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Mendocino College Home > Distance Education Home > Distance Education Course Schedule > ECO 200 Orientation

Fall 2009 ECO 200 – Principles of Macroeconomics (Section #0614)

Class begins:  Monday, August 17th, 2009

Course Description:  ECO 200, Principles of Macroeconomics

3 units/3 hours lecture. Grade or P/NP.

This course covers economic analysis of the theory of income determination; national income accounting, business cycles, monetary and fiscal policy, the national debt, the banking system of the United States, and economic growth and development. Students will learn to use macroeconomic principles to analyze the problems of poverty, and income distribution.  (CSU/UC) AA/AS area B2; CSU area D; IGETC area”

• Instructor:  A R Tom Thomas
• Email: athomas@mendocino.edu   
  Please use this email address or the Etudes Private Messages links for communication.
• Textbook Information: Principles of Macroeconomics, Fifth edition,  N. Gregory Mankiw ISBN: ISBN-10:0324589999, ISBN-13:9780324589993  Approximate Cost: $80.00 thru Aplia
• Estimated Time per Week: Students can expect to spend approximately nine ish hours per week reading, writing, drill work and participating in online class discussions.
• Special Requirements: Log into both Etudes and Aplia the first day of class (8-17/2009).  See the Etudes course syllabus section for details in re: log in instructions as well as access instructions to the “Thomas Course Web Site”
• Assignments & Tests: Please see the course syllabus.  In brief, students will be reading both assignments from the Mankiw Text as well as other assigned readings; drilling weekly; participating in online weekly discussions and providing written essay work
• Additional Comments: The entire course will be conducted online through the Etudes and Aplia programs. Students are required to have Internet access, an active email account, the ability to use word processing, conduct Internet searches, attach files, send emails, and work independently.
• Aplia Orientation: Log in via the course syllabus instructions and note that our first week’s Aplia assignment is in fact a series of Aplia based tutorials.
• Enjoy & Ask Questions:  Please enjoy this class!! And please do not ever hesitate to ask questions; you can’t ask enough!!
• New to Etudes: Here is an Online Orientation (Flash presentation opens in a new window) that will show you the basics of how to use Etudes. Here is a flash tutorial (Flash presentation opens in a new window) that demonstrates the log in protocol. Be sure to check System Requirements before getting started with Etudes. You need to do this on each computer you use while taking a class through Etudes.
• Etudes Course: You will log into the Etudes classroom with the log-in information provided below.