AGEC 217 Economics Professor Larry DeBoer AGEC 217 –ECONOMICS 21700-001 (10520) Fall 2010 Tuesday-Thursday 4:30 – 5:45 p.m. Wetherill Chemistry Lab 200 Larry DeBoer Professor of Agricultural Economics Krannert Building 618 49-44314 [email protected] Class Web Site. The Blackboard Vista address is www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/blackboard. There’s also a link to Blackboard at the lower right of the Purdue homepage, at www.purdue.edu. Everyone registered for the course should see a link to AGEC 217 on their “My Blackboard” page. Boilercast. I’ll be recording lectures as podcasts and vodcasts so you can listen and watch the powerpoint slides on your IPods or PC’s. See the Boilercast website for instructions, at www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/Boilercast . Grades. You can see your current grade on the class website. Grades are based on 1,000 points, earned for the assignments, quizzes and exams like this: Exams and Assignments Points for each Total Points 3 Spreadsheet Assignments @ 60 points each 180 points 11 On-line Quizzes @ 20 points each 220 points 2 Midterm Exams @ 150 points each 300 points Final Exam @ 300 points 300 points Total, all exams and assignments 1,000 points Due dates are on the other side of this page. There will be several extra credit opportunities, including an extra credit spreadsheet assignment. Final grades are awarded using the usual 90%=A, 80%=B, 70%=C scale. I round up, so you need 895 or more points to get an A for the course, 795 to 894 for a B, 695 to 794 for a C. I’ll be using plusses and minuses. The final exam is comprehensive. Text. Larry DeBoer, MacroPolicy: Learning Macroeconomics With Policy History, 5th edition, 2010. It’s available at the University and Follett’s Bookstores. Get the fifth edition, with the purple lettering. It has a new chapter organization, new information about our recession and recovery, plus many other changes. Makeup and Late Policy. If you will miss an exam, contact me before to schedule an alternate time. It is important to do this as soon as possible, because I post the answers to the exams on the website after the exam dates. Homework assignments and on-line quizzes are submitted on-line through Blackboard, and submission is cut off at one-minute to midnight on the due dates. Late submissions aren’t possible, so don’t be late! Academic Integrity. That means, “don’t cheat.” Purdue has a guide for students on integrity at www.purdue.edu/purdue/about/integrity_statement.html. You may work in groups on any of the on-line assignments, but you must submit your answers through Blackboard yourself. We’ll be proctoring the exams to prevent cheating. Office Hours. Larry DeBoer, Krannert 618, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 -11 a.m., other times by appointment. Teaching Assistant: Julia Beckhusen, Krannert 586 ([email protected]; 494-4307), Monday and Wednesday 12:30-2:30 p.m. and Friday 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; other times by appointment.Agricultural Economics 217 Economics Professor DeBoer Fall 2010 Date Day Lecture Topic Reading Due Dates24-Aug Tue 1 Introduction & Motivation26-Aug Thur 2 Measurement Chapter 131-Aug Tue 3 Measurement2-Sep Thur 4 Measurement On-line quiz #17-Sep Tue 5 Demand/Supply Chapter 29-Sep Thur 6 Demand/Supply: Issues On-line quiz #214-Sep Tue 7 Demand/Supply: Issues16-Sep Thur 8 Macroeconomic Model Chapter 3 On-line quiz #321-Sep Tue 9 Macroeconomic Model Spreadsheet #123-Sep ThurExam #128-Sep Tue 10 The Civil War Chapter 430-Sep Thur 11 Bimetallism and Hot Money On-line quiz #45-Oct Tue 12 Financial Panic Chapter 57-Oct Thur 13 The Founding of the Fed On-line quiz #512-Oct TueOctober Break14-Oct Thur 14 The Great Depression Chapter 6 On-line quiz #619-Oct Tue 15 Money21-Oct Thur 16 Fiscal Policy Chapter 7 On-line quiz #726-Oct Tue 17 The New Deal Spreadsheet #228-Oct Thur 18 Social Security On-line quiz #82-Nov TueExam #24-Nov Thur 19 World War II Chapter 89-Nov Tue 20 The Accord11-Nov Thur 21 Trade and Tariffs Chapter 9 On-line quiz #916-Nov Tue 22 Exchange Rates18-Nov Thur 23 The Rise of the Great Inflation Chapter 10 On-line quiz #1023-Nov Tue 24 The Fall of the Great Inflation25-Nov ThurThanksgiving Break30-Nov Tue 25 Budget Deficits Chapter 11 Sprdsht #3 & Ex. Credit2-Dec Thur 26 Trade Deficits On-line quiz #117-Dec Tue 27 The Panic of 2008 Chapter 129-Dec Thur 28 Recession and RecoveryDec. 13 - 18Finals