Prof. dr. Jurica Šimurina
Tomislav Globan, Ph. D.
Department of Macroeconomics and Development
MACROECONOMICS 2015/2016 (BDiB)
SCHEDULE OF LECTURES AND TUTORIALS
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK
Blanchard, O. "Macroeconomics", Prentice Hall (edition 4, edition 5 or edition 6)
SCHEDULE OF LECTURES AND TUTORIALS
WEEK 1 (05.-09.10.2015.) – Introduction
WEEK 2 (12.-16.10.2015.) – Chapter 1: A Tour of the World; Chapter 2: A Tour of the Book
WEEK 3 (19.-23.10.2015.) – Chapter 3: The Goods Market; Chapter 4: Financial Markets
WEEK 4 (26.10.-30.10.2015.) – Chapter 5: Goods and Financial Markets – The IS-LM Model
(TEST1)
WEEK 5 (02.11.-06.11.2015.) – Mid-term exam 1
WEEK 6 (09.-13.11.2015.) – Chapter 6: The Labor Market; Chapter 7: Putting All Markets
Together – The AS-AD Model
WEEK 7 (16.-20.11.2015.) Chapter 8: The Natural Rate of Unemployment and the Phillips Curve;
Chapter 9: Inflation, Activity, and Nominal Money Growth
WEEK 8 (23.-27.11.2015.) – Chapter 14: Expectations: The Basic Tools; Chapter 15: Financial
Markets and Expectations; (TEST2)
WEEK 9 (30.11.-04.12.2015.) – Mid-term exam 2
WEEK 10 (07.-11.12.2015.) – Chapter 16: Expectations, Consumption, and Investment; Chapter
17: Expectations, Output, and Policy
WEEK 11 (14.-18.12.2015.) – Chapter 18: openness in Goods and Financial Markets; Chapter 19:
The Goods Market in an Open Economy (TEST3)
WEEK 12 (21.-22.12.2015.) – LECTURES ONLY Chapter 20: Output, the Interest Rate, and the
Exchange rate; Chapter 21: Exchange rate Regimes
WEEK 12 (07.-08.01.2016.) – SEMINARS ONLY Chapter 20: Output, the Interest Rate, and the
Exchange rate; Chapter 21: Exchange rate Regimes
WEEK 13 (11.-15.01.2016.) – Chapter 10: The facts of Growth; Chapter 11: Saving, Capital
Accumulation, and Output
WEEK 14 (18.-22.01.2016.) – Chapter 12: Technological Progress and Growth; Chapter 13:
Technological Progress: The Short, the Medium, and the Long Run (TEST4)
WEEK 15 (25.-29.01.2016.) – Final exam
SIGNATURES
Signatures will not be given automatically. Each student must meet requirements for
obtaining the signature. According to policy of the School set by the Dean, any student who
does not have a signature MUST ENROLL IN THE CLASS AGAIN in the next academic year!
How to obtain the signature? Students have following obligations in order to obtain the
signature:
1. attendance on mid-terms and the final exam
2. attendance on tests
3. presence in class when indexes are signed (last week)
There will be a total of 3 mid-terms (two mid-terms and one final exam) and 4 tests.
Students may miss one mid-term or one test.
PASSING THE COURSE THROUG MID-TERMS AND TESTS
The exam can be passed through three midterms and four tests.
All three midterms must be positively graded in order to pass the exam. Each mid-term is
25% of the final grade, in total of 75%. In the week when a mid-term is held, there will be
no classes. All tests are 25% of the grade.
The grading is based on mid-terms and assignments. It is calculated by taking the sum of
all points in three midterms and four assignments, and dividing it by total number of points.
Furthermore, all points will be adjusted according to the best result, but not more than 5%.
Grading will be according to the following:
50%-69%  satisfactory
70%-79%  good
80%-89%  very good
90%-100%  excellent
Important notice!
All students who wish to pass the exam through mid-terms and assignments must,
without exception, apply for the first available examination term. Otherwise, it means that
you are not satisfied with your grade and prefer to take the entire exam again.
PASSING THE COURSE THROUGH REGULAR EXAM
Regular exam consists of written and oral exam. Grading on the regular exam will be as
follows:
60%-69%  satisfactory
70%-79%  average
80%-89%  very good
90%-100%  excellent