Principles of Macroeconomics, ECO2013
SPRING 2010-2 Syllabus
Instructor:
Dino Siervo
Class Room:
1268 (Mondays, 5:40-8:10 pm)
Phone:
305-237-8942, Academics Department
Email:
dsiervo@mdc.edu
Web:
http://faculty.mdc.edu/dsiervo
Office Hours: Mondays and Thursdays, 4:45 p.m., in Room 1241
Textbook:
Macroeconomics by R. Glenn Hubbard and Anthony Patrick O’Brien (Pearson
Prentice Hall, Third Edition). See Course Modality section on page 2.
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Tentative Course Outline (Subject to Change):
Jan. 10
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Feb. 07
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Mar. 07
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14
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Apr. 04
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Introduction, Chapters 1 and 2
Holiday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)
Chapter 2-3
Homework EconLab (chs. 1-2)
Chapter 3
Homework EconLab (ch. 3)
Chapter 5
Homework EconLab (ch.5) also GR# 1 due date
Exam # 1
Chapter 7
Homework EconLab (ch.7)
Chapter 8
Homework EconLab (ch.8) also GR #2 due date
Chapter 9
Homework EconLab (ch.9)
Chapter 11
Homework EconLab (ch.11)
Exam #2
Chapter 12
Homework EconLab (ch. 12) also GR #3 due
Chapter 13
Homework EconLab (ch.13)
Chapter 14
Homework EconLab (ch.14)
Chapter 15
Homework EconLab (ch.15)
Exam # 3
Course Objectives:
The objective of this course is to provide the student with an understanding of how the U.S. and
other national economies operate. Topics include interactions of demand and supply, national
income accounting, unemployment, inflation, money and banking, fiscal and monetary policy,
economic growth, and international trade.
General Education Outcomes:
Economics is the study of the allocation of scarce resources among competing uses, either
through conscious public policy or through market forces The course will help students familiarize
with the use of quantitative analytical skills to evaluate and process statistical/economic data.
This will be useful in evaluating alternative methods of achieving society’s goals and objectives.
As a corollary, they will be able to communicate more effectively in topics related to economic
and business issues. The course will also offer economic decisions and growth perspectives from
the United States and other world economies. This will provide students with knowledge on other
countries and their culture in formulating strategies and policies.
Course Study Modality:
In addition to class lectures, students are strongly encouraged to work through MyEconLab, an
online suite of tools that provides problem solving for students. Specific homework tasks will be
assigned throughout the course, including practice quizzes under MyEconLab.
Students also have the course problems and exercises at the end of each chapter in the
textbook. Students can access solutions to end-of-chapter problems in the free Web site,
www.pearsonhighered.com/hubbard/. This interactive study guide also provides additional
resources such as PowerPoint slides with graphs, tables, and chapter key terms.
You have 4 options of how you can purchase your textbook package for this course:
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Access code to MyEconLab : $45 (Used book buyer)
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Access with ebook: $80
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Access with print upgrade: $85 (BEST VALUE)
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Access with ebook & print upgrade: $120
If purchased in the bookstore, the options are as follows:
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Traditional Textbook with MyEconLab with ebook access: Est. $136
Student Value Edition with MyEconLab with e-book access: Est. $95
Stand-alone MyEconLab (My EconLab access & ebook): Est. $40 (One semester)
Examinations and Grading Policy:
Examinations must be taken in the assigned dates. There will be no make-up exams except
under extreme circumstances, an emergency which must be reported on or before the exam
date. The weight of grading will be calculated as 33% for each exam including the final. If you
have a good reason for missing Exams 1 or 2, please contact me. In that case, your grade point
weight will be based on one exam and the final, or 50 % each. If you miss the Final exam you will
get a zero and your grade will be computed on the basis of Exams 1 and 2, for a total grade
weight of only 66%. Homework will be assigned every week, and It can provide an extra point to
your final grade tally. Class participation is encouraged and will also be used to jump-start
borderline grades.
Florida’s Administrative Rule 6A-10.0302 (Gordon Rule) Requirement:
In order to comply with Gordon Rules that requires three samples of writing by students during
the semester, there will be three due dates for submission: February 7, February 28, and March
28. There will be three essay questions that will be available in the course website homepage
The length of the papers should be two pages, analyzing concepts learned from course material,
which can also be supported by graphs or mathematical equations. Papers will be accepted
during class time only on the dates stated previously. The papers should have a clearly defined
central idea or thesis. As in any analytical writing, the papers should reflect the following:
a.
have a clearly defined central idea or thesis;
b.
provide adequate support for that idea;
c.
be organized clearly and logically;
d.
utilize the conventions of standard edited American English;
e.
be presented in a format appropriate to the assignment.
A copy of the Gordon Rule Writing Rubric for Miami Dade College is shown in the course’s
webpage.
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Classroom Etiquette:
Please refrain from bringing food or drinks into the classroom. Please turn off cellular phones
and iPhones. You are expected to arrive to class on time, leave when class has concluded, and
treat others respectfully by not talking during class sessions.
Important Dates:
January 10 ……………Last day to drop without penalties
March 16….. …………..Last day to drop from a course with a grade of W
April 22……..…. ………Classes end
Other MDC’s Academic Policies
Incomplete: ("I" Grade) when a student has failed to complete the requirements of a course, the
student may be given an incomplete or "I" grade as long as the student has completed 80% of the
assigned work. To be awarded an “I”, the student must present to the instructor valid reasons for
not having completed the course requirements. The instructor and the student then complete an
Agreement for Grade of Incomplete form. This agreement will determine the requirements for a
course grade, including due dates for assignments, projects or tests; which must be completed by
the end of the next major term, or a failing grade is assigned. A signed (by student and
instructor) incomplete form is required to be submitted with any recorded grade of incomplete.
Academic Dishonesty
1) Cheating on an exam;(2) Receiving help from other in work to be submitted, if contrary to the
stated polices of the professor;(3) Plagiarizing, i.e., the taking and passing-off as one's own, the
ideas, writing, and/or work of another, without properly and accurately citing the source;(4)
Submitting work from another course unless permitted by the professor's;(5) Assisting anyone to
do any of the above.
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