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ECO201 PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS

ECO201 PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS. Instructor : Professor Bill Even Office : 3018 FSB Home page : www.fsb.muohio.edu/evenwe E-mail : Bill.Even@muohio.edu Office hours : 9:15-11:15 Monday and Wednesday Required Materials : Microeconomics by Michael Parkin (9th edition)

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ECO201 PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS

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  1. ECO201PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS • Instructor: Professor Bill Even • Office: 3018 FSB • Home page: www.fsb.muohio.edu/evenwe • E-mail: Bill.Even@muohio.edu • Office hours: 9:15-11:15 Monday and Wednesday • Required Materials: • Microeconomics by Michael Parkin (9th edition) • Myeconlab • Turning point device

  2. Myeconlab • Online homework. • Register following instructions on blackboard (see course documents). • Due dates announced on Eco201 website. • Combination of homeworks and quizzes. • No extension of deadlines. • Average homework and quiz scores each account for 10% of grade • Any problems with grading must be reported via email within one week of grade being posted.

  3. Turning point • Audience response system. • Purchase clicker or virtual device according to instructions on blackboard (course documents). • Register device id through • Participation bonus • Daily score: • >70%  1 point • 40-69.9  .5 points • <40  0 points • At end of semester, percent of total points earned determines bonus • Turning point score in % * 3 percentage points = bonus • No device or class absence is 0 points. • Academic dishonesty to submit answers for someone else; to allow someone else to submit for you; or to submit answers when absent. • Start using devices on Thursday 8/26.

  4. Grade Determination • Two midterms: 25% weight on each • Quizzes: 10% weight on overall quiz performance. • Two lowest quiz scores will be dropped in calculation of the overall quiz score • Myeconlab homework: 10% weight • Two lowest scores will be dropped in calculation of the overall quiz score. • Final exam (30% weight). • If you do better on the final than on your worst midterm (in percentage terms), the percentage score you receive on the final will replace the score received on your worst midterm.

  5. Course materials • Eco201 website • chapter notes & supplementary readings. • Copies of old exams • Blackboard will have announcements of assignments in myeconlab, exam dates, etc.

  6. Keys to success • Keep up to date • Take notes • Annotate slides • Laptop discouraged for notetaking • Chapter assignments before class • Myeconlab homework • End of chapter problems • Avoid memorized solutions • Seek assistance early if you are struggling • Office hours • Supplemental Instruction • Lisa Bright

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