NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

First Year Syllabus

Department of Economics

Four-Year B.S.S. (Honours) Course

Effective from the Session: 2013–2014
 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Syllabus for Four Year B.S.S. Honours Course
Subject: Economics
Session: 2013-2014

FIRST YEAR

Paper Code Paper Title Marks Credits

212201 Basic Microeconomics 100 4
212203 Basic Macroeconomics 100 4
212205 Basic Mathematics 100 4
212207 Basic Statistics 100 4
211501 History of the Emergence of Independent Bangladesh 100 4
212009 Introducing Sociology 100 4
or
212111
Introduction to Social Work
Total = 600 24
 Detailed Syllabus

Paper Code 212201 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60

Paper Title: Basic Microeconomics

Paper Objectives and Outcomes:

The objective of this Paper is to provide an understanding of the basic concepts of

microeconomics. The main focus of the Paper is to provide an introduction to the economic
principles behind the determination of demand, supply and production functions and on how
equilibrium price and quantity are reached in selected markets.

Paper Contents:

1. Introduction: Definition, Nature and Scope of Economics; The Economic Problem: Scarcity
and Choice of Economics- Scarcity, Choice, Opportunity Cost, Comparative Advantage and
Gains from Trade, Economic Systems; Microeconomics vs. Macroeconomics; Positive and
Normative Economics.
2. Demand and Supply: The Circular Flow of the Market; Demand & Supply and their
Determinants; the Law of Demand and the Law of Supply; Movement and Shifts of Demand
and Supply Functions; Market Equilibrium and Changes in Market Equilibrium- Excess Demand
and Excess Supply; Consumer’s and Producer’s Surplus; Government Intervention in the
Market.
3. Elasticity of Supply and Demand: Concepts and Measurements of Various Elasticities of
Demand and Supply.
4. Utility Analysis: Total and Marginal Utility; Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility; Equi-
Marginal Principle; Derivation of Demand Curves; Indifference curve, budget constraint,
Optimizing behavior- consumer’s equilibrium.
5. Theory of Production: Production Function and the Technology of Production; Production
with One Variable Input- Average and Marginal Products, Average and Marginal Product of
Labor, The Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns; Production with Two Variable
Inputs- Isoquants; Returns to Scale.
6. Theory of Cost: Accounting, Economic, Opportunity and Sunk Costs; Short-Run Total and
Per-Unit Costs Curves; Costs in the Long-Run; Long-Run vs Short-Run Costs.
7. Perfect Competition: Assumptions and Implications of Perfect Competition; Profit
Maximization- Demand, Average and Marginal Revenue; Profit Maximization in the Short Run-
Accounting and Operating Profits and Losses, Shut Down Point; Short-Run Supply
Curve of the Firm and the Industry; Long-Run Competitive Equilibrium
8. Monopoly: Demand, Average and Marginal Revenue; Monopolist’s Output Decision and
Supply Curve; Monopoly Power; Perfect Competition and Monopoly Compared.

Books Recomended
1. Mankiw, N. Gregory. Principles of Microeconomics. Any Late Edition. South Western
College.
2. Michael Parkin. Microeconomics. Any Late Edition. Prentice and Hall.
3. Karl Case and Ray Fair. Principles of Microeconomics. Any Late Edition. Prentice and Hall.
4. Paul Samuelson and William Nordhaus. Economics. Any Late Edition. McGraw Hill.

Paper Code 212203 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60

Paper Title: Basic Macroeconomics

Paper Objectives and Outcomes:

Macroeconomics studies the behavior of the main aggregates of the economy. The objective of
this Paper is to teach macroeconomic analysis techniques, presenting models that help explain
how the economy works.

Paper Contents:

1. Introduction: Objectives and Instruments of Macroeconomics; Fundamental Concepts of

Macroeconomics; Macroeconomic Measures: Output, Price and Employment; Potential
GDP/GNP, GNP Gap; Business Cycles; Budget Deficit and International Deficit; Aggregate
Demand and Aggregate Supply.
2. National Income Accounting: Circular Flow of Income; Injections and Leakages; Various
Concepts of National Income: Gross National Product (GNP), Gross Domestic Product (GDP),
Net National Income (NNP), Methods and problems of computing National Income: The
Expenditure Approach, The Output Approach, The Value Added Approach, The Income
Approach; Limitations of National Income accounting; GDP at Market Price and Constant Price;
The CPI and the GDP Deflator; Basic Keynesian Income Determination Model.
3. Consumption and Saving Function: Consumption and Consumption Function; Definition of
Autonomous Consumption and Induced Consumption; Average Propensity to Consume (APC),
Marginal Propensity to Consume (MPC); Saving and Saving Function; Average Propensity to
Save (APS), Marginal Propensity to Save (MPS).
4. Investment Function: Determinants of Investment; MEC, MEI, Present Value Criteria;
Autonomous Investment and Induced Investment.
5. Inflation: Definition, Causes and Examples of Inflation: Demand-pull, Supply-push,
Hyperinflation; Costs of Inflation.
6. Money and Monetary Policy: Meaning and Functions of Money; Different Types of Money
(M1, M2, M3); Credit Creation of Banks; The Money Multiplier; Value of Money, Fisher’s
Quantity theory of money; Central Bank and Commercial Bank; Monetary Policy and
Instruments: Expansionary and Contractionary Monetary Policy Using Open Market Operation
and Reserve Requirement.
7. Employment: Employment: Definition and Measurement; Unemployment: Definition,
Measurement and Types of Unemployment; Relationship between Inflation and Unemployment
using Basic Phillips Curve.

Books Recommended:
1. Mankiw, N. Gregory. Principles of Macroeconomics. Any Late Edition. South Western
College.
2. Michael Parkin. Macroeconomics. Any Late Edition. Prentice and Hall.
3. Karl Case and Ray Fair. Principles of Macroeconomics. Any Late Edition. Prentice and Hall.
4. Paul Samuelson and William Nordhaus. Economics. Any Late Edition. McGraw Hill.

Paper Code 212205 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60

Paper Title: Basic Mathematics

Paper Objectives and Outcomes:

This Paper focuses on the development of understanding of basic concepts and principles of
mathematics used in the area of business and economics. The Paper gives ideas of calculus to
solve business and economics problems.

Paper Contents:
1. Review of Some Core Concepts: Nature of mathematical economics; Real Number System;
Even, Odd, Prime, Composite Numbers; Fractions; Exponents; Variables, Constants and
Parameters; Importance of Model Building, etc.
2. Concepts of Sets: Some Basic Definitions- Set, Elements, Finite, Infinite, Null, Unique,
Equal, Equivalence, Subset, Comparability, Disjoint, Power, Family and Universal Sets; Venn
Diagrams; Representation of Set-Basic Operation; Union, Difference and Intersection; De’
Morgan’s Law; Idempotent Law, Identity Law; Partition of Set.
3. Elementary Static Analysis: Meaning of Equilibrium; Partial Equilibrium in Markets;
National Income Analysis and its Solution.
4. Function, Limit and Continuity: Concept of function, classification and type, and their
diagrammatic representation, graphs of the function, slope, intercept, graph of linear function,
quadratic, cubic function, inverse function, and two variable function; Limit of a function,
continuity of a function, exponential function, Rules for Logarithms; Common Logarithms;
Calculation of Logarithm of a Number; Natural Logarithm.
5. Equation System: Solution of Equations; Simultaneous Equation System; Solution of
Simultaneous Equation Systems with Specific Applications to Economic Problems; Inequalities.
6. Geometry: Cartesian Co-ordinate System; Distance between Two Points, Straight Line;
Application of Linear Equations.
7. Elementary Differential Calculus: Derivative, slope of a curvilinear function, differentiation,
higher order derivatives, concavity, convexity, curve sketching, inflection point, total derivative,
partial derivative, total differential, partial differential , implicit and inverse function rule,
differentiation of logarithmic and exponential function.
8. Optimization: Optimum value and extreme value, relative extremum values, first order and
second order derivatives tests, optimization of multivariable function.

Books Recommended

1. Alpha Chiang. Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics. Fourth Edition. McGraw

Hill.
2. Edward Dowling. Schaum’s Outline to Mathematical Economics. Third Edition. McGraw
Hill.
 Paper Code 212207 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60
Paper Title: Basic Statistics

Paper Objectives and Outcomes:

This Paper introduces the use of statistical methods and tools in evaluating data for business and
economics decision making. The Paper is designed to explain statistical techniques to decision-
making situations & how to interpret the results. Throughout the learning session the students
will be able to apply statistical techniques with the help of business and economics data.

Paper Contents:
1. Introduction to Statistics: Population and Sample; Discrete and Continuous Variables;
Random Variables; Statistical Methods; Scope, Importance, and Limitations of Statistics.
2. Collection and Presentation of Data: Data Sources; Methods of Collecting Data; Designing
a Questionnaire; Types and Principles of Classification; Tabulation of Data; Arranging Data
Using the Data Array and the Frequency Distribution; Construction of a Frequency Distribution;
Graphical Representation of Quantitative and Qualitative Data (Histogram, Ogive, Pie-chart, Bar
Diagram and Frequency Polygon etc.).
3. Measures of Central Tendency: Computation, Application, Advantages and Disadvantages
of Different Measures of Central Tendency; Arithmetic Mean, Geometric Mean, Harmonic
Mean, Median, Mode; Relationship between Mean, Median and Mode.
4. Measures of Dispersion: Definition, Importance and Computation, Application of Different
Measures of Dispersion (Absolute and Relative)-Range, Quartiles, Percentiles, Inter-Quartile
Range, Mean Deviation, Standard Deviation, Variance, and Coefficient of Variation, Properties
of Standard Deviation.
5. Moments, Skewness, and Kurtosis: Concepts and Measures of Skewness, Moments and
Kurtosis; Moments of Group Data; Population Moment.
6. Correlation and Regression Analysis: Types of Correlation-Coefficient of Correlation;
Limitations of Correlation; Measures of Correlation; Relationship between Correlation and
Regression; Definition of Regression; Scatter Diagram; Method of Least Square; Estimating with
Regression Line.
7. Index Number: Index Number and Three Index Numbers-Price, Quantity and Value
Indices; Methods of Constructing Index Numbers-Unweighted Aggregates Index, Weighted
Aggregates Index; Shifting Bases of Index Numbers; Issues in Constructing an Index Number.

Books Recommended:
1. Prem Mann. Introductory Statistics. Any Late Edition. Wiley
2. Murray Spiegel and Larry Stephens. Schaum’s Outline of Statistics. Any Late Edition.
McGraw Hill.
3. Paul Newbold, William Carlson and Betty Thorne. Statistics for Business and Economics.
Any Late Edition. Prentice Hall.
 Paper Code 211501 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60
Paper Title: History of the Emergence of Independent Bangladesh

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History of the Emergence of Independent Bangladesh

Introduction: Scope and description of the emergence of Independent Bangladesh.
Writing on this topic.

1. Description of the country and its people.

a. Geographical features and their influence.
b. Ethnic composition.
c. Language.
d. Cultural syncretism and religious tolerance.
e. Distinctive identity of Bangladesh in the context of undivided Bangladesh.

2. Proposal for undivided sovereign Bengal and the partition of the Sub Continent, 1947.
a. Rise of communalism under the colonial rule, Lahore Resolution 1940.
b. The proposal of Suhrawardi and Sarat Bose for undivided Bengal : consequences
c. The creation of Pakistan 1947 .

3. Pakistan: Structure of the state and disparity.

a. Central and provincial structure.
b. Influence of Military and Civil bureaucracy.
C. Economic , social and cultural disparity

4. Language Movement and quest for Bengali identity

a. Misrule by Muslim League and Struggle for democratic politics .
b. The Language Movement: context and phases .
c. United front of Haque – Vasani – Suhrawardi: election of 1954, consequences.

5. Military rule: the regimes of Ayub Khan and Yahia Khan (1958-1971)
a. Definition of military rules and its characteristics.
b. Ayub Khan’s rise to power and characteristics of his rule (Political repression, Basic democracy,
Islamisation)
c. Fall of Ayub Khan and Yahia Khan’s rule (Abolition of one unit, universal suffrage, the Legal
Framework Order)

6. Rise of nationalism and the Movement for self determination .

a. Resistance against cultura l aggression and resurgence of Bengali culture.
b. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the six point movement
c. Reactions : Importance and significance
d . The Agortola Case 1968.

7. The mass- upsurge of 1969 and 11 point movement: background,programme and significance.

8. Election of 1970 and the Declaration of Independence by Bangobondhu

a. Election result and centres refusal to comply
b. The non co-operation movement, the 7th March , Address , Operation Searchlight
c. Declaration of Independence by Bangobondhu and his arrest

9. The war of Liberation 1971

a. Genocide, repression of women, refugees
b. Formation of Bangladesh government and proclamation of Independence
c. The spontaneous early resistance and subsequent organized resistance (Mukti Fouz, Mukti Bahini,
guerillas and the frontal warfare )
d. Publicity Campaign in the war of Liberation (Shadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, the Campaigns abroad
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e. Contribution of students, women and the masses (Peoples war)
f. The role of super powers and the Muslim states in the Liberation war.
g. The Anti-liberation activities of the occupation army, the Peace Committee, Al-Badar, Al-Shams,
Rajakars, pro Pakistan political parties and Pakistani Collaborators , killing of the intellectuals.
h. Trial of Bangabondhu and reaction of the World Community.
i. The contribution of India in the Liberation War
j. Formation of joint command and the Victory
k. The overall contribution of Bangabondhu in the Independence struggle.

10. The Bangabondhu Regime 1972-1975

a. Homecoming
b. Making of the constitution
c. Reconstruction of the war ravaged country
d. The murder of Bangabondhu and his family and the ideological turn-around.
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Course Title: History of the Emergence of Independent Bangladesh

Course Code: 115
Course Objectives: Tourism students need to know about the various aspects of Bangladesh.
This course orients students about the history of Bangladesh in different phases. It focuses on
ancient Bangla, Medieval Bangla, British rule, Pakistan period, the liberation war and
socioeconomic and political factors after liberation.
Text: Harun-or-Roshid, The Foreshadowing of Bangladesh: Bengal Muslim League and Muslim
Politics, 1906-1947, The University Press Limited, Dhaka 2012.
Paper Code 212009 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60
Paper Title: Introducing Sociology

1. Definition, Nature & Scope of Sociology, relationship with other social

sciences. Development of Sociology: Contributions of Auguste Comte,
Herbert Spencer, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber

2. Culture, Beliefs & Values: Norms, sanctions, symbols, language,

subculture, counterculture, hegemony & resistance

3. Globalization, Culture and Society: Globalization and its different dimensions, Cultural

4. Urbanization and Social Formation: Definition of urbanization and urbanism,

Process of urbanization in developing societies and social formation, over
urbanization, growth of slum & poverty in mega cities

5. Gender and Society: DisPaper of WID, WAD and GAD, Why gender is
important in the disPaper of development, Gender inequality & women’s
subjugation in developing societies.

6. Environmental Problems, Natural Disasters and Social Crisis: Climate

change and its impact on society, Natural disaster, social crisis and
vulnerabilities, Climate change, deforestation and mal-development.

7. Social Inequality: Dimensions of social inequality: Class, gender, age,

minority group (religious and indigenous), economic vulnerability, Social
inequalities in developed & developing countries.

8. Types of societies: Marxist view on classifying societies on the basis of type of

control over economic resources and Lenski’s view on classifying societies by
their main means of subsistence.
9. Deviance & Social Control: Definition of deviance, theories of deviance. Crime
& justice system, agencies of social control
10. Health, Illness and Society: Nature & scope of the problem, Urbanizations, acute,
 chronic & life style diseases, Social, environmental & behavioural factors affecting
health, Communicable & behavioural diseases: STD, HIV/AIDS, TB, Hep-B etc

Reference
Giddens Sociology
Tony Bilton et al Introductory Sociology

Paper Code 212111 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60

Paper Title: Introduction to Social Work

1. Social Work: Meaning, Characteristics, Scope and Importance Relationship of

Social Work with other Sciences- Sociology, Economics, Psychology and Political
Science.
2. Evolution: Evolution of Social Work in UK, USA, India and Bangladesh.
3. Social Reformers and their Movements in Pre-partition India and Bangladesh: Raja
Rammohan Ray, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, A.K Fazlul Haque, Sir Syad Ahmed,
Begum Rokeya.
4. Social Legislations Related to Social Security, Women Welfare, Child Welfare.
5. Profession and Social Work: Meaning and Characteristics of Profession, Social
Work as profession, Philosophical, Religions and Ethical Basis of Social Work.
6. Industrial Revolution: Meaning, Impact on Society, Industrialization,
Urbanization, Welfare State.
7. Social Problems and Social Services in Bangladesh.
8. Methods of Social Work: Basic and Auxiliary Methods and their Basic Issues such
as Meaning, Elements, Principles and Area of Use. Importance of Social Work
Methods in

Books Recommended:

1. Barker, Robert L. :Social Work Dictionary, 3 rd ed. NASW, New York, 1995.
2. Coulshed, Veronica Social Work Practice: An Introduction 2 nd ed. London. Macmillan, 1991.
3. Friedlander, Walter A. : Introduction to Social Welfare. Prentice Hall, 2 nd ed. New
Delhi-1967.
4. Khalid, M. : Welfare State, Karachi, Royal Book, 1968 5.
Morales, A. And Shaefor, B. Social Work – A Profession of many faces, 4th ed.
Allyan and Bacan, Boston, 1986.