Syllabus Course
descriptionTutoring is available if you want to discuss this material with someone else. To be posted during semester.
Large class:
For those who are wondering if there is any correlation between going
to class and grades here is a sobering statistic. Of those students
who missed more than seven classes, 50 percent received less than a C-.
That is 50 percent of those students who missing four weeks of class got
either a D+,D,D- or failed. Of this group (missing 8 or more classes) 25
percent failed the class. 86 percent of those students who failed
this class missed more than seven classes. So if you hear from students
that you do not need to attend class to do well in this class because the
notes are posted on line beware.
Small class. Of those students who missed more than six classes,
53 percent received less than a C- (That is a D+,D, D- or E).
Of those students who missed two or less classes 39 percent received
A or A-.
Some of you who do well in this class should consider being an
economics minor. To be a minor you need econ
101 and econ 200 plus any four upper level econ classes. Remember
when you enter the job market anything that shows you are a better candidate
than your competition gives you an edge. Economics is considered
a very rigorous program nationally
and can only help in the job market. If you want to be an econ
minor drop me an email. If you are interested in being a major or double
major let me know.
Go the the link to the Syllabus where you will see the text book that we are using. Try and buy a used copy of this book and shop hard on line. Buying this book will demonstrate many of the economic principles we will learn in the class. When the supply of the used copy of this book is high what price do you expect to pay? As more and more students start buying the book and sellers have fewer of them left what do you think will happen to the price of the used text book. Shop early and save big coin.
Textbook: Microeconomics, 18th edition McConnell, Brue and Flynn
I suggest you go on line and buy this book used. The price of the used copies will go up as more and more people buy this on line. There may be a 19th edition but I will not be using it so buy a used copy of the 18th edition. Do a search for textbooks and you will be surprised how cheap you can get them. The college store and Kraftees across RT 104 should have these also used.
Web Page for Text book click here
Syllabus Course
description Explorations
in Economic Demand and Explorations
in Economic Supply (by Kim Sosin) Exploring
Supply and Demand (by Kim Sosin) Essential
Principles of Economics: A Hypermedia Approach by Roger A. McCain
(Drexel University)
Larry Spizman - larry.spizman@oswego.edu