Economics 101: Principles of Microeconomics

Section 2: 10:00-10:50 MWF

2055 Hoover

Professor Peter F. Orazem

Office hours: Tuesday 8:30-10:00; Thursday 10-11:30

267 Heady Hall


Syllabus: you may have to download the free Adobe reader

Final Scores

Median Starting and Mid-Career Salaries by Major, 2007


Economics Help Room in 178 Heady Hall

MTWR: 9-6; F: 9-3

Section 2 TA Contacts

Ms. Tushi Baul
Mr. Hailong Jin
Ms. Kuejai (Nan) Jungjaturapit
Mr. Hang Qian

tushi@iastate.edu
hjin@iastate.edu
kuejai@iastate.edu
hqi@iastate.edu

TA Office Hours.  All office hours are in the Help Room, 178 Heady Hall.

Tushi Baul:               Tuesday 12:45-1:45;
                               Thursday 12.45 -1.45 p.m.
Ranajoy Basu:         Thursday 1-2pm;
                               Friday 1-2pm
In Soo Cho:            Wednesday 1:00-2:00;
                               Thursday 1:00-2:00
Hailong Jin:              Thursday: 4:00-6:00PM
Nan Jungjaturapit:    Monday 9-9:30am,3-5pm;
                               Wednesday 3-5pm;
                                Thursday 10-11am;
                                Friday 9-9:30am
Hang Qian:               Tuesday, 12:30-2:30
Hailong Jin:               Thursday: 4:00-6:00PM
Tong Wang:              Thursday 4:00 to 6:00PM
Zheng Xu:                 Tuesday 4:00-6:00PM


Supplemental Instruction: Brittany Teahan bteahan@iastate.edu

Sessions:

T 4:10 Pearson 2158 Pearson 2158
W 6:10 Pearson 2158 Pearson 2158
F 1:10 Pearson 2157 Pearson 2157


Textbook: Krugman, Paul and Robin Wells. 2009. Microeconomics, 2nd edition. Worth Publishers.

Note—you will have access to an on-line version of the text at no extra cost when you sign up for Aplia.  You do not have to buy a hard copy text unless you want one.

Instructions for Purchasing the textbook and/or APLIA you may have to download the free Adobe reader

Aplia Course key: 6W5J-SJMJ-ZTYD Specify section 2 at registration

Where are the computer labs?


Assignments


THE COMPANY PAGES      CURRENT COMPANY POINTS

           Company Rosters: Listed By Company Name| Listed By Last Name

                Map of company location in 2055 Hoover

                Company Credit: Group activities that get you points

               The doughnut run challenge: March 29, 9AM: (2 pts per participant, 1 pt. per doughnut, 5 points for fastest runner per section)

                Credit form for public lectures

           Examples of past company products, logos, slogans, …

Company Challenge Answers will be posted here:

Wall_Mart vs Kohl's          Southwest Airlines          Sylvania Lightbulb Challenge


EXAMS

Midterm 1: Answer Key and Results    Review Topics#1

Midterm 2: Answer Key and Results Review Topics #2

Midterm 3: Answer Key and Results Review Topics #3

Cumulative Final: Wednesday May 6: 9:45-11:45

Review Topics #4

NOTE: We return exams the next class session.  Your old exams can be picked up in the Econ Help Room, 178 Heady Hall


Ask the Professor

Orazem's slides on fiscal stimulus talk to the Economics Club

Marcello Oviedo's slideson fiscal policy for the Economics Club


Text and Supplementary Readings

Krugman and Wells web page: Automated quizzes, articles, review questions,...


Go to the Peter F. Orazem Home Page


Go to the Economics Department Home Page