Please Read Carefully:
This course is being offered using Blackboard Vista as the Learning Management System. If you have never used Blackboard vista before, please visit the orientation site.  http://www.ccconline.org/support/vista

You will access your CCA Blackboard Vista course at http://online.ccaurora.edu

Note:  You will not be able to access your course until the start date, June 2^nd.

New this semester: A support desk is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to assist you with setting up your computer and solving problems. http://www.ccaurora.edu/students/helpdesk/

PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS

ECO 202 176 (Online)

3 Credit Hours

June 2 to Aug 9

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Focuses on the consumer, the firm, the nature of cost, and how these relate to the economy as a whole.  Analyzes economic models of the consumer, perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly and monopolistic competition.  Explores economic issues including market power, population growth, positive and negative externalities, income distribution, poverty and welfare, discrimination, and international economic interdependence.

COURSE WEBSITE:

http://online.ccaurora.edu

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION:

Name

Bill Lind

Phone

303-755-7806 (h)  303-556-5052 (w)

E-mail

bill.lind@ccaurora.edu

Fax

Mailbox Location

Other

REQUIRED COMPUTER SKILLS:

·        Send/receive mail

·        Download files to your computer and then open them

·        Basic word processing skills 

·        Experience with the Blackboard Vista tool or having read the orientation guide at http://www.ccconline.org/support/vista

REQUIRED TEXT BOOK(S):

Economics Today, Fourteenth Edition, Roger LeRoy Miller, Pearson Education Inc., publishing as Pearson Addison Wesley

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

Internet Access 

Anti-Virus Software (recommended)

REQUIRED HARDWARE/ SOFTWARE:

·        Supported Web-browser

·        Supported version of Java

·        To confirm your software is supported, run the Browser Check at http://online.ccaurora.edu

HOW TO GET STARTED:

Log into the WebCT Vista course website to become familiar with the layout. Review the orientation guide if necessary. Complete the Getting Started assignment by Wednesday of the first week. If you want to get started early on the reading assignments, we will cover chapters 1 and 2 in the first week.

ORIENTATION SESSION/FIRST MEETING:

none

OTHER INFORMATION:

It is important to complete the reading and assignments on time. If you don’t understand the material contact me through the course email or by phone. Homework assignments must be sent in as attachments by the published deadline. When naming your homework files please use the naming convention firstname_lastname_homeworkn.doc where “n” is the number of the homework.