TROY UNIVERSITY
MASTER SYLLABUS
SORRELL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
ECO 3351
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Prerequisites
ECO 2251.
Description
Study of the variables affecting employment, income, and prices. Monetary theory and theories
of fluctuation are reviewed. Policies dealing with economic stabilization are examined.
Objectives
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
1. Develop an understanding of theories of the macroeconomic environment in an open
economy;
2. Discuss the different policy options available to policymakers trying to manage national
and international economies;
3. Discuss the characteristics of economic fluctuations and growth;
4. Examine the structure and role of fiscal and monetary policy in stabilizing the
international economy;
Purpose
To provide a comprehensive overview of modern macroeconomics. The course includes both
theory and discussions of institutional structures, as well as current policy issues that affect
short- or long-term business decisions and operations. Students taking this elective should
already have satisfied all of their 2000-level core and specified-elective requirements.
Requirement for the Economics major.
Master Syllabi are developed by the senior faculty in each business discipline. This Master Syllabus must be used as the basis for developing the
instructor syllabus for this course, which must also comply with the content specifications outlined in the Troy University Faculty Handbook.
The objectives included on this Master Syllabus must be included among the objectives on the instructor’s syllabus, which may expand upon the
same as the instructor sees fit. The statement of purpose seeks to position the course properly within the curriculum and should be consulted by
faculty as a source of advisement guidance. Specific choice of text and other details are further subject to Program Coordinator guidance.
19 April 2011
Master Syllabus: ECO3351 (Revised August 2013)
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Approved Texts
Mankiw, N.G., (current). Macroeconomics. Worth Publishers.
Snowdon, B. and H. Vane., (2005). Modern Macroeconomics: Its Origins, Development And
Current State. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Troy University Faculty Handbook (2010): Section 3.9.2.8 [extract] — essential elements of the syllabus (somewhat modified for space):
1. Course title
2. Course number +
section
3. Term
4. Instructor
5. Prerequisites
6. Office hours
7. Class days, times
8. Classroom
location
9. Office location +
e-mail address
10. Office telephone
11. Course
description,
objectives
12. Text(s)
13. Other materials
14. Grading methods, 16. General supports
criterion weights,
(computer works,
make-up policy,
writing center)
mid-term grade
17. Daily assignments,
reports
holidays, add/drop
15. Procedure, course
& open dates, dead
requirements
day, final exam
18. ADA statement
19. Electronic device
statement
20. Additional
services,
statements
21. Absence policy
22. Incomplete-work
policy
23. Cheating policy
24. Specialization
requirements
(certification,
licensure, teacher
competencies)