EXAMS

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Midterm exam will be held in class on May 26 (monday). Exam will start at 6:00 p.m. It will be a 2-hour exam. You can use a non-programmable calculator during the exam. This exam will cover materials from Chapter 12, 13, 14 and 15 of Krugman's textbook (7th or 8th ed.).  To prepare for the exam, you should work out the optional assignments 1, 2 and 3, which are posted on this website. You should also read the textbook very carefully and go though the lectures slides posted on the website and study the lecture notes which you took during class. Midterm exam will have the following three parts:   

                            Part A : 20 Multiple Choice Questions    20*2 = 40 marks

                            Part B: 2 out of 3 True/False/Uncertain with explanation or Short questions     10*2 = 20 Marks

                            Part C: 1 multi-part problem solving / analytical question     20 marks

• Extra Office Hours on May 26 (monday): 3:00-5:00 pm

• June 4, 2008

Due to some unavoidable circumstances, I have to cancel today's (June 4)
ECON 3580 class. There will be no class today. You can spend the class
time to work out Optional Assignment 3 and 4.

• June 18, 2008

Final exam will be held in CLH J on June 20 (Friday). Exam will start at 7:00 p.m. It will be a 3-hour exam. You can use a non-programmable calculator during the exam. This exam will based on all of the materials covered in the course. All of the materials will get more or less equal weight in the final exam. Here is the list of the materials I covered in this course:

1. Ch 12, 13, Appendix to Ch 13, 14, 15, Appendix to Ch 15, 16, 17, Appendix 1 & 2  to Ch17 of Krugman's text (7th ed. or 8th ed)

2. Ch 18 (Pages 518 to 528 only) of Krugman's text (8th ed.) or Ch 18 (Pages 502 to 512 only) of Krugman's text (7th ed.)

3. Ch 19 (Pages 532 to 551only) of Krugman's text (8th ed.) or Ch 19 (Pages 516 to 533 only) of Krugman's text (7th ed.)

4. Appendix to Ch 19 of Krugman's text (7th ed. or 8th ed)

Additional Materials:

1. IS-LM Model : Appendix I to Ch 16 of Krugman's text (6th ed.)

2. Monetary Approach to BOP: Appendix II to Ch 17 of Krugman's text (6th ed.)

I distributed these additional materials in class. If you have not received these materials, please send me an e-mail.

Exclusions:

Final exam will not cover Appendix 1 & 2 to Ch 16 of Krugman's text (7th ed. or 8th ed).

To prepare for the exam, you should first work out all of the optional assignments which are posted on this website. You should also read the textbook very carefully and go though the lectures slides posted on the website and study the lecture notes which you took during class. Final exam will have the following three parts:   

                            Part A : 40 Multiple Choice Questions    40*1 = 40 marks

                            Part B: 2 out of 3 True/False/Uncertain with explanation or Short questions     15*2 = 30 Marks

                            Part C: 2 multi-part problem solving / analytical questions     15*2 = 30 Marks

Good luck with your exam!

• June 18, 2008

I will hold office hours on June 20 (Friday) from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. If you have any last minute questions, please feel free to stop by. You can also ask questions  by e-mail.