ECONOMICS

ECON 1301 - INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS

All references below are to the textbook: Economics for Smart Citizenship, 2007, by M. W. Cohick and J. R. Richards. 

For a copy of the Spring Semester 2008 syllabus, click here.

You may view (and download) a copy of the class notes by clicking on the chapter numbers below.

I teach ECON 1301 in Spring Semester 2009 at Spring Creek Campus, Room BB232. Class time: MW 1.00-2.15.

Course Schedule:

Chapter 1: Basic Ideas of Economics

Chapter 2: How the Market System Works

Chapter 3: The Economics of Consumers

Chapter 4: The Economics of Business Firms

Exam 1

Chapter 5: The Economics of Government

Chapter 6: The Economics of International Markets

Chapter 7: The Economics of Resource Markets

Chapter 8: Macroeconomic Measurements

Exam 2

Chapter 9: Money and Banking

Chapter 10: Production Possibilities in the Macro Economy

Chapter 11: Problems in the Macro Economy: Inflation and Unemployment

Chapter 12:  Macroeconomic Policies

Exam 3

Chapter 13: Economic Growth and Productivity

Make Up/Get Well Exam