ECON 105 (Principles of Macroeconomics) at SFU covers core macroeconomic concepts including inflation, unemployment, economic growth, financial markets, business cycles, and economic policy, with reference to current events. Key educational goals include understanding GDP, economic growth conditions, and the roles of monetary and fiscal policies.

✔ (Summary) Main Topics:

• Microeconomic foundations

• Social welfare and the gains from trade

• Measuring economic activity (GDP and related statistics)

• Economic growth

• Unemployment

• Inflation, money, and exchange rates

• Consumption, saving, investment, and financial markets

• Business cycles (including recessions)

• Monetary policy

• Government spending, taxes, and fiscal policy

COURSE CODE

COURSE NAME

BUS 232

Data and Decisions I

BUS 233

Introduction to Business Law and Ethics

BUS 251 

Financial Accounting I

BUS 272 

Behaviour in Organizations 

BUS 312

Introduction to Finance

BUS 315

Investments

BUS 316 

Derivative Securities

BUS 320 

Financial Accounting: Assets

BUS 321 

Financial Accounting: Equity

BUS 322 

Intermediate Managerial Accounting

BUS 341 

Fundamentals of Marketing

BUS 410 

Financial Institutions

BUS 413 

Corporate Finance

ECON 103 

Principles of Microeconomics

ECON 105 

Principles of Macroeconomics

ECON 201 

Microeconomic Theory I: Competitive Behavior

ECON 233 

Introduction to Economic Data and Statistics

ECON 333 

Statistical Analysis of Economic Data

STAT 270 

Introduction to Probability and Statistics

STAT 485 

Applied Time Series Analysis