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Certificate Course
GEC 450
Risk, Recessions, Economic Cycles and Macro Economy
(provided by the instructor):
Book 1:Ongoing Changes in the Business Cycle – Evidence and Causes, by Thomas Dalsgaard, Jorgen Elmeskov and Cyn-Young Park, OECD Economics Department Working Papers no. 315 (67 pages)
Book 2: The resurrection of Risk, by the Economic Cycle Research Institute, Working Paper No. 2001/11A (18 pages).
Book 3: Macroeconomic Vulnerabilities in the Twenty-First Century Economy: A preliminary Taxonomy, by J. Bradford DeLong, Conference Draft (42 pages).
Book 4: Beyond Shocks: What Causes Business Cycles? Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Conference Series No. 42, June 1998 (31 pages).
Book 5: Recessions and Recoveries Chapter 3, IMF World Economic Outlook, May 2002 (34 pages)
This course focuses on risk, recessions, economic cycles and macro economy. The materials for this course are provided by the instructor.
Click here to find your textbooks for this course.
Upon the completion of this course, you will be able to:
1). Understand the consequences of the fall in amplitude of OECD business cycles and be able to identify various reasons for it.
2). Discuss better Risk Management.
3). Identify the twenty-first century global macroeconomic weak-points.
4). Discuss Business Cycles at a domestic and international level.
5). Understand goods and evils of recessions through history.
The course begins on the date of you enrollment. You have 90 days to complete this course. Extensions are rarely granted, and then, only for extreme emergencies or active military duty. You who do not complete the course within the 90 day time frame receive an “incomplete/withdrawal” and would have to re-register and pay tuition again if they desire to complete it.
This is a self-paced course. You may proceed at the pace that is right for you. It is acceptable to accelerate in this course and complete it in less than 90 days.
As you progress through the course, always feel free to contact your instructor to discuss issues, questions, etc… related to the course. Your instructor is there to be a mentor to you as you proceed with learning.
You may contact me via email at any time. I will answer your emails within 48 hours of receipt.
There is only one examination for this certificate program. The examination may be taken upon successful completion of all of the assignments for Courses I, II, and III in this certificate program. Assignments are graded on a Pass/Fail basis. The final examination is open book, and you have three days to complete it. I will give you full instructions on accessing and taking the exam as you progress in the certificate program. The final examination covers the materials from all three courses in the certificate program. The final examination consists of objective type questions with few non-graded subjective ones which will reflect the students interest of the topic. The grade scale for the final examination is provided above.
All of the assignments for this course are detailed in the classroom. Go back to the classroom page and click on “assignments.”
If you have any questions concerning the course please e-mail at the address provided or contact Breyer State at adm@breyerstate.com
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