Welcome to ECO 212!
This course will cover the area of
economics commonly defined as macroeconomics. The main goal
of macroeconomics is to gain a better understanding of the
causes of, and remedies for, UNEMPLOYMENT (UE) and INFLATION
(IN), as well as the factors that affect ECONOMIC GROWTH
(EG). We will also discuss the two types of economic
growth, what I like to call "ACHIEVING THE POTENTIAL"
and "INCREASING THE POTENTIAL".
Please buy the textbook as soon as
possible. If you buy your textbook online, order it today.
See the syllabus
for the correct textbook. The textbook should cost less than
$30 if you buy it online.
While you wait for your textbook to
arrive there is still some work that you can do.
To begin, I suggest you do the
following:
- check out our Blackboard site.
Click on the menu links and see what is there
- take the Syllabus Quiz (see link
on Blackboard)
- you may also begin some of the
chapter 1 assignments,
Email me or use the Blackboard
Discussion Board if you have questions.
Many students end up dropping or
failing this course due to the lack of basic math skills. If
your math skills are weak you should consider building them
before taking this course. If you are required to take MTH
060 or MTH 082 and have not yet done so, do not take this
economics course until you have successfully completed one
of them.
I have posted a math quiz on our
Blackboard site. Take the math quiz on Blackboard. If you
score less then 14 or 15, consider dropping ECO 212 and
taking a math class first.
Good luck and start
studying.
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