Wed., January 29 First Contact.
Week of February 3 HOMEWORK #1 due to your TA by Friday. Optional discussion group presentation #1:
Mon., February 3: Frank and Bernanke, Ch. 1, Thinking Like an Economist
Wed., February 5: Ch. 2, Some Common Pitfalls... Video Clip:
On Opportunity Cost
Week of February 10: HOMEWORK #2 due to your TA by Friday.
Optional discussion group presentation #2.
Mon., February 10: Ch. 3. Comparative Advantage
Wed., February 12: Ch. 3, Comparative Advantage, continued.
Week of February 17: Optional discussion group presentation #3.
Mon., Feb. 17: No class. President's Day.
Tues. Feb. 18: (Monday schedule), Ch. 4, Supply and Demand
Wed., February 19: Ch. 5 Demand. Video Clip: Cows, Supply, and Demand
Week of February 24: HOMEWORK #3 due to your TA by Friday.
Mon., February 24: Ch. 5, Demand, continued
Wed., February 26: Ch. 6, Perfectly Competitive Supply.
Video Clip: Elasticity
Week of March 3: Homework #4
due to your TA by Friday.
Optional discussion group presentation #4 or #5.
Mon., March 3: Ch. 6, Perfectly Competitive Supply, continued
Wed., March 5: Ch. 7, Efficiency and Exchange.
Video Clip: Coca-Cola, History of an Icon
Week of March 10: MID TERM EXAM in class.
Mon., March 10: Review of Chapters 1-7
Wed., March 12: MID-TERM EXAM in class. No calculators allowed. Period.
SPRING BREAK
Week of March 24: Optional discussion group presentation #6 or #7.
Mon., March 24: Ch. 8, The Quest for Profit.
Video clip: Other People's Money and/or
Wall Street
Wed., March 26: Ch. 8, The Quest for Profit, continued.
Week of March 31: Homework #5 due to your TA by Friday.
Mon., March 31: Ch. 9, Monopoly
Wed., April 2: Ch. 9, Monopoly, continued.
Video clip: Coke Pepsi Price Wars.
Week of April 7: Start working on Homework #6!
Mon., April 7: Ch. 10, Thinking Strategically
Wed., April 9: Ch. 10, continued.
Week of April 14: Homework #6 due to your TA by Friday.
Mon., April 14: Ch. 11, Externalities and Property Rights
Wed., April 16: Ch. 11 Externalities and Property Rights, continued.
Video Clip: McLibel
Week of April 21: Start working on Homework #7!
Mon., April 21: No class. Patriot's Day.
Wed., April 23: Ch. 12, The Economics of Information
Week of April 28: HOMEWORK # 7
due to your TA by Friday.
Optional Discussion group presentation #8
Mon., April 28: Ch. 13, Labor Markets
Wed., April 30: Ch. 14, The Economics of Public Policy
Week of May 5 HOMEWORK #8 due to your TA by
Friday.
Mon., May 5: Ch. 15, Public Goods and Taxation
Wed., May 7: Ch. 15, Public Goods and Taxation, continued
Week of May 12: HOMEWORK #9 due to your TA by Friday.
Mon., May 12: Ch. 16, Income Redistribution
Wed., May 14: Ch. 16, Income Redistribution, continued.
Reading Week
FINAL EXAM DATE AND PLACE TO BE DETERMINED
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