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ECON 2105H Principles of Macroeconomics (Honors) |
William D. Lastrapes Spring 2006 |
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Course
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Course
Information Text: Robert H. Frank and Ben S. Bernanke, Principles
of Macroeconomics, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2004. The
course outline includes required reading from the text. Supplemental
reading: The
course outline also includes a list of supplemental required reading material
for each topic in the course. These readings are downloadable from the
outline. Grading: Your final course grade will
be a weighted average of your performance on two within-term exams (20%
each), a final exam (35%), homework sets (10%), and a writing assignment
(15%). I do not have a set grading scale for letter grades, but will assign
letter grades based on my judgment of your relative class performance as
measured by the distribution of final course grades. Exams: All material covered in the
class lectures and in the required readings (text and supplemental, except
items marked as optional) is fair game for exams. I will not allow make-up
exams after a regularly scheduled
term exam; if you notify me prior to the exam with a legitimate excuse, I
will consider allowing you to take a missed exam early (i.e. before the
scheduled exam). If you miss an exam without prior notification, I will not
allow a make-up but will add the weight of the missed exam to that of the final
exam. The final exam will cover only the material in the macroeconomics part
of the course (sections 2 through 7 on the course outline). You must take the
final exam during the scheduled period; otherwise you will receive a zero on
the exam. The only exceptions to this rule are for legitimate health or
emergency reasons, or final exam conflicts. I will follow university policy
closely with respect to such conflicts; that policy can be found here.
My teaching assistant helps me grade exams, but I am fully responsible for
determining your score. The tentative exam schedule and old exams for
practice are available on the problems
and exams page above. Homework assignments:
I will assign
approximately six problem sets during the semester, which will be posted,
along with deadlines, on the problems
and exams page. All homework sets will be graded, but the lowest score
will be dropped when calculating your final grade. You are allowed and
encouraged to discuss problem sets with your fellow students, but the work
you turn in must be yours and yours alone. You must turn in hard copies of
your work. You will receive a grade of zero on any homework turned in after
the deadline – no excuses. Writing assignment: Write an essay (maximum 600
words, 2 typed pages double-spaced, 12-font, 1 inch
margins) on an economics topic of your choice. I prefer that the topic be
related to macroeconomics, although
you may write on anything that can be understood through the application of
economic principles. Your paper should apply economics to an issue to help
the reader better understand that issue; you should not simply summarize a
newspaper article. You might, for example, respond to an article or editorial
that makes bad economic arguments, or point out the costs and benefits of a
proposed policy that has economic implications. The best way to generate
ideas is to read – newspapers, periodicals, blogs,
journal articles – and think. I will grade your paper based on the
relevance of the idea, the appropriateness of the economics, and the
effectiveness of the writing (style, grammar, spelling matter). You must turn
in a hard copy of your paper, as well as an electronic file (in Word or pdf format) containing the
identical document; the latter may be e-mailed to me. The due date for your
essay is the last day of classes – Listserv: I have set up an e-mail list
for this class, to facilitate course communications. All students in the
class are required to subscribe to the list. To do so, visit this web site: http://listserv.uga.edu/archives/2105h-s06.html,
and follow the directions under “Join or leave the list.” This
site also provides instructions on how to post e-mail to the list and links
to an archive of past postings. Since e-mail posted to the list will be seen
by all members, confidential communications to me should be sent to my
personal e-mail address given on the course home page. Policy on academic
honesty: All academic work must meet the
standards contained in “A Culture of Honesty.” All students are
responsible to inform themselves about those standards before performing any
academic work. Please refer to the university’s full policy on academic honesty.
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