Department of Social Sciences
Ammerman REMOTE Campus
ECO 112 – Microeconomics: The Price System
Course Syllabus
Course Number/ Title: ECO 112—Microeconomics: The Price System
3.0 Credit hours
3.0 Lecture hours
Associated Term: Fall 2020 Remote
Meeting Time: Monday / Wednesday 12:30-1:15 PM
Remote delivery – via Blackboard and Zoom
Professor: J Krueger Ed.D., MBA
Office Hours: By appointment
Email: kruegej@sunysuffolk.edu
Required Text: Economics- Hubbard and O’Brien 9th ed
Supplemental: The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Economist,
NPR, PBS
Texts/Readings: As assigned
Catalog Description:
Course begins with the simplified description of a complex matter; how and
how well does a national economy work? Over short periods of time,
production and employment are known to be volatile, while over longer
periods of time production and employment grow. Why is each of these
observations true and what is the role of the government (if any) in the
process? Note: Fulfills SUNY General Education Requirement for Social
Sciences. No prerequisite. Offered on: A-E-G / 3 cr. hrs.
Fall
2020
Week Dates
1
2
09/02
09/07, 09/09
Topic
Reading/Homework
Assignment/ Learning
goals
Introduction
Chapters 1&2/
First principles
WK1WS1/ critical thinking
Tradeoffs/Opp cost
Chapter 2 (critical
thinking) Wk2Ws1
Supply and demand
3
4
5
6
09/14, 09/16
09/21, 09/23
09/28, 09/30
10/05, 10/07
The individual firm
Chapter 3 (decision
making) Wk3Ws1
Decision making
Chapter 4 & 6 (critical
thinking) Wk4Ws1
The consumer
Chapter 7 & 8 (decision
making) Wk5Ws1
Behavior
Chapter 9 (critical
thinking) Wk6Ws1
Chapters 10 &11
7
10/12, 10/14
Market Structures
Wk7Ws1
8
10/19, 10/21
Micro-Public Policy
Review
9
10/26, 10/28
Market failures
Chapter 14 (leadership)
(ethics) Wk9Ws1
10
11/02, 11/04
Financial Planning
Decision making Wk10Ws1
11
11/09, 11/11
Credit and Debt
Review Wk11Ws1
12
11/16, 11/18
Monetary Policy/ The
Fed-
Chapters 15 & 16
(leadership)Wk12ws1
13
11/23, 11/25
Supply-Side SR / LR
Chapters 17 & 18
14
11/30, 12/02
Reality
Chapters 19-21
15
12/07, 12/09
Key Principles
16
12/14, 12/16
Everything
Term recap
12/21, 12/22
Final exam review/
Final Exam
STUDY!
17
Review Sheets
* Advanced notice will be given prior to tests and exams.
Learning Outcomes: The Learning Outcomes listed here should be
considered the minimum core outcomes for the course. Many other learning
outcomes may also be a part of the learning experience within the course.
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Understand the economic way of thinking.
2. Use opportunity cost.
3. Understand the uses of production possibility frontiers.
4. Use supply and demand analysis for individual markets and for the macro
economy.
5. Explain how the U.S. economy is performing through an understanding of
the national income accounts.
6. Understand unemployment, inflation, and business cycles.
7. Know the difference between the short and long run aggregate supply
curve.
8. Manipulate aggregate demand and supply curves to determine the
implications of different fiscal and monetary policies.
Remote Modality: This course is delivered in real-time. Students are
expected to attend video conferences at the scheduled class time.
Expectations also include the following:
 Students are to only use their SCCC email for all communications with
the professor. SCCC email is to be checked as often as practicable
 Students are to use Zoom invitations to enter video classes.
Invitations will be in ANNOUNCEMENTS and sent to SCCC email
 Students will access Blackboard and the “key tabs” regularly during
the Fall 2020 remote term.
 Key tabs include but are not limited to- CONTENT, ANNOUNCEMENTS,
DISCUSSIONS, COLLABORATE, ASSIGNMENTS
 Students are to review all materials provided in each week’s content
folders
 Students are to complete all assignments by the due dates.
 Students are to upload assignments only in Word doc. Or PDF format
 Students are not to submit assignments via emails
 Students are to complete all tests and exams via blackboard as
scheduled (this means scheduled during regular class times)
 Students are not permitted to use smart phones for tests or exams
 Students are to notify the professor ASAP regarding any issue that
may have an impact on the student’s ability to fulfill class
requirements.
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Positive intent does not erase impact. The exchange of diverse thoughts, ideas and opinions are an important part of the scholarly
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Participate in your remote learning class.
Write professionally and be clear. Explain your ideas fully.
Think before you push the "Send" button. Did you say what you meant to say?
Read over what you've written before you send it.
Be honest and ethical. Commit to academic integrity and use appropriate citations.
Avoid sarcasm that can be misconstrued. Remember there is no tone, body language, facial expressions, or
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your instructor.
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environment, and still a classroom.
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equivalent of having a tantrum, something most of us wouldn't do in an on-site face-to-face classroom.
 Don’t plagiarize or cheat. Students who abuse the online learning system are subject to the SCCC plagiarism
policy and may be removed from the course.
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and subject to the same disciplinary action that they would receive if they occurred in the physical classroom.
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one week of class meetings during the semester. Excessive absence or
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Procedures for Academic Dishonesty in the relevant sections of the SCCC
Student Code of Conduct.
The Code prohibits academic misconduct, which includes any action that
results in students giving or receiving unauthorized assistance in an
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Academic exercise includes all forms of work submitted for credit. Academic
misconduct includes, but is not limited to, the following behaviors: cheating
on exams; plagiarizing - using another person’s work or ideas without
crediting them; complicity - helping a student, or being helped, to engage
in academic misconduct; multiple submissions - submitting the same
work for credit in more than one course without the instructor’s permission;
falsification and forgery - inventing information or falsifying the identity
of a student.
Information about the Student Code of Conduct, plagiarism and the citation
process is in the Academic Integrity and Plagiarism Guide.
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here. Therefore, in this class, we will maintain an atmosphere of mutual
respect, civil discourse and cross-cultural communication.
The college prohibits discrimination and harassment and you can read more
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Grading: Final grades will be based on the following:
1) Assignments ……………………………....20%
2) Tests
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3) Mid-term exam ……………………………25%
4) Attendance & Participation …. ….. 10%
5) Final exam …………………………………. 25%
Make up exams are rarely if ever granted. Students will be required to
provide written acceptable documentation for absence during scheduled
exams/tests to be considered for a possible make up. Late assignments are
not accepted.
Extra credit work is not assigned.
Emailing Prof. Krueger
kruegej@sunysuffolk.edu
Please be sure to inform me of which class you are in and which campus you
are associated with. Use only your SCCC email account
Email communications are not “texts”
Please address me professionally and close your message properly.
Example.
Dear Dr. Krueger,
I attend your Macro remote class from the Grant campus.
Your message goes here.
Thank you,
Your name
Important Dates to Remember
Classes start - Wednesday, 9/2/2020
Labor Day- no classes Monday 9/7/2020
SCCC Professional Development Day- no classes Tuesday, 10/13/2020
Mid-Semester- Wednesday 10/21/2020
Withdrawal date: Tuesday, 11/10/2020
Veterans Day- no classes Wednesday, 11/11/2020
Thanksgiving recess- no classes Wednesday, 11/25-Sunday 11/29/2020