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Following completion of the course and its predecessors, students will be familiar with most of the key concepts relating to macroeconomic dynamics over the short and long run. They will be in a position to understand and comment critically on a wide range of current macroeconomic issues. They will have expertise in modern Keynesian macroeconomics, in the issues raised by models based on rational expectations and the determinants of long-run economic growth. Students will be capable of interpreting macroeconomic models using both graphical and algebraic techniques as well as simulation exercises.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 22 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 80 |
Total | 102 |
Students are strongly recommended to have taken the Intermediate Macroeconomics Course (Macroeconomics I) before registering for this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Examination: Final Exam | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 50 |
Examination: 2 in-semester tests (week 7 and week 10). | Throughout the Trimester | Yes | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 50 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Summer | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Office hours are held throughout the term so that students can discuss the module's material and their preparations for the final exam. After each exam, students are entitled to request a meeting with the module co-ordinator to discuss their exam script.
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 33 | Mon 15:00 - 15:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Wed 12:00 - 12:50 |