Course Schedule - Spring 2005

ECN 101 Principles of Economics

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Date

Subject

Homework
Due

14 Jan

Course introduction, schedule and objectives.
Chapter 1: "Ten Principles of Economics"
 

16 Jan

Chapter 1: "Ten Principles of Economics"
Ten Principles
Weekly 168 hour schedule - highlight ECN101 study times and class time.

19 Jan

Martin Luther King holiday  

21 Jan

Chapter 1: "Ten Principles of Economics"
Ten Principles Video
 

23 Jan

Ch 2:  "Thinking Like an Economist"  

26 Jan

Ch 3:  "Interdependence and the Gains from Trade" Internet Exercise Ch 2 - 3. Graphing the Poverty Rate

28 Jan

Ch 3:  "Interdependence and the Gains from Trade" Internet Exercise Ch 3 I Pencil

30 Jan

Ch 4:  "Market Forces of Supply and Demand" Chapter 3: Problem 7

2 Feb

Ch 4:  "Market Forces of Supply and Demand" Chapter 4: Problem 1

4 Feb

Ch 5:  "Elasticity and Its Application" Chapter 4: Problem 9

6 Feb

Ch 5:  "Elasticity and Its Application" Chapter 5: Question 4
Internet Exercise Chapter 5 #1

9 Feb

Ch 6:  "Supply, Demand, and Government Policies" Chapter 5: Problem 2, 3
Internet Exercise Chapter 5 #2

11 Feb

Ch 6:  "Supply, Demand, and Government Policies"
Exam review: chapters 1 - 6
Chapter 6: Question 7
Chapter 6: Problem 3

13 Feb

Exam 1  

16 Feb

President's Day holiday  

18 Feb

Ch 7:  "Consumers, Producers, and the Efficiency of Markets"  

20 Feb

Ch 7:  "Consumers, Producers, and the Efficiency of Markets"  

23 Feb

Ch 10:  "Externalities" Chapter 7: Problem 3

25 Feb

Ch 10:  "Externalities" Chapter 10: Problem 3

27 Feb

Ch 11:  "Public Goods and Common Resources" Internet Exercise Chapter 10
Chapter 10: Question 6

1 Mar

Ch 12:  "The Costs of Production" Chapter 11: Problem 5

3 Mar

Ch 12:  "The Costs of Production" Chapter 12: Problem 4

5 Mar

Ch 13:  "Firms in Competitive Markets" Chapter 12: Problem 10

8 Mar

Ch 13:  "Firms in Competitive Markets" Chapter 13: Problem 2

10 Mar

Ch 13:  "Firms in Competitive Markets" Chapter 13: Problem 6

12 Mar

Ch 14:  "Monopoly"  

15 - 21 Mar

Spring break holidays  

22 Mar

Ch 14:  "Monopoly" Chapter 14: Problem 8

24 Mar

Exam 2  

26 Mar

Ch 15:  "Measuring a Nations Income"  

29 Mar

Ch 15:  "Measuring a Nations Income" Chapter 15: Question 5

31 Mar

Ch 16:  "Measuring the Cost of Living" Chapter 15: Problem 5

2 Apr

Ch 16:  "Measuring the Cost of Living"
Ch 17:  "Production and Growth"
Internet Exercise Chapter 16

5 Apr

Ch 17:  "Production and Growth" Chapter 16: Problem 1

7 Apr

Ch 18:  "Saving Investment and the Financial System" Chapter 17: Problem 5

9-12 Apr

Easter holiday  

14 Apr

Ch 19:  "Basic Tools of Finance"  

16 Apr

Ch 19:  "Basic Tools of Finance"
Ch 20:  "Unemployment and its Natural Rate"
Chapter 19: Question 1
Chapter 19: Problem 1

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