%Grade: B+. Minimum average percentage score: 85%

Grade: B. Minimum average percentage score: 75%Grade: C+. Minimum average percentage score: 65%

Grade: C. Minimum average percentage score: 60%Grade: D. Minimum average percentage score: 55%

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Academic Integrity: Cheating will not be tolerated. The University has established

severe penalties for cheating. The Universitys policy on academic integrity is found inthe official catalogue at http://academicintegrity.rutgers.edu/academic-integrity-at-rutgers

Learning outcomes: This class analyzes general equilibrium models of a monetaryeconomy. Along the way, a student should gain a thorough understanding of the IS/LMmodel, the effect of monetary and fiscal policy on output and prices, the factors effecting

economic growth, and issues related to the long-run solvency of the fiscal sector.

Tentative Course outline: The outline below provides an overview of the topics we willcover and may be revised slightly over the course of the semester.

Introduction: Chapters 1-2

Macroeconomic basics: Chapters 3-4Quiz 1 (February 14)

Macroeconomic basics: Chapter 5

Economic growth: Chapter 6Business Cycles: Chapter 8-9

Quiz 2 (March 14)

Business Cycles: Chapters 10-13Finance and the Macroeconomy: Chapter 14

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Quiz 3 (April 18)

Finance and the Macroeconomy: Chapter 15Macroeconomic Policy: Chapter 16 and Chapter 20

Quiz 4 (May 2)