Course Schedule - Spring 2005
ECN 101 Principles of Economics
ECN 101 home Syllabus Schedule Lecture notes Internet exercises
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14 Jan |
Course introduction, schedule and objectives. Chapter 1: "Ten Principles of Economics" |
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16 Jan |
Chapter 1: "Ten Principles of Economics" Ten Principles |
Weekly 168 hour schedule - highlight ECN101 study times and class time. |
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19 Jan |
Martin Luther King holiday | |
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21 Jan |
Chapter 1: "Ten Principles of Economics" Ten Principles Video |
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23 Jan |
Ch 2: "Thinking Like an Economist" | |
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26 Jan |
Ch 3: "Interdependence and the Gains from Trade" | Internet Exercise Ch 2 - 3. Graphing the Poverty Rate |
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28 Jan |
Ch 3: "Interdependence and the Gains from Trade" | Internet Exercise Ch 3 I Pencil |
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30 Jan |
Ch 4: "Market Forces of Supply and Demand" | Chapter 3: Problem 7 |
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2 Feb |
Ch 4: "Market Forces of Supply and Demand" | Chapter 4: Problem 1 |
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4 Feb |
Ch 5: "Elasticity and Its Application" | Chapter 4: Problem 9 |
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6 Feb |
Ch 5: "Elasticity and Its Application" |
Chapter 5: Question 4 Internet Exercise Chapter 5 #1 |
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9 Feb |
Ch 6: "Supply, Demand, and Government Policies" |
Chapter 5: Problem 2, 3 Internet Exercise Chapter 5 #2 |
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11 Feb |
Ch 6: "Supply, Demand, and Government Policies" Exam review: chapters 1 - 6 |
Chapter 6: Question 7 Chapter 6: Problem 3 |
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13 Feb |
Exam 1 | |
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16 Feb |
President's Day holiday | |
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18 Feb |
Ch 7: "Consumers, Producers, and the Efficiency of Markets" | |
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20 Feb |
Ch 7: "Consumers, Producers, and the Efficiency of Markets" | |
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23 Feb |
Ch 10: "Externalities" | Chapter 7: Problem 3 |
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25 Feb |
Ch 10: "Externalities" | Chapter 10: Problem 3 |
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27 Feb |
Ch 11: "Public Goods and Common Resources" |
Internet
Exercise Chapter 10 Chapter 10: Question 6 |
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1 Mar |
Ch 12: "The Costs of Production" | Chapter 11: Problem 5 |
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3 Mar |
Ch 12: "The Costs of Production" | Chapter 12: Problem 4 |
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5 Mar |
Ch 13: "Firms in Competitive Markets" | Chapter 12: Problem 10 |
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8 Mar |
Ch 13: "Firms in Competitive Markets" | Chapter 13: Problem 2 |
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10 Mar |
Ch 13: "Firms in Competitive Markets" | Chapter 13: Problem 6 |
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12 Mar |
Ch 14: "Monopoly" | |
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15 - 21 Mar |
Spring break holidays | |
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22 Mar |
Ch 14: "Monopoly" | Chapter 14: Problem 8 |
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24 Mar |
Exam 2 | |
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26 Mar |
Ch 15: "Measuring a Nations Income" | |
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29 Mar |
Ch 15: "Measuring a Nations Income" | Chapter 15: Question 5 |
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31 Mar |
Ch 16: "Measuring the Cost of Living" | Chapter 15: Problem 5 |
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2 Apr |
Ch 16: "Measuring the Cost of Living" Ch 17: "Production and Growth" |
Internet Exercise Chapter 16 |
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5 Apr |
Ch 17: "Production and Growth" | Chapter 16: Problem 1 |
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7 Apr |
Ch 18: "Saving Investment and the Financial System" | Chapter 17: Problem 5 |
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9-12 Apr |
Easter holiday | |
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14 Apr |
Ch 19: "Basic Tools of Finance" | |
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16 Apr |
Ch 19: "Basic Tools of Finance" Ch 20: "Unemployment and its Natural Rate" |
Chapter 19: Question 1 Chapter 19: Problem 1 |
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19 Apr |
Ch 20: "Unemployment and its Natural Rate" | Chapter 19: Problem 2, 4 |
| 21 Apr | Exam 3 | |
| 23 Apr | Ch 21: "The Monetary System" | Extra credit papers due |
| 26 Apr | Ch 21: "The Monetary System" | |
| 28 Apr | Ch 22: "Money Growth and Inflation" | |
| 5 May | Final Exam - Wednesday 10:15 - 12:15 | Review chapters |