ECS2602/001/3/20
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Tutorial Letter 001/3/2021
Macroeconomics (ECS2602)
Semester 1 and 2
Department of Economics
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please register on myUnisa, activate your myLife e-mail
account and make sure that you have regular access to
the myUnisa module website, ECS2602-2021-S1/S2, as
well as your group website
BARCODE
, CONTENTS
Page
ASSESSMENT CHANGES for 2021 ACADEMIC YEAR.........................................................................3
1.1 Assignment due dates and prescribed textbook..........................................................3
1.2 The assignments.......................................................................................................... 5
1.3 Other assessment....................................................................................................... 50
1.4 The examination......................................................................................................... 50
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, ECS2602/001/3/20
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Dear Student
ASSESSMENT CHANGES for 2021 ACADEMIC YEAR
Due to the ministerial request to extend the 2021 registration dates, Unisa had to
amend both the semester dates and the assessment arrangements for the 2021
academic year.
During 2021 we will have only one semester and only one tuition and assessment period.
The purpose of this TL001 is to inform you of the new assessment requirements for
module ECS2602 for students registered during 2021 for the one semester period.
1.1 Assignment due dates
SEMESTER 1: ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION DATES
Assignment Unique Closing date Contents of Type of Weight
number number assignments assignment
Learnin
Multipl 20
01 76614 2021/05/10 g units
e-
0 1, 2 and 3
choice
Learning Multipl
02 52306 2021/06/28
units 4, 5 e- 40
8
and 6 choice
Learnin
Multipl 40
03 70402 2021/08/19 g units
e-
0 7, 8 and 9
choice
Submission of assignments
Submit assignments 01, 02 and 03 online via myUnisa. Assignments may not be
submitted by fax or e-mail.
For detailed information on assignments, please refer to the Study @ Unisa brochure.
We recommend that you submit all your assignments online via myUnisa. If you submit
Assignment 1 or 2 by post, it is your responsibility to follow up and to make sure
that your assignment was received by Unisa assignment section before the due
date.
If your assignment is lost in the postal system or if it is received too late for marking
Unisa and us as lecturers cannot take responsibility if you are not admitted to the
examination or if your assignment is not marked.
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, To submit Assignments via myUnisa:
Go to myUnisa.
Log in with your student number and
password. Select the module.
Click on "Assignments" in the menu on the left-hand side of
the screen. Click on the assignment number you wish to
submit.
Follow the instructions.
If you experience any problems submitting your assignment electronically via
myUnisa, please send an e-mail to – with your student
number in the subject line.
Please note that the submission of assignments will be delayed until sign-off has
been completed.
Prescribed textbook
Your prescribed textbook for this module for this year is:
Blanchard, O & Johnson, D.W. 2020. Macroeconomics: Global and Southern
African Perspectives. Second edition. Pearson South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
ISBN: 978 1 48 5709213 (print book)
ISBN: 978 1 48 5716891(e-pdf)
IMPORTANT: Blanchard & Johnson. 2014. Macroeconomics: Global and Southern African
Perspectives. First edition. Pearson. (ISBN 9781775786184) cannot be used from
2021 since the content differs extensively in the chapters that are prescribed for
this module.
Buying your books from an official Unisa bookseller will ensure that you get the
correct editions. When ordering, please include the name, ISBN and edition. Find
the approved Unisa booksellers on our website at
http://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/myunisa/default/Books.
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Tutorial Letter 001/3/2021
Macroeconomics (ECS2602)
Semester 1 and 2
Department of Economics
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please register on myUnisa, activate your myLife e-mail
account and make sure that you have regular access to
the myUnisa module website, ECS2602-2021-S1/S2, as
well as your group website
BARCODE
, CONTENTS
Page
ASSESSMENT CHANGES for 2021 ACADEMIC YEAR.........................................................................3
1.1 Assignment due dates and prescribed textbook..........................................................3
1.2 The assignments.......................................................................................................... 5
1.3 Other assessment....................................................................................................... 50
1.4 The examination......................................................................................................... 50
2
, ECS2602/001/3/20
21
Dear Student
ASSESSMENT CHANGES for 2021 ACADEMIC YEAR
Due to the ministerial request to extend the 2021 registration dates, Unisa had to
amend both the semester dates and the assessment arrangements for the 2021
academic year.
During 2021 we will have only one semester and only one tuition and assessment period.
The purpose of this TL001 is to inform you of the new assessment requirements for
module ECS2602 for students registered during 2021 for the one semester period.
1.1 Assignment due dates
SEMESTER 1: ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION DATES
Assignment Unique Closing date Contents of Type of Weight
number number assignments assignment
Learnin
Multipl 20
01 76614 2021/05/10 g units
e-
0 1, 2 and 3
choice
Learning Multipl
02 52306 2021/06/28
units 4, 5 e- 40
8
and 6 choice
Learnin
Multipl 40
03 70402 2021/08/19 g units
e-
0 7, 8 and 9
choice
Submission of assignments
Submit assignments 01, 02 and 03 online via myUnisa. Assignments may not be
submitted by fax or e-mail.
For detailed information on assignments, please refer to the Study @ Unisa brochure.
We recommend that you submit all your assignments online via myUnisa. If you submit
Assignment 1 or 2 by post, it is your responsibility to follow up and to make sure
that your assignment was received by Unisa assignment section before the due
date.
If your assignment is lost in the postal system or if it is received too late for marking
Unisa and us as lecturers cannot take responsibility if you are not admitted to the
examination or if your assignment is not marked.
3
, To submit Assignments via myUnisa:
Go to myUnisa.
Log in with your student number and
password. Select the module.
Click on "Assignments" in the menu on the left-hand side of
the screen. Click on the assignment number you wish to
submit.
Follow the instructions.
If you experience any problems submitting your assignment electronically via
myUnisa, please send an e-mail to – with your student
number in the subject line.
Please note that the submission of assignments will be delayed until sign-off has
been completed.
Prescribed textbook
Your prescribed textbook for this module for this year is:
Blanchard, O & Johnson, D.W. 2020. Macroeconomics: Global and Southern
African Perspectives. Second edition. Pearson South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
ISBN: 978 1 48 5709213 (print book)
ISBN: 978 1 48 5716891(e-pdf)
IMPORTANT: Blanchard & Johnson. 2014. Macroeconomics: Global and Southern African
Perspectives. First edition. Pearson. (ISBN 9781775786184) cannot be used from
2021 since the content differs extensively in the chapters that are prescribed for
this module.
Buying your books from an official Unisa bookseller will ensure that you get the
correct editions. When ordering, please include the name, ISBN and edition. Find
the approved Unisa booksellers on our website at
http://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/myunisa/default/Books.
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