Syllabus_for宏观经济PATHWAY.doc

COURSE SYLLABUS BEC0002 Economics for Business 2 (Pathway Program) Semester 2, 2011-2012 Course Instructor: Professor Andrew L. H. Parkes, Ph. D. Email: andrew@ Telephone Number:85041 Office Hours: 10:50-11:50am Tuesday and Thursday And by Appointment, just email me first Subject coordinator: Ji zhiying Email：ji_zhiying@ 1. Course description Course Classification: Required Course Prerequisite: BEC0001 Credit points: 6 Course content: The content covers the following topics: Market structure including monopoly and oligopoly; Explain the consumers’ and firms’ behavior as well as give some suggestions to improve market actors’ welfare; Economic growth models; The goods market, asset market, and the basics of monetary and fiscal policy; The details for consumption and investment; Labor Markets, Unemployment and Inflation 2. Course Objectives After completing Microeconomics, students should be able to: (1) Understand the different structures and how the monopolistic or oligopolistic companies make decisions; (2) Explain the consumers’ and firms’ behavior as well as give some suggestions to improve market actors’ welfare; (3) Examine the process of analysing economic data and consider how it is applied in real life; (4) Explain the reasons of economic long-run growth and short-run fluctuations as well as put forward some suggestions to deal with economic problems. 3. Teaching and learning strategies BEC0002 is presented through lectures, tutorials and self-managed learning materials in print and electronic formats. Lectures will outline the key concepts, theories and issues of each topic. Real world and hypothetical examples will be discussed to illustrate the basic concepts and their application to business. Lectures will not cover every aspect of the topics outlined and students are expected to supplement their learning from lectures by independent st