EC2104: Syllabus and Administrative Stuff

Dr. Kong Yu-Chien

AY 2022/23, Semester 2
 Aim of EC2104

A pre-requisite for Level 3000 modules

Idea: Economics discipline is quantitative in nature
Provide the tools for Economics discipline in University
Need a good foundation from JC/ high-school level math

Delivery mode: (Subject to changes in University guideline)

Face-to-face: Lecture, tutorial
Face-to-face: Midterm, final examination
 Instructor

Dr. Kong Yu-Chien

Email: yckong@nus.edu.sg (Need to specify EC2104)
Office: AS2 06-14
Office Hours: TBA on Canvas under ”Syllabus”
 Lecture

Wednesday (4pm to 6pm) @ LT9

Will start at 4 pm sharp
Lecture notes will be uploaded a day before lecture (on
Canvas -> Files -> Lecture Notes)
If lecture notes contain typos, will be corrected and
re-uploaded after lecture

Lecture recordings will be uploaded by CIT (on Canvas ->

Videos/Panopto)
 Tutorial
Begin Week 3
No tutorial on Week 7 (Mid Term Examination during lecture)
Tutorial resume in Week 8 (Go Through Mid Term)
Tutorial solution to be posted on Canvas (-> Files -> Tutorial)
after all tutorial sessions for the week

To be made available on Canvas. See“Syllabus”

Tutor(s) email and group allocation

Missed a tutorial?
Can do a make up.
Please email your own tutor and make-up tutor before and after
tutorial. This is to make sure we can update your attendance
correctly
Tutorial Allocation (Canvas => Syllabus)
 Public Holidays

Tutorial During
Week 3 => CNY: 23 & 24 Jan 2023 (Mon & Tue)
Week 12 => NUS Wellbeing Day (6 April 2023), Good Friday (7 April
2023)

Tutors will arrange make-up sessions for affected tutorial

classes
Students affected can attend make-up sessions/ any of the
unaffected tutorial classes
But need to email tutor before and after class to confirm
attendance
Valid reasons for missing tutorial/ makeup tutorials or
lectures

According to University protocol, valid reasons would include points

(1)-(3). Point (4) is added as there can be potential class clashes for
makeup tutorial (ONLY).
University protocol will be adhered to in this module. All other reasons
are not recognised as valid reasons.
1. Absences supported by medical certificates
2. Absence due to participation in sport events or events representing
the University or Singapore
3. Absences due to compassionate reason (e.g. demise of immediate
family members including grandparents, excluding cousins, uncles,
aunts etc), supported by death certificate
4. Class clash (Makeup tutorials only. Proper documentation needed
to be excused)
 Assessment

Tutorial, Project and Online Quiz: 30%

Class Participation: 10%
Mini Project (Student presentation Week 13): 10%
Online Quiz: 10%

MidTerm*: 30%
Tentatively in Week 7, during lecture
MCQ + Short answer questions

Final Examination*: 40%

Date/ Time: 26 April 2023 (Wed, 9am)
Short answer questions
(*To provide more information as we get closer to date)
 Tutorial (10%)

Two components
1. Attendance (5%)
Tutors will track attendance. Minus 0.5 marks for missing 1
tutorial
Attend all tutorial classes to attend full credit

2. Participation (5%)
Students to present solution to a tutorial problem 3 times to get
full credit (To Update)
Tutors will give more information
 Mini Project (10%)

Tutors to allocate students into groups of 4 (+/-). Group allocation will

be made available on Canvas folder ”Mini Project Group”

Instructions to be made available in Week 12. Students have 1 week to

complete.

Submit on the Sunday before Week 13. Present during tutorial in Week
13

Mark Allocation
Creativity (4%): Can you think of an interesting scenario? Do you want
to take the risk of looking at a more challenging problem?
Correct Solution (3%)
Presentation(3%): Are your slides readable? Are you able to explain
clearly? Are you able to engage your audience?
 Quiz (10%)
4-5 online quizzes. To submit after allocated time.
On Canvas (-> Quiz)
Starting from Week 3
Not every week. Students will need to check Canvas. Plan
ahead and complete the quiz before the deadline

Each quiz has equal weightage

Able to drop 1 quiz with the lowest grade
Quiz available for 1 week
Will be a timed exercise (about 10-15 minutes) with 1 attempt
only

Missed a quiz? No extension of deadline unless with a valid

reason (e.g. MC for a week)
 Expectation

(Mathematics Tools) EC2104 assumes students have a some

knowledge of
1. Algebra
2. Laws of exponent
3. Differentiation: Chain rule, Product rule, Quotient rule
Use throughout the course
4. Integration: As a reverse of differentiation, simple integration
xn
Integration by substitution, Integration by Parts (H2)
1 lecture

Mainly problem solving. Some verify/ show/ prove.

 Lecture Syllabus
Week 0 (Self-Revision): Introduction (SH, Ch.1-3)
Section 1: Single Variable Calculus
Week 1: Functions (SH) C4-5, Limits (SH) C6.5
Week 2: Single variable calculus (SH) C6-7
Week 3: Single variable optimization (SH) C7-8 [C8-9, 6th ed]
Week 4: Integration (SH) C9 [C10, 6th ed]

Section 2: Multi-Variable Calculus

Week 5: Multi-variable calculus (SH) C11 [C14, 6th ed]
Week 6: Comparative Statistics (SH) C12 [C15, 6th ed]

Week 7: MidTerm during lecture (No tutorial)

Section 3: Linear Algebra

Week 8: Matrix Algebra (SH) C15 [C12, 6th ed]
Week 9: Determinant and Inverse for Matrices (SH) C16 [C13, 6th ed]

Section 4: Multi-Variable Optimization

Week 10: Multi-Variable Optimization (SH) C13 [C17, 6th ed]
Week 11: Constrained Optimization (SH) C14.1-14.7 [C18, 6th ed]
Week 12: Optimization with Inequality Constraints (SH) C14.8-14.10
[C20, 6th ed]

Week 13: Revision Lecture

 Textbook

Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis (5th Edition) by

Sydsaeter and Hammond (SH)
Purchase information posted on Canvas (-> Lecture Notes)
This is not an advertisement for the publisher.
NUS and Dr. Kong do not benefit from students purchasing
textbooks

Can also pick up the newer 6th Edition. But pages quoted in
lecture notes will follow 5th Edition