ECON102

THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

School of Economics and Finance
ECON 1002 – Introduction to Economics II (3 year Curriculum)
Semester 2, 2012 -13

GENERAL INFORMATION

I. Lecture

Sub-Class
Time
Venue
E
Monday 9:30 am – 11:20 am
KK LG 109

Thursday 9:30 am – 10: 20 am
KK LG 109
F
Monday 11:30 am – 12:20 pm
KK LG 109

Thursday 10:30 am – 12: 20 pm
KK LG 109

II. Instructor and Teaching Assistant

Instructor
Teaching Assistant
Name
Dr. Claudian Kwok
Mr. Sunny Chan
Office
KK 932
KK 1026
Phone
2859-1045
2241-5381
E-mail [e-mail] [e-mail]
Office Hours
Mondays 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm;
Thursdays 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm;
Appointments outside office hours are welcome
To be confirmed

III. Pre-requisites
While ECON 1001, Introduction to Economics I, is not a pre-requisite of ECON 1002, it is better that you take ECON 1001 first because ECON 1002 will use on some of the basic concepts introduced in ECON 1001.

IV. Course Website
The course handouts will be uploaded in the course moodle before the lectures and tutorials.

V. Textbook

Required Textbook
Macroeconomics by Hubbard, R. Glenn and Anthony P. O’Brien, Fourth Edition (2013), Pearson International Edition.

Reference
The following is a good reference for the course:
Principles of Macroeconomics by Bernanke, Ben S. and Robert H. Frank, Fifth Edition(2013), McGraw-Hill Irwin. COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is an introduction to macroeconomics — the study of business cycle fluctuations and long-run economic growth. The course will first introduce students to the measurement of major macroeconomic variables and the main issues in macroeconomics. It will then introduce students to models that study the trend of the economy in the long run and the cyclical ups and downs of the economy in the short run. Empirical evidence and the effects of fiscal and monetary policies will be discussed along the way.
COURSE OBJECTIVES