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Microeconomics

Principles of Microeconomics 202 – 176 (Online)

003 Credit Hours

(June 1 to August 9)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Welcome to Microeconomics.  The business world and the world at large is a thicket of data about jobs, real estate, investments, crime, poverty, the global economy and more.    Economics is a set of tools that can be applied to virtually any problem.   This class will introduce you to those tools and develop a framework for understanding how individuals, firms and governments make decisions to maximize their benefit.

If you are reading this introduction you have selected the on-line Microeconomics course over the alternative in-class version.  The on-line course allows for greater study flexibility.  However, with greater flexibility comes greater responsibility.   For all practical purposes an on-line course is a self-study course.  The successful self-study candidate in Microeconomics will have the following attributes:

• The internal discipline to keep current with class assignments including reading the text and on-line supplements, and submitting homework, quizzes and tests on line on time.
• The curiosity and motivation to seek out additional resources in those areas where you are not satisfied with your understanding.
• A basic understanding of algebra and graphs or a way to attain that knowledge quickly when the study topic requires it.

If these attributes apply to you, Microeconomics on-line will be a good match.  In the spirit of full disclosure, if the above criteria do not apply, you will find the on-line version of Microeconomics to be significantly more difficult than the in-class version.  If your learning style is best served through real time verbal interaction with the ability to ask questions and get immediate feedback, you will want to consider taking Microeconomics in-class.

COURSE WEBSITE:

http://online.ccaurora.edu

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION:

Name

Meritt J. Finer

Phone

720-985-9015

E-mail

Meritt.Finer@ccaurora.edu

Fax

No Fax

Mailbox Location

LC 903  first floor

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 reference the help page with Information on Blackboard Vista

REQUIRED TEXT BOOK(S):

Economics Today, 14th Edition,

Roger LeRoy Miller, Pearson Education Inc.,

Publishing as Pearson Addison Wesley

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

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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

·         You can find detailed information on hardware/software support and information on the Technical issues page.

HOW TO GET STARTED:

Start reading the text and working assigned problems identified in the syllabus at the end of each chapter. 

ORIENTATION SESSION/FIRST MEETING:

Send me an e-mail message through Blackboard Vista just to say “hi” and let me know the system is working for you.

OTHER INFORMATION:

Course grades are based on the following assignments:

·          homework

·          four quizzes

·         a midterm

·         a final

Late assignments receive an automatic score of zero.  The schedule for submitting assignments is on the syllabus.

 ALL assignments are due by MIDNIGHT of the

 due date listed on the syllabus