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Principles of Microeconomics
Fall 2009
Brent
Kreider
Announcements:
Midterm 3 scores and letter grades are available below. Remember that I only count each student's best two out of three midterms. Regardless of what score you got, I hope everyone has a great break! See you next week.
The Help Room in 180 Heady Hall is open Mon-Thur 9-5 and Fri 9-4. You can also see me for assistance (see contact information below).
Places you can get help in this class are shown here.
There are optional review sessions in 1105 Pearson: Tues, 4:10pm, Wed, 7:10pm, and Thurs, 5:10pm.
For basics about textbook and Aplia requirements for Fall 2009, click here.
If you might be interested in majoring in economics, please see me for additional information. It is often possible to add economics as a second major with relatively few additional classes.
Important Dates:
Midterm 3 was held in class on Wed., Nov. 18. It covered Chs. 8, 9, and Ch. 10 (only pp. 292-299).
The Aplia problem set for Ch. 10 is due Wed, Dec. 2 at 11:00pm. There are two extra credit components.
The final exam will be held in the usual
classroom at the following times:
Section 4 (1:10 class): Monday,
December 14, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Section 5 (2:10 class): Wednesday,
December 16, 2:15pm - 3:45pm
Lecture notes:
Outlines for my lectures are available at the bottom of the Aplia webpage under "Course Materials." I distribute these outlines for the sole purpose of making it easier to take notes in class. For example, you will not have to draw complicated graphs on the spot. The idea is to print out these outlines before class, then add your own detailed notes during the lectures (and also fill in some missing blanks). These outlines will be deleted after class without notice, and they will not be made available by email except in extreme circumstances (e.g., serious illness).
Readings:
Read Ch. 10 (for Midterm 3, only pp. 292-299 on monopolistic competition; the remaining pages will be covered on the final)
Read Ch. 9
Read Ch. 8
Read Ch. 7
Read Ch. 6 pp. 159-174
Read Ch. 5 (no exam questions from the appendix)
Read Ch. 4, pp. 94-119 (elasticities and excise taxes)
Read a few of the most interesting policy debates (see link below). If you don't find any of these debates interesting, choose whatever comes closest.
Extra credit paper:
The extra
credit paper was due Wed, Nov. 11 in the
Help Room (180 Heady)
instructions
Grades:
Please direct all questions about scores to Bo Xiong, the Head TA in charge of recording scores.
Questions regarding the economic content of exams or problem sets can be directed to me.
Problems with Aplia should be directed to the Aplia support team (see their website for instructions on how to get help).
Exam scores
Username: the portion of your
ISU email address before the "@" sign
Password: last 4 digits of the
middle 9 digits of your ISU card number
Letter grades (Note: I drop each student's lowest midterm grade, which allows for one missed exam - see p.2 of the syllabus. The final is mandatory.)
Contact Information:
My office hours in 460C Heady Hall: Tue 1:30-3:00 and Thur 1:30-2:30 (or you may stop by other times and I will see you if at all possible)
General Help Room assistance is available in 180 Heady Hall. The Help Room hours are Mon-Thurs 9-5 and Fri 9-4.
In addition to general Help Room assistance, my TAs have extra office hours
Email: bkreider"at"iastate.edu
Other online materials:
practice quizzes, review questions optional,
not graded
(1) select a chapter from the
pull-down menu, then (2) choose a link on the left such as "interactive
quiz"
economic policy debates
interesting and can be used in the
extra credit paper (see syllabus)
useful economics websites e.g., economic data, job openings, jokes about economists
Bureau of Labor Statistics job descriptions, salaries, etc.
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