Week #2 Day Class # and Topic Assignment Information Monday, September 5 No Class ILA#2 open and is due at 8:00 am on Monday, September 12th Unit One Homework Help sessions start this week. Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2-3 in BUS 252 with Teaching Assistant Steve Schwartz. Wednesday, September 7 Class #4 Fundamentals Finish up QuickStart activities #1-10 QuickStart activities #1-#10 are due by Friday, September 9th at 5:00 pm. QuickStart #9 and #10 also count as Independent Learning Assignment #1 Parts One and Two. ILA#2 opened on Monday, September 5th and is due at 8:00 am on Monday, September 12th Friday, September 9 Class #5 Fundamentals Finish up QuickStart activities #1-10 ILA#2 opened on Monday, September 5th and is due at 8:00 am on Monday, September 12th Learning Objectives for Fundamentals week #2: Define microeconomics and macroeconomics. Identify the various resource categories used in economics. Define scarcity and explain its importance in economics. Identify the opportunity cost of a choice. Explain rational decision making. Define marginal benefit and marginal cost. Describe the relationship between marginal benefits and costs in equilibrium. Explain how resources are combined to produce output. Construct and interpret a production possibilities frontier. Calculate and explain opportunity cost using a production possibilities frontier. Identify comparative advantage using opportunity costs. Identify patterns of specialization using comparative advantage. Identify the terms of trade using comparative advantage. Illustrate the gains from trade in a production possibilities frontier model. Illustrate how increasing opportunity costs affect the production possibilities frontier. the flow of resources, output, and monetary transactions in a simple economy
Schedule of Classes for Fall 2016 Principles of Macroeconomics Week # Day Class Topic Assignment Information 7 Monday, October 10 Class #19 Unit Two begins Measuring the Macroeconomy Public Finance ILA #5 Part One: videos & questions are due at 8:00 am. The assignment has been open for one week. Remember each ILA (Independent Learning Assignment) has two parts: the Videos/Questions and the LearnSmart Achieve. Part One, the videos and questions are always due on Monday mornings at 8 and Part Two, the LearnSmart Achieve modules are due on Friday afternoons at 5:00 pm. ILA #6 is open and due at 8:00 am on 10/17. Wednesday, October 12 Class #20 Measuring GDP: Output Rubric for Technology Project #1 is posted on Blackboard. It is due at 5:00 pm on Friday, October 28th.
Week #13 Day Topic Assignment Information F A L L B R E A K Monday, November 21st No Class Rubric for Technology Assignment #2 is posted on Blackboard. It is due at 5:00 pm on Friday, December 9th. Wednesday, November 23rd No Class Friday, November 25th No Class Schedule of Classes for Fall 2016 Principles of Microeconomics Week #14 Day Class Topic Assignment Information Monday, November 28th Class #35 Review Day for Unit Two Study Rubric for Technology Assignment #2 is posted on Blackboard November 21st. It is due at 5:00 pm on Friday, December 9th. Wednesday, November 30th Class #36 Graphing Short Answer Unit Exam 2a Friday, December 2nd Class #37 Multiple Choice Unit Exam 2b Study Rubric for Technology Assignment #2 is posted on Blackboard November 21st. It is due at 5:00 pm on Friday, December 9th.