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ECON 302Macroeconomic Theory 2

Faculty
Arts
Offered
Fall, Winter
Credit
0.5
Last listed
1994–95

No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1992–93 to 1994–95 (before that, 1974–75 to 1991–92 used the number for Monetary Theory and Banking); the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.

An extension of the tools developed in Macroeconomic Theory 1 to analyse topics such as unemployment and inflation, government spending, finance, consumption, investment, growth, and the open economy.

As printed in the 1994–95 calendar, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.

Requirements, as last listed

Prereq: ECON 202, 211

Reviewed on UW Flow

47% liked it25% easy83% useful

From 15 ratings and 1 comment on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • I took this course to meet depth requirements for BCS as I intend to switch to that plan. I found the course somewhat frustrating as I didn't agree that a lot of the assumptions the economic models were making made sense (eg rational choice assumption should imply that lotteries wouldn't be able to exist). It is useful in that it explains the reasoning behind a lot of mainstream economic thought, though. No assignments, just two midterms and a final, half MC, half SA. Memorization involved (derivations and what happens if x macro variable increases/decreases).

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

22 posts and comments in 19 threads mention ECON 302, August 2012 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.

Fall 2018

ECON 361 Difficulty 3 points, 3 comments

“How is ECON 361 with Fiona T Rahman? How is the difficulty of the quizzes/midterms/finals with her?”

u/hippiechan: “… Rahman is a decent prof, I had her for ECON 302 and she has detailed notes and good slideshows, but I found it hard to pay attention because her presentation style is a bit dry. Like most courses, read the textbook and course notes and ask lots of questions and you'll do fine. …”

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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”

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Winter 2018

MA - Economics questions 4 points, 4 comments

“Is anyone here in the MA economics program in Waterloo? If you are, can you please share your thoughts on this program? …”

u/G_Wen: “Econ 301 - 95 Econ 302 - 86 Econ 401 - 60 Econ 402 - 61 Econ 421 - 60 Econ 472 - 93 Econ 483 (Game Theory) - 86 Stat 443 - 85 Stat 444 - 78 Undergrad average: 74% (with a huge variance) Probably got accepted because of strong references / doing research with professors outside …”

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Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

u/Jackhofmann: “PSYCH 483 PSYCH 484 PSYCH 485 PSYCH 486 PSYCH 490R PSYCH 499A PSYCH 499B PSYCH 499C PSYCH 621 PSYCH 630 PSYCH 677A PSYCH 704A PSYCH 704B PSYCH 707 PSYCH 710 PSYCH 714 PSYCH 717 PSYCH 720A PSYCH 721A …”

u/Jackhofmann: “… 238W ECON 239W ECON 249W ECON 250W ECON 254 ECON 255 ECON 256 ECON 260W ECON 290 ECON 301 ECON 302 ECON 305W ECON 306 ECON 322 ECON 323 ECON 341 ECON 344 ECON 351 ECON 361 ECON 371 ECON 391 ECON 393 ECON 401 ECON 407 ECON 421 ECON 451 ECON 456 ECON 472 ECON 484 ECON 487 ECON 491 …”

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Spring 2017

Fall 2016

What are Econ tests like? 4 points, 17 comments

“How are econ tests/midterms/exams like? I get econ is a lot of math but are the tests just like math too? Is time ever a problem for anyone?”

u/loveofchr1st: “econ 101? all mc. common sense mostly, but you still need to read the text esp if you get a shit prof”

u/NewChameleon: “… prove that if we do X, curve Y will diverge/converge to Z, how is the final equation for IS/LM/MP curve derived...stuff like that (ahem ECON 302) I'm not eligible nor do I want to do 4th year ECON”

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Spring 2016

Winter 2016

Which Econ to take? 8 points, 7 comments

u/polilove1: “Which Econ would you take? Econ 302 or Econ 321? As in which one is easier or possible to get higher grade?”

u/Dark_Passage: “I took Econ 302 this past term, and while I only went to about 40% of the classes I still ended up getting about 80% on the final. I took it with Nafeez Fatima. Honestly, if you're brain dead, you can still get at least 80% on her MC questions. …”

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In the scanned calendars

How it read in each calendar from 1974–75 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.

1994–95 1 calendar

An extension of the tools developed in Macroeconomic Theory 1 to analyse topics such as unemployment and inflation, government spending, finance, consumption, investment, growth, and the open economy.

Prereq: ECON 202, 211

Offered Fall, Winter · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit

1993–94 1 calendar

The course develops and analyses simple models of the economy that recognize explicitly the dynamic nature of decision making and market interactions. These models will be used to interpret and understand macroeconomic phenomena including money and inflation, unemployment, savings and investment, and the national debt.

Prereq: ECON 201, 202, 211

Coreq: ECON 301

Offered Fall, Winter · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit

1992–93 1 calendar

A continuation of study of macroeconomic theary including the determination of the lavel of national income, the unemployment rate, interest rates, prices and inflation, and a study of macroeconomic policy. Dynamic and intertemporal analysis may be used.

Prereq: ECON 201, 202

Offered Fall, Winter · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit

1974–75 to 1991–92 18 calendars

Another title: Monetary Theory and Banking, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).

Monetary theory and banking in an open

economy; national policies for achieving

full employment, price stability, and

equilibrium in the balance of payments. Prereq: ECON 201, 202, 231

Offered Fall, Winter · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit