Class attendance will be accordingly be noted and taken into consideration in the grading scheme. Required Text and Software. See the Projected Timetable for a schedule of reading assignments and WinEcon exercises. Assignments in the final week will be drawn from the MacroSim program which can be downloaded from the class Web site. The TimeTable will be regularly updated as necessary.
Students are responsible for keeping current with any changes.
Students will be required to post at least one question by email to the entire class based on their Phelps readings no later than 9 AM of the day of class meetings for which such readings are assigned. These may be questions about portions of the text that are difficult to understand, challenges of Phelps' treatment of particular topics, etc. The instructor will screen the questions and select those which he judges may contribute the most to class discussions. He will also endeavor to respond to questions not taken up in class by email replies which may be shared by the class. A list of email addresses will be provided for sharing individual postings with the class.