Phone: (802) 656-3064
Fax: (802) 656-8405
E-mail: bill.gibson@uvm.edu
| Week of | Topics | |||
Jan 20 |
Ch 2: World Trade: An Overview | First Class | ||
Jan 25 |
Ch 12: NIPA and Balance of Payments | |||
Feb 1 |
Ch 13: Exchange Rates | Add-Drop ends 1 Feb | ||
Feb 8 |
Ch 14: Money, Interest Rates and Exchange Rates | |||
| Feb 15 |
Ch 15: Prices and Exchange Rates in the Long Run | No class Mon 15 Feb | ||
Feb 22 |
Ch 16: Output and the Exchange Rate in the Short Run | |||
Mar 1 |
Midterm Wed 3 March | |||
Mar 8 |
No class | Spring break! | ||
Mar 15 |
Ch 17: Fixed Exchange Rates | |||
Mar 22 |
Ch 18: The International Monetary System | |||
Mar 29 |
Ch 19: Floating Exchange Rates | |||
Apr 5 |
Ch 20: Floating Exchange Rates-con't | |||
Apr 12 |
Ch 20: Optimum Currency Areas | |||
Apr 19 |
Ch 21: The Global Capital Market | |||
Apr 26 |
Ch 21: The Global Capital Market-con't | |||
May 3 |
Ch 22 Developing Countries | |||
11 May |
Final exam 7:00-8:15 PM Lafayette L403 | Tuesday | ||
| Course requirements: 1 homework set per week (2-4 hours), 1-2 chapters per week,1 midterm and 1 final exam | ||||
| Exams will be multiple choice questions plus extended answer questions that might include an essay, drawing graphs or working out mathematical problems. The couse uses a significant amount of mathematics. Excel or other spreadsheet skills are highly desirable. All homework is to be completed on line in MyEconLab. Your grade will be the highest score your receive before the homework assignment expires, after which you will no longer be able to access the problem set for the week. Homework sets will expire Friday night at midnight of the week during which the chapter(s) are assigned. It is highly advisable to read the relevant chapter the before the week begins. The final exam is comprehensive and will last only 1 hour and 15 mins, the same as the midterm. | ||||
| Grading: | ||||
| Homework | 33 percent | |||
| Midterm | 33 percent | |||
| Final | 33 percent | |||
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| Course ID: XL0G-L1J2-701Y-3FT2. Technical support is at 1-800-677-6337 or webtech.support@pearsoned.com. | ||||
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