Welcome to Economics

My name is Neal Wade and I’ll be your instructor for this course. Make sure you review the syllabus as you’ll be responsible for knowing its contents. If you have questions about it make sure to ask. My contact information is in the syllabus.

Now, how is this class organized? We are going to cover 1 chapter a week. Each chapter has a short quiz. The questions are mostly essay type questions. It is important that you answer each question in your own words. I know it is tempting and easier to just copy out of the book, but please don’t. In addition to reading the text there are power point presentations to review. I recommend that you do review them. I am trying to narrate them to help clarify certain points that I think need that clarification. There is also a weekly discussion that you must reply to. Along with replying the topic you must respond to two other students response. I’ll be adding my own take to your response.

A note about the first 4 chapters and power points. The first 4 chapters of micro- and macro-economic textbooks are identical as are the first 4 power points. So if you see something labeled with either micro or macro do not think that you’re in the wrong class. Beginning with Chapter 5 each class will follow its distinct material.