NOTE:  Mid-term Grades have been entered on Banner--
            check email from me to your IUP email account
            for an explanation--you will be able to access them
            on Oct. 20

12/04/03--Continued with Ch. 13;
               Movie clip--bank run--It's a Wonderful Life;
               MACRO Issues Presentation--Ch. 21;
               Course Grade Summary sheets handed out

12/02/03--Ch. 12 (up to p. 295) Money; Beginning Ch. 13
                    Monetary Policy;
               Fed booklet questions due in class;
               Student evaluations;
               Reflection Journals due in class

11/27/03--No classes University Wide--Thanksgiving Holiday

11/25/03--International Data Hunt presentations;
               Fed Bank booklets handed out in class--see
                    questions in course packet

11/20/03--Began Ch. 11 Fiscal Policy;
               MACRO Issue presentations--Ch. 14, 15, 17;
               HW--due Mon., Dec. 2--MACRO Ch. 14, 15, 17 ques.,
                    but only answer 1 question from each chapter;
               International Data Hunt presentations--this Tues.

11/18/03--MACRO Issue presentation--Ch. 12;
               Computer Lab Day--International Data Hunt;
               HW--due Thurs., Nov. 20--MACRO Ch. 12 questions;
               International Data Hunt presentations--next Tues.

11/13/03--Finished Ch. 10 coverage (through p. 242);
               Ch. 6 HW problems #2, 10 due in class;
               HW--due Tues., Nov. 18--Ch. 10 Prob. #2;
               Note:  Probs. #1, 3 are strongly recommended;
               For Tuesday:  MACRO Issues #12, 14

11/11/03--Finished Ch. 6--AD/AS equilibrium;
               In-class--Prob. #1;
               HW--due Thurs., Nov. 13--Probs. #2, 10

11/06/03--Exam #2 taken in class

11/04/03--Beginning Ch. 6--Aggregate supply and
                Aggregate demand

10/30/03--Finished Ch. 5, B
               As discussed in class an agreed upon, Exam #2
                   is being moved from Tues., Nov. 4
                   to Thurs., Nov. 6;
               Second Journal due date:  postponed
                   until Tues., Nov. 11 (and only to include
                   Ch. 4-6)

10/28/03--Finished Ch. 4, began Ch. 5;
               As discussed in class an agreed upon, Exam #2
                   is being moved from Tues., Nov. 4
                   to Thurs., Nov. 6;
               Second Journal due date:  postponed
                   until Tues., Nov. 11 (and only to include
                   Ch. 4-6)

10/23/03--Dr. J. is out of town at the Society for the Scientific
                Study of Religion annual conference--replacement
                assignment:  see Price Index Project;
              End of Chapter questions for MACRO Issues are
                    due as follows:
                    Issue #6--this Tues., Oct. 28
                    Issue #7--next Thurs., Oct. 30
                    Issue #8--Tues., Nov. 3
                Also, final draft of Intergenerational Data
                    Hunt project--due this Tues., Oct. 28;
               Exam #2--scheduled for Tues., Nov. 3

10/21/03--MACRO Issues Presentations--#6, 7, 8;
               End of Chapter questions for MACRO Issues are
                    due as follows:
                    Issue #6--next Tues., Oct. 28
                    Issue #7--next Thurs., Oct. 30
                    Issue #8--Tues., Nov. 3
           Computer Lab #2;
               HW--Price Index Project--due next Thurs., Oct. 30;
               Also, final draft of Intergenerational Data
                    Hunt project--due Tues., Oct. 28;
               Exam #2--scheduled for Tues., Nov. 3

10/16/03--Dr. J. is out of town at the National Council on
                Economic Education annual conference--see
                Intergenerational Data Hunt project
               (the Dept. Secretary has additional copies)

10/14/03--Dr. J. is out of town at the National Council on
                Economic Education annual conference--see
                Intergenerational Data Hunt project
               (the Dept. Secretary has additional copies)

10/09/03--Almost finished Ch. 4--real vs. nominal GDP,
                chain-weighted GDP, GDP deflator, calculating
                economic growth rate;
               In-class presentations:  MACRO Issues--
                Topics #4 & 5;
               In-class problem solving:  Ch. 4 Prob. #8;
               HW:  Ques. for Crit. Thinking for MACRO
                Issues Topics #4 & 5--due Tues., Oct. 21;
               Handouts:  notes, answers to HW questions;
               Suggested:  Ch. 4 odd problems;
               Reflection Journals graded and returned

10/07/03--Ch. 4--GDP, gross vs. net investment,
                income vs. expenditure approaches to GDP;
               In-class problem:  End-of-chapter--Prob. #1,
                course packet Exam #2--Ques. #1 & 2;
               HW:  due this Thurs. in class--
                End-of-chapter--Probs. #2, 4;
               For Thurs., MACRO Issues Topics #4 & 5

10/02/03--Exam #1 graded, returned, and discussed;
               More practice with Exam #1 materials

9/30/03--Exam #1 taken in class

9/25/03--Finished Ch. 3--demand and supply,
                equilibrium, shortages, surpluses,
                shifting either demand OR supply,
                simultaneous shifts of BOTH demand
                and supply;
             MACRO Issues topic #28 questions due;
             Exam #1--next Tues., Sept. 30

9/23/03--Beginning Ch. 3--demand;
             MACRO Issues topic #28 presentation;
             HW--for 9/25/03:  questions from MACRO
                Issues topic #28 from book

9/18/03--Continuing Ch. 2--absolute advantage,
                comparative advantage, terms of
                trade, after-trade consumption

9/16/03--Computer Lab Day #1

9/11/03--Class cancelled--Dr. J. is ill;
             Adam Smith assignment to be left in
                    envelope outside Dr. J.'s office;
             Computer Lab Day:  Tues., Sept. 16

9/09/03--Lecture:  Ch. 2--production possibilities;
             In-class:  handout with sample exam problems
                for Ch. 1 material;
             In-class:  Math/Graph review HW/In-class
                assignment included in course packet;
             Discussion of Efficiency/Westinghouse elevator
                ad in course packet;
             Handout:  MACRO Issues and International Data
                Hunt project partner assignments;
             HW assignment:  read the Adam Smith excerpt in
                the course packet and the Jerry Evensky article
                via JSTOR access--answer discussion questions
                in the course packet--see the email I sent to you
                after class clarifying how to access JSTOR for
               the Evensky article-due by this Thurs., Sept. 11

9/04/03--Finished Ch. 1--3 big macroeconomic questions,
                economic models, markets, marginal analysis,
                economic systems;
             HW assignment:  read the Adam Smith excerpt in
                the course packet and the Jerry Evensky article
                via JSTOR access--answer discussion questions
                in the course packet--see the email I sent to you
                after class clarifying how to access JSTOR for
                the Evensky article-due by next Thurs., Sept. 11

9/02/03--No class:  Labor Day University-wide holiday

8/28/03--Lecture:  Ch. 1 materials--basic definitions, micro- vs.
                macroeconomics, scarcity, opportunity cost, 3 big
                microeconomic questions, factors of production;
            Recall:  no class on Tuesday due to Labor Day holiday--
                see you on Thursday!

8/26/03--Introductions;
             Index cards;
             Syllabus;
             Project handouts
 

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