ECON 202 – Microeconomics
Student Syllabus
Instructor Information:
Instructor:
Dennis Heiner
Telephone: 733-9554, ext. 6411
Office:
Evergreen C-92
Hours:
TBA
Textbook:
Explorations in Microeconomics, Willis (North West Publishing) 2002, 5th Edition
Also access to the Wall Street Journal
Course Description:
Economics 202 is a three credit hour course studying principles of
microeconomics. This course treats principles governing production, price
relationships, and income distribution.
Grading:
Grades will be based on performance in the following areas:
100 = Exam #1
100 = Exam #2
100 = Exam #3
100 = Exam #4
50 = WSJ Quizzes
50 = Experiential Learning
Points
450 +
400 – 449
350 – 399
300 – 349
Below 300
Grade
A
B
C
D
F
500 = TOTAL
Exams:
Exams will consist of true-false, multiple choice, short answers, and essay
questions.
Students who miss a regularly scheduled exam must take a comprehensive final.
The comprehensive final will be available during the final exams week. Students
may take a scheduled exam early.
Experiential Learning Labs:
Experiential learning involves active participation on the part of students in such
activities as cases, role-playing, group projects, and group interaction. Students
must be in class to benefit from these labs. Students will be allowed to miss one
experiential lab with no penalty. After that, students will be docked 15 points for
each lab missed. Labs can only be made up by doing extra credit work.
Approximately one-third of the class time is devoted to experiential labs.
Wall Street Journal Quizzes:
Students are expected to read each Monday’s “Outlook” article in the Wall Street
Journal. There will be a 4 or 5 question quiz each Monday. Students must be in
class to take the quiz. Students who are absent may make up the quiz by
submitting extra credit work. Each quiz will be worth 5 points.
Attendance:
Attendance roll will be taken during lecture sessions. Each lecture session
attended will give the student 2 bonus points (if you stay for the entire lecture).
These bonus points will be added to the exam score.
Extra Credit:
Students may earn points by writing extra credit reports. These reports must
include references from the Wall Street Journal and are worth 2 – 4 points per
page. The maximum number of extra credit points available in a semester is 50.
Course Objectives:
At the end of this course students should achieve the following:
1.
2.
3.
Understand basic terms and concepts associated with marketing,
managing, financing, operating, and using technology of a business.
Be aware of some practical applications and concepts of the above
listed aspects of a business.
Demonstrate the ability to research and apply for a job.
Department Objectives:
Listed below are the CSI Business Department instructional goals and means
whereby this course meets those goals.
Goal
1.
Communication
2.
Analysis and Critical Thinking
3.
Problem Solving
4.
Effective Performance
Measurement Device
Written projects plus oral class
discussion.
3 exams + in-class discussion of
cases and other
business concepts.
Use of quantitative computer
simulation and math
problems to solve problems.
Grading system based on 90%+
= A, 80%+ = B, 70%+ = C, 60%+
= D, Below 60% = F.
5.
Pursue Personal Goals
Allows the students to earn points
by exploring careers or writing
projects dealing with applying
business techniques to current
job.
Outcomes Assessments:
Students will have successfully completed this course when they receive 70% or
higher on the quizzes, exams, and project. The students at that point will have
demonstrated that they know how to apply for a job (project requirement) as well
as basic terms, concepts, and principles of marketing, management, finance,
operations, information technology and the business environment.