Section 300 only. Final grades will be based on: two hour tests (40%); four unannounced quizzes given during section meetings (10%); weekly homework assignments that will be collected, graded, and discussed in the section meetings (10%); and the final exam (40%). NOTE the DATES and TIMES of the two hour tests and the final exam in the TIME SCHEDULE, and BE SURE that you can attend all three. Cost: 2 WL:None (Porter)
108. Introductory Microeconomics Workshop. First-year standing
and concurrent enrollment in Economics 101. (1). (SS). Offered mandatory
credit/no credit.
Students will meet weekly for one hour with a faculty member for discussions
of the previous week's Wall Street Journal (WSJ) articles, stressing
the use and application of the microeconomic tools being learned in Economics
101. In the first few weeks, the workshop will study how to read the WSJ
and will "play" some market "games." Once supply and
demand has been studied in Economics 101, much of the WSJ becomes discussible.
Workshop attendance is mandatory, and each student will be required to subscribe
to the WSJ for the term. During the first few minutes of the seminar, the
articles for the subsequent week's seminar will be selected and one or two
students appointed to open the discussion of each article on the week's
agenda (and turn in to the professor a neat copy of their briefing notes).
The remainder of each seminar will be spent talking about the articles that
were selected the previous week. Evaluation of students will be entirely
on the basis of their attendance and preparation, as evidenced by their
briefing notes and classroom participation. Honors credit for Econ.
101 can be achieved in this course. Cost:1 WL:4 (Porter)
109. Laboratory Economics. (4). (SS). (QR/1).
This course, for students without any previous economics, will introduce
them to the subject through experience in a laboratory. By participating
in laboratory experiments, then analyzing the results in class discussion
and written reports, they will learn the principles of economics from their
own empirical observation. By participating in laboratory experiments involving
auctions, markets elections, and economic games, students will observe economic
behavior in a controlled setting. Interpreting these experiences in the
light of assigned readings and in class discussions, they will come to understand
the principles of economics not being told but by seeing them for themselves.
(Bergstrom)
195. Seminar in Introductory Economics. (3). (SS).
Section 001 - The United States in an Asia-Pacific-Centered Global Economy.
TIn the past four decades the locus of international trade and economic
growth has shifted from the North Atlantic to the Pacific Basin. This seminar
will address the causes and consequences of this shift and its significance
for the future of the American economy. Particular attention will be paid
to the role Japan has played as a catalyst for this historic change. (Saxonhouse)