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Graduate Course Proposal Form Submission Detail - ECO5005
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Campus: St Petersburg
Submission Type: New
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Detail Information

  1. Date & Time Submitted: 2013-10-24
  2. Department: Business Administration
  3. College: BP
  4. Budget Account Number: 140100
  5. Contact Person: Alison Watkins
  6. Phone: 7278734086
  7. Email: awatkins@usfsp.edu
  8. Prefix: ECO
  9. Number: 5005
  10. Full Title: MBA Essentials: Macroeconomics
  11. Credit Hours: 0
  12. Section Type: C - Class Lecture (Primarily)
  13. Is the course title variable?: N
  14. Is a permit required for registration?: Y
  15. Are the credit hours variable?: N
  16. Is this course repeatable?: Y
  17. If repeatable, how many times?: 3
  18. Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum): MBA Essentials: Macroeconomics
  19. Course Online?: O - Online (100% online)
  20. Percentage Online: 0
  21. Grading Option: S - S/U Only
  22. Prerequisites: Admission to Graduate School
  23. Corequisites: Admission to Graduate School
  24. Course Description: A course designed to familiarize students with basic macroeconomic principles and how they apply to individuals, firms, and the entire economy.

  25. Please briefly explain why it is necessary and/or desirable to add this course: Replacing Selected Topics with Permanent number; already listed in program
  26. What is the need or demand for this course? (Indicate if this course is part of a required sequence in the major.) What other programs would this course service? This course is needed by all USFSP MBA students who do not have an academic background in business or whose undergraduate courses in economics were taken more than 7 years before entering the MBA program.

    This course serves no other program.

  27. Has this course been offered as Selected Topics/Experimental Topics course? If yes, how many times? Yes, 3 or more times
  28. What qualifications for training and/or experience are necessary to teach this course? (List minimum qualifications for the instructor.) None. Terminal degree is only qualification
  29. Objectives: Upon completion of this course, students will understand fundamental macroeconomic principles and concepts, having the ability to identify and apply them in subsequent MBA coursework.
  30. Learning Outcomes: At the end of this course the student should be able to:

    1. Understand the workings of aggregate supply and demand

    2. Understand how government fiscal policy affects the economy

    3. Understand how Federal Reserve monetary policy affects the economy

    4. Comprehend the underlying causes of inflation and unemployment

  31. Major Topics: 1. Aggregate Supply and Demand

    2. Governmental Fiscal Policy: Expenditures

    3. Governmental Fiscal Policy: Taxation

    4. Federal Reserve Monetary Policy

    5. Price Inflation

    6. Un employment Issues

  32. Textbooks: MyLab online course, titled, Essentials of Economics (contains all course material, including etext, assignments, and final exam).
  33. Course Readings, Online Resources, and Other Purchases: MyLab online course, titled, Essentials of Economics (contains all course material, including etext, assignments, and final exam).
  34. Student Expectations/Requirements and Grading Policy: Two assignments submitted online (65% of grade)

    One final exam online (35% of grade)

    In order to receive a passing grade (S=Satisfactory) the student must achieve an overall score of 70%.

    There is no time limit as when the student must complete this course. Students can take as long as they want, even in excess of a year or more, to complete the exams.

    Students with Disabilities:

    Please notify your instructor if you have a learning disability or require special assistance with this portion of Essentials. Confidential personal and learning assistance counseling are made available to students through the USFSP Division of Student Affairs. Contact R. Barry McDowell (mcdowell@stpt.usf.edu) for more information.

  35. Assignments, Exams and Tests: 1. GDP: Measuring Total Production and Income

    2. Unemployment and Inflation

    3. Economic Growth, the Financial System, and Business Cycles

    4. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply Analysis

    5. Money, Banks, and the Federal Reserve System

    6. Monetary Policy

    7. Fiscal Policy

  36. Attendance Policy: No first class attendance policy due to the nature of this course. Students can begin the class at any time. There are no scheduled exams. Students take the exams according to their own schedules. The schedule for the course is not part of the regular semester, so there are no religious conflicts. Students can alter when they take the online exams based on their own personal needs.

    There is no time limit as when the student must complete this course. Students can take as long as they want, even in excess of a year or more, to complete the exams. Thus, there will be no conflict with religious holidays as the date a student takes an exam, as well as when they can finish the course, is entirely at their own discretion.

  37. Policy on Make-up Work: There is no set make-up policy. Students can begin the class at any time. There are no scheduled exams. Students take the exams according to their own schedules. The schedule for the course is not part of the regular semester, so no regularly scheduled exam is ever missed. Students can alter when they take the online exams based on their own personal needs.

    There is no time limit as when the student must complete this course. Students can take as long as they want, even in excess of a year or more, to complete the exams.

    See USF Policy on Academic Dishonesty and Disruption of Academic Process at www.ugs.usf.edu/catalogs/0304/adadap.htm

    Because of the University’s commitment to academic integrity, plagiarism or cheating on course work or on examinations will result in penalties that may include a grade of “unsatisfactory” for this portion of the Essentials Program. Any incident of academic dishonesty will be reported to the dean of the college. Definitions and punishment guidelines for Plagiarism, Cheating, and Student Disruption of the Academic Process may be found at the web address listed above.

  38. Program This Course Supports: USFSP MBA Program
  39. Course Concurrence Information: None. It services the USFMBA program only


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