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Course Description for ECONS 400: Core and Elective Courses and Descriptions, Assignments of Economics

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyEconomics

Information about the required and elective courses for final year students in the economics (econs) 400 program. The core courses include advanced macroeconomics, advanced microeconomics, and advanced econometrics, while students can choose two elective courses from options such as monetary economics, international economics, public finance, environmental economics, labour economics, and health economics. Each course is worth three credit hours except for the dissertation, which is worth six credit hours. A brief description of each elective course, along with the name of the instructor and personal opinions from students.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION FOR ECONS 400
All final year students are required take five (5) courses for both semester one and two with a
dissertation at the end of semester two. All courses are weight as three credit hours. However,
the dissertation is six (6) credit hours. Every student would have to enrol and excel in three
courses and choose two elective courses (Specialization).
The following are the courses:
Core Courses
1. Advanced Macroeconomics – Dr John Dramani Bosco
2. Advanced Microeconomics - Dr Emmanuel Boabeng
3. Advanced Econometrics – Prof Sr. Eugenia Ampoful
Elective Courses
1. Monetary Economics – Dr Mohamed Yussif Hadrat
2. International Economics – Mr Joseph Appiah-Nkrumah
3. Financial Economics – N/A
4. Public Finance – Dr Jacob Novignon
5. Environmental Economics – Dr Jonathan Dagadu Quartey
6. Labour Economics – Dr Eric Fosu Oteng-Abayie
7. Health Economics – Dr Eric Arthur
Brief Description of Elective Courses
Monetary Economics:is the branch of economics that studies the different competing
theories of money: it provides a framework for analysing money and considers its functions
(such as medium of exchange, store of value and unit of account), and it considers how
money, for example fiat currency, can gain acceptance purely because of its convenience as
apublic good. It provides a foundation for economist who aspire to learn more about money
and banking systems, monetary policies and investment. It requires quite a lot of reading that
does not need instructional assistance. In addition, there is little mathematical models in this
course.
Personal opinion: Monetary Economics is very interesting and students can resonate with the
theories easily. However, student would have to be reading/ learning always, as you be
usually covering one chapter every week. It is one course to easily get an A because you can
easily reason around a point to make sense. However, a lazy student is assured to fail
International Economics: It deals with the economic interactions of various countries and
their consequences: the effect of international issues on the world economic activity. It
studies economic and political issues related to international trade and finance. It has more
theories with little mathematics.
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COURSE DESCRIPTION FOR ECONS 400

All final year students are required take five ( 5 ) courses for both semester one and two with a dissertation at the end of semester two. All courses are weight as three credit hours. However, the dissertation is six ( 6 ) credit hours. Every student would have to enrol and excel in three courses and choose two elective courses (Specialization). The following are the courses: Core Courses

  1. Advanced Macroeconomics – Dr John Dramani Bosco
  2. Advanced Microeconomics - Dr Emmanuel Boabeng
  3. Advanced Econometrics – Prof Sr. Eugenia Ampoful Elective Courses
  4. Monetary Economics – Dr Mohamed Yussif Hadrat
  5. International Economics – Mr Joseph Appiah-Nkrumah
  6. Financial Economics – N/A
  7. Public Finance – Dr Jacob Novignon
  8. Environmental Economics – Dr Jonathan Dagadu Quartey
  9. Labour Economics – Dr Eric Fosu Oteng-Abayie
  10. Health Economics – Dr Eric Arthur Brief Description of Elective Courses Monetary Economics : is the branch of economics that studies the different competing theories of money: it provides a framework for analysing money and considers its functions (such as medium of exchange, store of value and unit of account), and it considers how money, for example fiat currency, can gain acceptance purely because of its convenience as a public good. It provides a foundation for economist who aspire to learn more about money and banking systems, monetary policies and investment. It requires quite a lot of reading that does not need instructional assistance. In addition, there is little mathematical models in this course. Personal opinion: Monetary Economics is very interesting and students can resonate with the theories easily. However, student would have to be reading/ learning always, as you be usually covering one chapter every week. It is one course to easily get an A because you can easily reason around a point to make sense. However, a lazy student is assured to fail International Economics : It deals with the economic interactions of various countries and their consequences: the effect of international issues on the world economic activity. It studies economic and political issues related to international trade and finance. It has more theories with little mathematics.

Personal Opinion: From students who took this course, it was intellectually stimulating and things are more flexible with the Lecturer in fourth year. Do not “autocorrelate” your experience from third year to fourth year. Public Finance : is the study of the role of the government in the economy. It is the branch of economics that assesses the government revenue and government expenditure of the public authorities and the adjustment of one or the other to achieve desirable effects and avoid undesirable ones. It involves reading, modelling and mathematics. Personal Opinion: From Students who took this course, every serious student can easily get an A. I would admonish you not to miss tutorials, as the theory is taught in class and the applications are taught at tutorials. Student should stick to his recommended books and follow his instructions carefully. The course is interesting for its numerous debate and research sessions. Environmental Economics : Environmental economics is an area of economics dealing with the relationship between the economy and the environment. Environmental economists study the economics of natural resources from both sides - their extraction and use, and the waste products returned to the environment. They also study how economic incentives hurt or help the environment, and how they can be used to create sustainable policies and environmental solutions. It involves concepts like coarse theorems. Personal Opinion: Interesting course and requires students to read more Labour Economics – It seeks to understand the functioning and dynamics of the markets for wage labour. Labour is a commodity that supplied by labourers in exchange for a wage paid by demanding firm. It has few basic mathematics concepts and quite a lot reading. Personal opinion: The course is easy to relate to and understand. It explains why things happen the way they do in the labour market. To pass this course well, students are required to read their textbooks, make notes in class, solve chapter questions and more importantly solve multiple-choice questions on each chapter at www.quizlet.com.