INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS 1A | Syllabus and Timetable

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INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS 1A

Lecturer(s)	SENGA, TATSURO
Credit(s)	2
Academic Year/Semester	2025 Fall
Day/Period	Tue.Other
Campus	Mita
Class Format	Online classes (completely on-demand format)
Registration Number	41865
Faculty/Graduate School	ECONOMICS
Department/Major	ECONOMICS Type A, B
Year Level	3, 4
Field	MAJOR SUBJECTS
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Course Description	The aim of this course is to offer the foundation of macroeconomics. Ia takes up topics on long run macroeconomic issues and Ib takes up short run macroeconomic issues.
K-Number	FEC-EC-34102-242-07

Course Administrator	Faculty/Graduate School	FEC	ECONOMICS
Course Administrator	Department/Major	EC	ECONOMICS
Main Course Number	Level	3	Third-year level coursework
	Major Classification	4	Major Subjects Course- Core Course
	Minor Classification	10	Lecture - Economic Theory
	Subject Type	2	Elective required subject
Supplemental Course Information	Class Classification	2	Lecture
	Class Format	4	Online classes (completely on-demand format)
	Language of Instruction	2	English
Academic Discipline		07	Economics, business administration, and related fields

Course Contents/Objectives/Teaching Method/Intended Learning Outcome

The aim of the course is to offer the foundation of modern macroeconomics. It will introduce both models and empirics of economic growth, cross-country income differences, and productivity. By the end of this course, students will be familiarized with key concepts and issues in macroeconomics and able to shape their own analysis using models and data.

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Textbooks

Charles I. Jones, Macroeconomics, fifth Edition, W. W. Norton & Company, 2019.

Reference Books

Daron Acemoglu, Introduction to Modern Economic Growth, Princeton University Press, 2009.
Stephen Williamson, Macroeconomics, Sixth Edition, Pearson, 2018.

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