By working with this material, you will understand it better. Furthermore, by practicing the application of macroeconomic theory, you will build an intuition that you can use after you have completed this course. The Boyes and Melvin text provides the formal economic tools that will be utilized, along with several applications. However, there is no substitute for the constant exposure to economic processes at work that is provided by The Wall Street Journal . I strongly urge you to read this publication daily.
Weekly magazines are also helpful.
I especially recommend the Economic Forecast page of Business Week and special sections of U.S. News and World Report. Finally, an ever-increasing number of useful sources of information now exist on the Internet. Grading Four exams will be given this semester, three during the regular class weeks and a final exam. Each of these will consist entirely of multiple-choice questions. Makeup exams, however, will consist of short-answer essay questions and problems.