Class Syllabus for Principles of Macroeconomics – ECO 2013 (MWF Format)
Academic Term: Spring 2011 (2010 – 2 Term)
Class Duration: Wednesday, January 5 – Friday, April 22, 2011
Meeting Times: Ref # 606657 MWF 9:00 – 9:50 AM (Room 3222)
Instructor: Ana C. Corrales, Assistant Professor
Contact Info: Phone: (305) 237-3413 Faculty Webpage: http://faculty.mdc.edu/acorrale/
Email: Office: Wolfson Campus, Room 3704-4
Office Hours: MWF 8:00 – 9:00 AM; TR 8:00 – 9:50 AM; TR 11:15 AM – 12:30 PM; M 12:00 – 2:15 PM
Required Materials: Principles of Macroeconomics (ISBN 0073365947) by McConnell & Brue, 18th ed.
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073365947/
§ Basic Calculator. Please note the use of cell phone calculators will not be permitted during exams.
§ Six (6) Scantron™ sheets
§ Aplia Semester Fee ($40) before11:59 PM on Tuesday, January 25th
(See Instructions Attached)
Learning Outcomes: 1. Communicate effectively using listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.
2. Use quantitative analytical skills to evaluate and process numerical data.
Attendance: Class attendance is required. Along with class participation, it comprises 10% of your grade. Being tardy to class or leaving class early counts as an absence as follows: 2 tardies = 1 absence. Each absence will lower your final grade in the course by 1%.
Cell Phones: You will be penalized when your cell phone disrupts class instruction. Each class disruption will lower your attendance grade as follows: 1 cell phone disruption = 2 absences ( - 2%).
Written Principles of Macroeconomics has a Gordon Rule (GR) requirement.
Assignments: To meet the GR requirement, this course has three (3) written assignments
which comprise 10% of your final grade.
§ You will meet the GR requirement if and only if your writing is considered “College-Level.” Please see attached handout to learn how your written assignments will be evaluated.
§ Students must earn 8 or more points per assignment to meet the GR requirement.
§ If you do not complete ALL the writing assignments, you will fail this course.
§ Please check your assignment for proper spelling and grammar before submission.
§ Assignments must be typed in New Times Roman, Font Size 12, with
one-inch (1”) margins. Do not submit a cover page.
§ Submit your assignment at the beginning of class, in person only.
§ Assignments will not be accepted via e-mail.
Grade Calculation: All Exams are based on class lectures and text readings.
§ You are responsible for all the material presented
in each chapter.
§ Your instructor reserves the right to alter the
weight of each component of your final grade.
Aplia Online HW 20%
Unit Exams 1 – 6 50%
Comprehensive Final Exam 15%
3 Written Assignments 10%
Attendance + Class Participation 5%
Total 100%
Recommendations: While there are no pre-requisites for ECO2013, students must possess basic math and graphing skills (Please see attached handout to preview the level of math expected). Students should have test out of, completed, or be currently enrolled in Intermediate Algebra (MAT 1033). As this is a Gordon Rule course, completion of ENC 1101 would be helpful.
Schedule of Assignments*
Wednesday, January 5 First Day of Class; Review Class Syllabus
Monday, January 10 Last Day to Receive 100% Refund
Monday, January 17 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – No Class Held
Tuesday, January 25 Last day to pay for Aplia without losing access**
Wednesday, January 26 Exam #1 on Ch. 1 – 3 (7.5%)
Wednesday, February 9 Exam #2 on Ch. 4 & 5 (5%)
Monday, February 21 Presidents Day – No Class Held
Wednesday, March 2 Exam #3 on Ch. 6 – 9 (10%)
Wednesday, March 16 Last Day to Withdraw (W)
Friday, March 18 Exam #4 on Ch. 10 & 11 (7.5%)
Wednesday, March 30 Exam #5 on Ch. 12 &13 (10%)
Monday, April 28 Exam #6 on Ch. 14 – 16 (10%)
Friday, April 22 Good Friday – No Class Held
Comprehensive Final Exam*** MWF 9 AM Class – Monday, April 25 (Room 3222)
Saturday, April 30 Final Grades posted by 12 noon
* Tentative and subject to change at Professor’s discretion.
** Please note deadlines for all Aplia HW Assignments are posted only in the Aplia website.
*** The Comprehensive Final Exam will consist of problem-sets and analyses of economic models from Ch. 1 – 16; there will not be any multiple choice questions on the Comprehensive Final Exam.