ECON 202Macroeconomic Theory 1
- Faculty
- Arts
- Offered
- Fall, Winter, Spring
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1994–95
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1974–75 to 1994–95 (before that, 1967–68 to 1973–74 used the number for Intermediate Macro-economic Theory. The social accounts; the modern and Intermediate Price Theory 2); the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Theory of the determination of income/ output (GDP), employment, unemploy- ment, prices (inflation), and interest rates. an analysis of monetary and fiscal policy. Prereq: ECON 101 and 102 16:47
As printed in the 1993–94 to 1994–95 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.
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Midterm MC questions were all from test bank. Final was quite hard though.
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as easy as 102.
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I liked macro much more than micro so this course was pretty interesting for me. You get to see everything on a larger scale, such as how government are affected by changes in the exchange rate. I only bought the study guide because my prof (Maryann Vaughan) provided great slides.
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Great in depth applicable course to real life day to day business, investment related
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Nice introduction into the models used in macroeconomics. Pretty straightforward, although a lack of practice problems or assignments made it tough to gain a deep understanding of the material. Also, it was taught in a style that used math in a way that non-mathys could understand (ie, basic graphs and function notation, but no actual concrete examples with numbers/algebra/calculus), which I find actually makes the concepts more difficult.
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Discussed on r/uwaterloo
44 posts and comments in 37 threads mention ECON 202, September 2011 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Spring 2020
ECON 202 for FARM 2 points, 0 comments
Spring 2018
Why doesn't Quest have such a useful feature like... 158 points, 37 comments
“Being able to check your degree requirements, what you have already fulfilled and what still needs to be completed... …”
u/NewChameleon: “… if you entered UW in 2015 and there's a requirement change in 2017, you are free to stick with your 2015 degree requirement checklist, or 2016, or 2017 I took ECON 202 and 302 which is no longer offered, but it's still part of my checklist as an elective”
Spring 2017
What courses are you taking this fall? 28 points, 129 comments
“With course selection and add/drop happening this week I figured this would be a cool discussion post. …”
u/waterwoo_moo: “- ACTSC 446 - ACTSC 432 - ECON 202 - STAT 443 - not sure”
HRM 200 in a nutshell 42 points, 16 comments
u/microwavemasterrace: “HRM 200 doesn't even boost GPA.”
u/waterwoo_moo: “is this the same for econ 202?”
Winter 2017
Math tutors for year 2 econ (next year)? 1 point, 3 comments
“I'm in year 1 rn but I want to have backup tutors next year, so I can improve on my math to the max. Where can I find tutors?”
u/Dark_Passage: “I took Econ 202 and the hardest math in the course was taking the derivative of an equation and re-arranging the variables. We spent an entire lecture on this.”
Fall 2016
I want to study Economics. Is it mostly projects, tests, or assignments? 0 points, 4 comments
u/twofactorial: “Old ECON courses I took: ECON 101/102 - tests; all multiple choice tests/exams ECON 201/202 - tests; all of which had some short answer and multiple choice (I recall 202 had "assignments" but they were a joke) ECON 301/302 - tests; all of which had some short answer and multiple …”
u/bigBliss: “FYI, for OP, I heard that ECON 202 isn't being offered anymore.”
NAFEEZ IS SNEK 0 points, 4 comments
u/usharma: “ECON 102, ECON 202 and ECON 302 with her. I've only seen her 9 times. [2 midterms and the final of each course.]”
Rank the courses you've taken from hardest to easiest 20 points, 43 comments
“I'm curious”
u/twofactorial: “STAT 433 > STAT 450 > STAT 431 > STAT 454 > STAT 333 > STAT 430 > STAT 330 > STAT 331 > STAT 230 > STAT 332 > STAT 231 ECON 301 > ECON 421 > ECON 202 > ECON 201 > ECON 102 > ECON 101”
u/failedstatistian: “… 437 > STAT 433 > STAT 431 > STAT 450 > STAT 430 > STAT 442 > STAT 444 > STAT 440 ECON 102> ECON 202 > ECON 402 > ECON 302 > ECON 401 > ECON 301> ECON 201 > ECON 101 FR 151 > FR 101”
Spring 2016
What is going to be on ECON 202 final for De Juan's section? 2 points, 2 comments
u/ECON202study: “Hey guys, I'm in De Juan's ECON 202 section and notice he hasn't put anything on LEARN other than his slides that he used for lectures. Does anybody know if the contents of those slides are all we need to know for the exam? …”
Anyone take ECON 202 recently (perhaps with Dr. Rybczynski)? 3 points, 2 comments
u/taz201: “I rarely ever went to her lectures because she was disorganized and scribbled examples on the board which I couldn't see. I am not sure how to study this final. I have tried to read almost every single text chapter related to the course however there is just too much to cram. …”
For Math's Elective depth requirements, what should I take? 5 points, 4 comments
“To me, the two requirements are not quite as clear as the breadth requirements so I am just looking for ideas here Thank you!”
u/320519: “For depth you either need a prerequisite chain of 3, for example Japan 201 needs japan102 needs japan101. Otherwise you need 3 courses of the same subject where one of those is a 3rd year course. For example Econ 101 Econ 202 and Econ 344.”
Ethnic Makeup of UW 3 points, 45 comments
“Hi, im an incoming student in fall 2016. What is the ethnic makeup of uw, like percentage wise?? p.s. this question is based on pure curiosity and i've already accepted my offer of admission.”
u/UWGo: “Actsc and stats = 95% Asian, 4% other, 1% white PMath = 50% Asian, 40% white, 5% Jews, 5% other AMath = 60% white, 30% Asian , 10% other Philosophy = 80% white, 20% other Econ = pretty even split AFM …”
u/PS3613: “I've noticed my classes seem to be predominantly Asian the higher up I go. ECON 102, 202 level courses were quite even, I think because a lot of other faculty students took those courses as part of a minor or simply as an elective.”
Check it elsewhere
- Undergraduate Calendar, 1995–96If it ran past 1994–95, on ucalendar
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
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- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1967–68 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1993–94 to 1994–95 2 calendars
Theory of the determination of income/
output (GDP), employment, unemploy-
ment, prices (inflation), and interest rates.
an analysis of monetary and fiscal policy. Prereq: ECON 101 and 102
16:47
Offered Fall, Winter, Spring · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit
1986–87 to 1992–93 7 calendars
Theory of the determination of the level of national income (GNP), the unemployment rate, interest rates, prices and inflation; analysis of macroeconomic policies to stabilize the economy and alleviate the problems of inflation and unemployment.
Prereq: ECON 101 and 102; or 150
1977–78 to 1985–86 9 calendars
Theory of the determination of the level of national income, employment and the price level.
Prereq: ECON 102 or ECON 100a/100b
Offered Fall, Winter, Spring · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit
1974–75 to 1976–77 3 calendars
Theory of the determination of the level of national income, employment and the price level. Prerequisite: Economics 102*.
Fall and Winter terms
Course Descriptions Economics
1969–70 to 1973–74 5 calendars
Another title: Intermediate Price Theory 2, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
Economic method; dynamic micro theory; distribution theory, general equilibrium, welfare economics. Prerequisite: Economics 201. 3 lectures.
1967–68 to 1968–69 2 calendars
Another title: Intermediate Macro-economic Theory. The social accounts; the modern, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
theory of the determination of income and employment; inflation; introduction to the theory of growth.
Prerequisite: Economics 101. 3 lectures. (Half course).