[Total Economy] Syllabus

[Second Semester]   2018/2019

Instructor Information

Instructor	Email	Office Location & Hours
[Dr. Hassan Hijazi]	hasan.hijazi@.spu.edu.sy	[Location, Hours, Days]

General Information

Description

- Provide a formal approach to the concepts of economy, and cover the most important economic laws and how to apply them in the present world and our daily lives.

- Focus on macroeconomic analysis, GDP and output, employment, price level, inflation, money, state budget and balance of payments, public debt, and interest rates.

- Explain the concept and objectives of macroeconomic policies and the role of the state in economic activity, macroeconomic variables (GDP, domestic and national income) and its basic components, the fundamentals of macroeconomic analysis and the interpretation of the behavior of different economic sectors.

Expectations and Goals

1- The student's definition of macroeconomics and its relation to microeconomics

2. Providing students with the skills of macroeconomic analysis, basic knowledge in economic terms, and theories of the contemporary economy

3 - deepen the student 's knowledge of concepts, variables and macroeconomic phenomena and the fundamentals of macroeconomic analysis

4 - accustom the student to the collective work through the study of realistic cases of the Syrian economy

Language(s) of Instruction:                  Arabic                 Textbook(s) Language(s): Arabic

Course Materials

Required Text

- Macroeconomics - Basic principles, applications and tools - 2014

- N. Georges Mankiw, Principles of Economics, fifth Edition,, Cengage, 2009

Course Schedule

	Week	Topic	Reading	Exercises
1	9/2/- 14/2	Fundamentals of Economics	Page 1 - 5
2	16/2/- 21/2	Key Principles of Macroeconomics	Page 9 - 28
3	23/2/- 28/2	Accounts of national income and national and local output	Page 119 - 149
4	2/3/-7/3	Accounts of national income and national and local output	Page 119 - 149
5	9/3- 14/3	General review and first test
6	16/3-21/3	Consumption and savings	Page 291 - 298
7	23/3-28/3	Equilibrium Income and Simple Multiplier Model (1)	Page 304- 314
8	30/3-4/3	Equilibrium income and simple multiplier model (2)	Page 304- 314
9	6/4-11/4	Balance in an open economy	318 - 328
10	13/4-18/4	General review and second test
11	20/4-26/4	Balance of Payments	Page 472 - 476
12	27/4-2/5	Inflation	Page 401 - 435
13	4/5-9/5	The unemployment	Page 401 - 435
14	11/5-27/5	International Business Adminstration	Page 471 - 483
15	18/5-23/5	final exam

Testing Schedule

test	Date	Subject	Reading	Type	language	% of final grade
Quizz 1	16/3			MCQ/written	Arabic/ English	10
Quizz 2	27/4			MCQ/written	Arabic/ English	10
Activity	24/5					10
Final Exam	25/5/2019			MCQ/written	Arabic/ English	70