Economics 102
Principles of
Macroeconomics
Spring 2004
Section 5: MWF
1:
Lecturer: Amani E. Elobeid
Office: 565 Heady Hall
Telephone: 515-294-6175
Email:
Office Hours: MWF
Teaching
Assistants
Name
|
Email Address |
Office and Telephone Number |
Office Hours in 20 Curtiss Hall |
|
Biswaranjan Samal |
samal@iastate.edu |
327 Curtiss Hall / 294-4827 |
Tuesday 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Friday |
|
Jittinan Aukayanagul |
aukayana@iastate.edu |
301 Curtiss
Hall / 294-8190 |
Monday Wednesday |
|
Zhaoyang (Clay) Duan |
clayduan@iastate.edu |
266 Heady Hall / 294-6740 |
Monday |
|
|
jingliu@iastate.edu |
301 Curtiss
Hall / 294-8190 |
Monday |
The lectures will focus on
the major points introduced in the text, the more difficult aspects of each
chapter, and on the specific issues/problems dealt with in the material.
A basic familiarity with the lecture topic will greatly assist your
understanding of the lecture. I will try to include material from current
events as much as I can and make suggestions on articles of interest for
additional readings. Questions from the additional readings/current events may
appear as extra-credit questions on the exams. The pace at which the course
material is covered will depend in part upon how difficult the material in the
course syllabus turns out to be for the majority of the class. While the
goal is to cover most of the chapters listed below, this goal will be tempered
by the belief that the material covered should be thoroughly understood.
Common
Courtesy:
As a matter of respect to others, please refrain from reading the newspaper (or
any unrelated material) in class and from talking in class. Please be on time as it is very disruptive to
the class to walk in late. If you need to leave before the class is over,
please sit near the door and leave as quietly as possible. Please turn off any
cellular phones or beepers before you come to class.
Class
Attendance:
There will be no roll calls for attendance.
However, you are responsible for all material and all announcements
presented in class. There may be some
material that I will cover in class that will not be in the book so it is
imperative that you keep good lecture notes.
I will not have lecture notes available.
Announcements, including but not limited to homework assignments,
homework/exam solutions and exam and homework grades, will be posted on the Web
(http://www.econ.iastate.edu/classes/econ102/elobeid/).
However, please note that this is not a Web class so I might announce things in
class that may not be posted on the Web. You are responsible for any
announcements made in class even if they are not posted on the Web.
Please
check the Web at least twice a week
for announcements when you are not able to attend class.
Economics
Help Room:
20 Curtiss Hall
MWR:
F:
There will be three in-class exams and a comprehensive final. Everyone must take the final exam but the two best scores out of the three in-class exams will be used to determine your overall grade. I recommend that you take all three in-class exams. The two best scores of the in-class exam are each worth 25 percent of your final grade and the final exam will account for 30 percent of your final grade. The exams will consist of multiple-choice questions, and five to six short-answer questions or two essay questions. Please expect an exam approximately the first week of every month.
Exam and homework grades will be posted on the Web usually
one week after the due date for homework assignments and after the exam date
for exams.
The grading scale for the exams will depend on the performance of the class in general. Depending on the grades of each exam, I may or may not grade on a curve.
There will be a number of homework assignments (depending on how much of the syllabus we are able to cover) that will be worth 20 percent of your grade.
Due
dates for homework assignments will be announced in class and will be posted on
the Web. Completed assignments should be
returned in class on the due date. No late homeworks will be
accepted. If you fail to submit more
than two homework assignments you will receive an F for the homework portion of your grade.
There
will be a TA assigned to students in alphabetical order according to their last
name. You are to submit your homework to
the assigned TA in class on the due date.
If you have any questions concerning your homework or your grade, please
contact your assigned TA directly. The
teaching assistant will provide help, during his/her office hours, to students
who have difficulty completing their assignments or have questions on the
material.
You
are strongly encouraged to type and save your homework assignment or else make
a photocopy of it before you hand it in.
If, for some reason, you do not find your homework score posted on the Web,
you can check with your assigned TA. However, if he cannot find your homework (which may happen in large
classes), you must be able to provide him with a copy to grade. If you have submitted your homework and you
do not find your homework score on the Web, you have one week from the date the scores (for homeworks
and exams) are posted to inform the TA and get the matter resolved. Any inquiries after that will not be accepted. Please
address your homework/exam concerns to the TA first. If the matter is not resolved to your
satisfaction, you can bring your concern to my attention.
All homeworks and exams will
be placed in boxes outside the TAs’ offices after they are graded. You MUST
pick up your homeworks/exams from outside the TAs’ offices within one week of
the grades being posted.
You are welcome to work
together on your homework assignments. However, you must submit your own
individual homework assignment. Any identical assignments (i.e.,
duplicates of the same homework answers) will receive a zero.
Academic Integrity
I do not at all expect to have any problem with academic misconduct.
However, anyone found guilty of academic dishonesty will automatically fail the
course and may be subject to University penalties.
If you have any concerns (or
complaints), please feel free to let me know. However, please present
your concerns in a polite and respectful manner. I do not respond to rude
emails even in cases where the concern is a legitimate one.
Syllabus
Required Text: Michael Parkin, Macroeconomics,
Sixth Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2003.
Required:
Mark Rush, Study Guide: Macroeconomics, Sixth Edition,
Addison-Wesley, 2003.
CD ROM, “Economics in Action, 5.0.” Available with the required text.
PLEASE
NOTE THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BUY THE ENTIRE (NEW) PACKET. YOU CAN BUY A USED TEXTBOOK AND STUDY GUIDE
IF AVAILABLE.
Chapters 1-3 Introduction
and Overview
Chapter 4 Measuring
GDP and Economic Growth
Chapter
5 Monitoring Cycles, Jobs, and the
Price Level
Chapter 6 Aggregate
Supply and Aggregate Demand (Exam I tentative)
Chapter 7 The Economy at Full Employment
Chapter 8 Capital,
Investment, and Saving
Chapter 10 Expenditure
Multipliers (Exam II tentative)
Chapter 11 Fiscal
Policy
Chapter 12 Money
Chapter 13 Monetary
Policy (Exam III tentative)
Chapter
18 International Finance