ECON 2106-003   (CRN # 52429)

PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS

Semester: Summer 2003 (Maymester)

Time/Place: 7:15-9:45pm Daily, ALC-204 

Instructor: Shelby Frost

Office: RCB 623

Office Phone: 404-651-4224

Office Hours: 5:00-6:00pm Daily and/or by appointment

Email Address: sfrost@gsu.edu

Text: Economics,  (or Microeconomics) 4th edition, by David Colander is required. Student Study Guide is optional.

Prerequisite: Math 1111 or equivalent

Grades: There will be 3 major exams (100 points each), and each represents 1/3 of your grade. There will be absolutely NO MAKE-UPS. There will be an optional comprehensive final exam (which will replace your lowest exam score if you choose to take it).  There may be opportunities throughout the semester to earn extra points. Your grade will be assigned based on the following scale:

AVERAGE

GRADE

90-100

A

80-89

B

70-79

C

60-69

D

Below 60

F

 

Attendance will be taken daily (see note #5 below).  We will be using WebCT for this course, which can be found at the following URL: http://webct.gsu.edu.  It is a password-protected environment where you can monitor your grades throughout the semester.  In order to logon to the system, your user ID is your GSU student email user name and your initial password is your GSU student email password (this information can be found at http://help.student.gsu.edu) – see the handout entitled WebCT Log On Instructions.  If you have trouble getting into the WebCT site with your own user ID and password, use fs_frosts as the user ID and student as the password.  Consult the WebCT course site for the calendar of course events to see what we will be covering each day.  It represents a tentative course outline, but we will try to stick to it as closely as possible.  Please make note of the exam dates.  There may be various items available through the web throughout the semester. You should become familiar with a web browser (such as Netscape) and you might need Adobe Acrobat Reader for some items; the reader is available free of charge at the following URL: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html.  There is a link to the Adobe site on the links organizer page of the WebCT course site.

Notes:

1.        If you require special accommodations for exams (e.g., "time and a half"), you MUST provide documentation from GSU Disability Services and make arrangements with me PRIOR to the exam dates.

2.        Incompletes will only be given to students who are PASSING the course, and even then, only in very special circumstances.  In the case where an incomplete is awarded, it MUST be removed by the end of the NEXT term that the student is enrolled (and within TWO terms regardless of whether or not the student is enrolled) or it will automatically turn into an F.

3.        Students who withdraw after the midpoint of each quarter will not be eligible for a "W" except in cases of hardship. A student who withdraws after the midpoint of the quarter is assigned a grade of "WF," except in those cases in which (1) hardship status is determined by the Office of the Dean of Students because of emergency employment, or health reasons, and (2) the student is doing passing work, as determined by the student's instructor(s).

4.        All students are responsible for knowing and adhering to GSU’s Policy on Academic Honesty as published in On Campus: The Undergraduate Co-Curricular Affairs Handbook.

5.        Effective Fall 2001, all instructors must, on a date after the mid-point of the course (to be set by the Provost),

a.        a.       Give a WF to all those students who are on their rolls, but no longer taking the class; and

b.        b.      Report the last day the student attended or turned in an assignment.