SØK 3432 Macroeconomics - RE-SIT EXAMINIATION

SØK 3432 Macroeconomics - RE-SIT EXAMINIATION

Course code: 
SØK 3432
Department: 
Economics
Credits: 
7.5
Course coordinator: 
Terje Synnestvedt
Hans-Martin Straume
Course name in Norwegian: 
Makroøkonomi - KONTINUASJONSEKSAMEN
Product category: 
Bachelor
Portfolio: 
Bachelor - Common Courses
Semester: 
2018 Autumn
Active status: 
Re-sit exam
Resit exam semesters: 
2018 Autumn
2019 Spring
Resit exam info

Kurset skal erstattes av et nytt kurs som også favner mikroøkonomi. Dette kurset ble undervis siste gang høsten 2017. Kontinuasjoneksamen vil bl tilbudt høsten 2018 og siste gang våren 2019. Det tilbys ikke arbeidskrav, og det er ikke krav om bestått arbeidskrav ved kontinuasjonseksamen høsten 2018 eller våren 2019.

Fra og med høsten 2019 må studenter som ennå ikke har bestått kurset (eller ønsker å forbedre eksamenskarakteren) avlegge det nye kurset SØK 3442 Samfunnsøkonomi, samt avlegge kursets arbeidskrav.

Teaching language: 
Norwegian
Course type: 
One semester
Introduction

Macroeconomics is the study of the economy as a whole. It deals with phenomena such as long-run economic growth, business cycles, unemployment, inflation, and deficits on the balance of payments. Analyses on how governments and central banks can influence the macroeconomy through fiscal and monetary policy are particularly important in macroeconomics.

Learning outcomes - Knowledge

An important goal of this course is to familiarise students with important macroeconomic concepts, indicators, and relations, and to give students insights into macroeconomic theories (with corresponding empirical knowledge) of long-run economic growth processes, structural unemployment, inflation and other nominal variables, and business cycles. This will help you to understand how small, open economies are affected by the international economy, and important economic policy issues confronting governments and central banks. Another goal is to equip students with sufficient knowledge to understand theories and macroeconomic models that explain how fiscal and monetary policy, such as inflation targeting, can be used to influence the macroeconomy.

After taking this course you should understand and be able to explain important macroeconomic concepts, indicators and the most common policy targets and instruments of fiscal and monetary policy in advanced economies. You are expected to understand the crucial distinction between real and nominal variables and concepts. You should also be able to distinguish wrong statements in macroeconomics from correct ones, as well as descriptive statements from normative ones. You should also have acquired a good overview of macroeconomic relations and empirical knowledge. Finally, you should understand the logical structure of basic macroeconomic growth models and elementary models of business cycles and inflation.
 

Learning outcomes - Skills

After taking this course you should be able to find relevant economic data and indicators from respectable data sources in order to describe the macroeconomic situation and recent history of a particular country. You should also be able to decide which macroeconomic theory or model that is most relevant for a particular policy issue. Finally, you should be able to apply basic models of long-run growth, business cycles and inflation to draw logical conclusions about the effects of changes in crucial parameters and policy instruments.

Learning Outcome - Reflection

After taking this course you should be ethically conscious about the conflicts of interest and inherent goal conflicts and trade-offs in macroeconomic policy. You should be able to look at a macroeconomic policy issue from different perspectives in regard to the interests of different groups in society. You should also have developed a critical attitude making you conscious of the difference between political ambitions behind announcements of goals and the real effects of macroeconomic policies in practice.

Course content
  1. National accounts and economic indicators
  2. Economic growth and the wealth of nations
  3. The labor market and structural unemployment
  4. Money, prices and exchange rates in the long run
  5. Consumption and investment
  6. Aggregate demand, business cycles and the short-run effects of monetary and fiscal policy
  7. Asset bubbles and financial instability
  8. Nominal and real exchange rates
  9. Long-run effects of fiscal policy.
Learning process and requirements to students

The course consists of lectures and exercises. 

An important part of the learning process consists of lectures in class. In addition there are mandatory exercises. Seven sets of coursework requirements will be posted on It's learning. Five of these have to be approved in order for the student to be allowed to take the final exam. Answers to the work requirements should be posted electronically through It's learning. Feedback will be given electronically or in class.

E-Learning

In course delivery as online courses, lecturer will, in collaboration with the student administration, organize an appropriate course implementation, combining different learning activities and digital elements on the learning platform. Online students are also offered a study guide that will contribute to progression and overview. Total recommended time spent for completing the course also applies here.

Software tools
No specified computer-based tools are required.
Qualifications

Higher Education Entrance Qualification.

Required prerequisite knowledge

No particular prerequisites.

Mandatory courseworkCourseworks givenCourseworks requiredComment coursework
Mandatory53The students must get approved three (3) out of five (5) coursework requirements in order to take the exam (No requirements in 2018/19).
Mandatory coursework:
Mandatory coursework:Mandatory
Courseworks given:5
Courseworks required:3
Comment coursework:The students must get approved three (3) out of five (5) coursework requirements in order to take the exam (No requirements in 2018/19).
Assessments
Assessments
Exam category: 
Submission
Form of assessment: 
Structured test
Invigilation
Weight: 
100
Grouping: 
Individual
Support materials: 
  • BI-approved exam calculator
  • Simple calculator
Duration: 
3 Hour(s)
Exam code: 
SØK34321
Grading scale: 
ECTS
Resit: 
Examination every semester
Exam organisation: 
Ordinary examination
Total weight: 
100
Student workload
ActivityDurationComment
Teaching
36 Hour(s)
Feedback activities and counselling
6 Hour(s)
Feedback on work requirement in class
Prepare for teaching
131 Hour(s)
Group work / Assignments
24 Hour(s)
Examination
3 Hour(s)
Sum workload: 
200

A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 7,5 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 200 hours.