Dr. Jason C. Rudbeck
Syllabus—Spring 2016
Economics 2200
Economic Development of the US
10:10 – 11:00 AM M/W/F
101 MLC
Office: 514 Brooks Hall
Office Ph.: 706-542-3186
Office Hours: 3:40 – 4:40 M/W (except exam days and
finals week) and by appointment
E-Mail: rudbeck@uga.edu
Website: http://www.liquidearth.org
Course Description: The United States' growth and transformation into an industrialized nation, exploring the
contributions of diverse cultural groups. The rise of the corporation, slavery, government regulation, banking,
transportation, the economic role of women and minorities, the Great Depression, and rapid post-World War II growth.
Prerequisites: Econ 2105 and Econ 2106.
eBook/LMS: See http://liquidearth.org/econ2200.htm
Attendance: Roll is not taken, but attendance is encouraged. Students who attend lectures tend to make better grades,
but attendance is at the discretion of the student. I will help students who attend lectures outside of class, but I do not relecture material during office hours because of an absence. Please obtain notes from another student if you must miss
class.
Contacting Me: The best way to contact me is through email (not eLC) or during office hours. Because I teach hundreds
of students, I allocate class time and office hours to homework/test questions and cannot answer these individually by
email. This also applies to questions I have already answered in class, on my syllabus, or on my website.
Grades: Your final grade is determined based on your performance (not need) on four exams, including the final exam,
and online homework. Exams 1, 2 and 3 are each worth 20%, the final exam 30%, and online homework 10% of your
final grade. I do not offer extra credit or accommodate requests asking me to deviate from the standards set forth on my
syllabus.
Letter grades are determined as follows (I do not use plus-minus grading):
A (90-100)
B (80-89)
C (70-79)
D (55-69)
F (<55)
Missed-Exam Policy: I do not have the resources to offer make-up exams. Therefore, you may miss an exam for any
reason, excluding the final exam, and its entire weight is shifted to the final exam. For example, if you miss exam #2, the
final exam is worth 50% of your final grade. Once you take an exam, I do not drop it.
Course Outline:
Date
Workdays
Date
Holidays
1/11 – 2/8
2/10
Introduction, Lessons 1 – 5
Exam #1 (Wednesday)
1/18
MLK Day
3/7 – 3/11
Spring Break
2/12 – 3/18
3/21
Lessons 6 – 11
Exam #2 (Monday)
3/23 – 4/25
4/27
Lessons 12 – 17
Exam #3 (Wednesday)
4/29 – 5/2
Go Over Exam #3, Wrap-Up, Evaluations
Final Exam (visit http://reg.uga.edu/calendars/final-exam-dates/finalExamDatesSpring2016
for day and time)
5/4 – 5/10
Note: 3/22 is the Midpoint Withdrawal deadline. Because the university has shifted this day to earlier in the semester, I
will email students the Exam #2 curve this same day.
Course Outline:
Chapter
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Topical Area
The Late 1500s to 1790s—Colonization, the American Revolution, and the Constitution
The Late 1700s to 1850s—The First Political Parties, the War of 1812, and the American System
The Late 1700s to 1860—The Antebellum South and Slavery
1860 to 1877—The Civil War and Reconstruction
1860s to 1910s—The Second Industrial Revolution and Growth of the Corporation
1860s to 1900s—Gilded Age Problems—Wage Slavery and Farming
1860s to 1900s—Gilded Age Problems—Questionable Politics and Business
1914 to 1921—The Great War and Great Migration
The 1920s—The Coolidge Tax Cuts and Roaring Twenties
1929 to 1933—The Great Depression and Hoover’s Response
1933 to 1939—The Dust Bowl and Roosevelt’s New Deals
1939 to 1945—The Second Great War
The 1950s—Post–war Recovery and Prosperity
The 1960s—The Kennedy Tax Cuts, Vietnam, and the Great Society
The 1970s—The Energy Crisis, Price Controls and Stagflation
The 1980s—Supply-Side Economics and the Fall of Communism
The 1990s—The Gulf War and Globalization
Students with Disabilities: Appropriate accommodations will be made for students with disabilities that are documented
by the Disability Resources Center (DRC). Students must present a letter stating that the disability has been documented
and requesting the specific accommodations before the third week of classes.
Academic Honesty: As a University of Georgia student, you have agreed to abide by the University’s academic honesty
policy, “A Culture of Honesty,” and the Student Honor Code. All academic work must meet the standards described in “A
Culture of Honesty” found at: www.uga.edu/honesty. Lack of knowledge of academic honesty policy is not a reasonable
explanation for a violation. Questions related to course assignments and the academic honesty policy should be directed
to the instructor.
Tutoring Services: Milledge Academic Center provides free tutoring to all students for ECON 2105, 2106, and other
classes. This is an excellent resource that not all universities provide. More information is available at
http://www.uga.edu/dae/services/tutoring/tutoring_index.html.
I also have a list of private tutors posted on the LMS (homework) website; all these tutors have excelled in this class
during a previous semester.
Frequently Asked Questions: More detailed information on specific questions I commonly receive is listed on my
website under the Frequently Asked Questions section.
The course syllabus is a general plan for the course; deviations announced to the class by the instructor may be
necessary.