ECONOMICS 101  
Iowa State University		William Merrill
SPRING 1999			83 Heady Hall
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Date                         Chapter	      Topic
	                 4th Ed       3rd Ed
Introduction to Economics 
Jan 12	1  & 2	(1 & 2)	What Is Economics? & Graphs
Jan 14	3	(3)	The Economic Problem
Jan 19 -21	4 	(4)	Supply & Demand	
Jan 26	5	(5)	Elasticity  (Quiz 1:  Ch. 1 - 4)
Jan 28	6 & 7	(New & 6) 	Efficiency & Markets in Action
Feb 2	Test		1st Midterm (Ch. 1 - 7)
Markets for Goods & Services
Feb 4  	8 & 9	(7 & 8)	Utility & Consumer Behavior
Feb 9 		10	(9)	Organizing Production 
Feb 11 	11	(10)	Cost Functions
Feb 16 	12	(11)	Competition  (Quiz 2:  Ch. 8 - 11)
Feb 18  	13	(12)	Monopoly
Feb 23  	14	(13)	Oligopoly
Feb 25  	Review		Review
Mar 2	Test		2nd Midterm (Ch 8 - 14)
Markets for Factors of Production
Mar 4 	15	(14)	Factor Prices  
Mar 9		16	(15)	Labor Markets
Mar 11	17	(19)	Redistribution
Mar 15 - 19			SPRING BREAK
Mar 23 - 25	18	(18)	Market Failures (Quiz 3: Ch. 15 - 17)
Markets & The Government
Mar 30 -Apr 1	19	(20)	Regulation of Business
Apr 6 	Review		Review
Apr 8	Test	3rd 	Midterm (Ch 15 - 19)
Apr 13 -15	20	(21)	Externalities
Apr 20	21	(17)	Uncertainty
The Global Economy
Apr 22	22	(22)	World Trade  (Quiz 4: Ch. 1 - 21)
Apr 27 - 29 	Review		Review
May 3 - 7			Final Week
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Note:  All dates on the above schedule are subject to change.
Grading:	Quizzes      (4: all count)	20% total
		Midterms    (Best 2 out of 3)	40% total
		Final		40%
Office Hours:
William  Merrill	      83  Heady Hall  294-6846
     TEXT:  Parkin, Microeconomics, 4th Ed  (3rd Ed is very similar)
	Student Study Guide is recommended.
	Class Overheads from CopyWorks are optional.
Rules of the Game
1.  All tests and quizzes are multiple choice and/or true-false.
2.  For students not able to take the final at the regularly 
scheduled time the Economics Department schedules a 
special make-up final examination period.   Any make-up 
final examinations must arranged and approved prior to final 
examination week and must be taken at the Department's 
specially scheduled time. 
3.  There will be no make-ups for mid-terms or quizzes which 
you may miss.  Nor will any other special arrangements be 
made to take any tests or quizzes.  
4. 	The dates listed on the course schedule are subject to 
change.    Changes in Mid-Term test dates will be announced 
at least one class period prior to the examination date.  
5.  Not all quiz dates will be announced in advance.
6.  Overheads are keyed to the 3rd Ed.  Quiz & Midterm coverage 
refers to the 4th Ed.