QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY AT KINGSTON ECONOMICS 110 - Section B

2008-2009 Instructor: Lorne Carmichael Dunning Hall Room 336, 613-533-6257, carmykle@econ.queensu.ca Office Hours: Thursday 10:00-12:00 Purpose and Organization of the of the First Year Econ Courses: The purpose of the course is to introduce students to the basic analytical principles and tools of modern economics, and to illustrate how these can be used to help understand observed economic phenomena, contemporary economic problems, and government economic policies. The organization of the course reflects the division of the discipline into two main branches: microeconomics and macroeconomics. Microeconomics (the first part of Econ 110 and Econ 111*) deals with the behavior of individual economic agents (households, firms and governments), the determination of prices and quantities in individual markets for commodities and resources, and with the role of governments in the functioning of the market system. Macroeconomics (the second part of Econ 110 and Econ 112*) studies the determination of aggregate economic quantities, such as the level of national output (and its rate of growth), the level of total employment and the rate of unemployment, and the average price level and rate of inflation. Macroeconomics also examines how government policies influence the aggregate behavior and performance of the economy. Text and Course Materials: (Text packages available at the Campus Bookstore) Ragan, Christopher T.S. and Richard G. Lipsey, Microeconomics and Macroeconomics Package: 12th Canadian Edition. (Pearson Addison Wesley, 2008).
Campus Bookstore ISBN: ISBN13: 9780136076186 ISBN10: 0136076181

The Study Guides that are available are recommended to students. They include many multiplechoice questions that are particularly useful as practice for the exams. First Year Economics Website: We do not use WebCT in the first year Econ courses. Instead we run a website on our server. You should visit this website soon and bookmark it for future reference. http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/walras/custom/100/firstyear Visit this site to access the following: Reading List (with some supplementary material) and any Class Handouts Assignments, Schedule of Due Dates, and Solution Sets First Year Econ Chat Line and TA Office Hours Schedule Practice Problems and Old Exams (with solutions) Etc. Assessment: The final grade for the course will be determined in the following manner: Assignments (3 per term) 20%

Mid-Year Exam* 40% Final Exam* (2nd term material) 40% Assignments will be handed-out and are due according to the schedule posted on the website. The Exams Office schedules the Exams during the Exam period at the end of the term. Assignments: General Information: Working on the assignment problems is the best way to learn the course material. Students are encouraged to discuss the assignments and work on them together, but you will learn more by doing your own final write up. However, group submissions are allowed (see below). See the Assignment Schedule on the website for handout and due dates. The Practice Problems on the website will give you some hints on how to approach and answer the kinds of questions you will see on Assignments. Group Work: Students are encouraged to discuss the assignments and work on them together, but to do their own final write up. However, group assignments are acceptable. The rules for groups are: Maximum of 4 students All the members of your work group must registered in the same section of the course Names (with student numbers) listed in alphabetical order on the front of the assignment. All members of the group will receive the same grade for the assignment Graded Material: All graded material (Assignments and Exams) will be available for pick up in the Economics Department Graded Material Distribution Centre (located in Mac-Corry Hall Room A512). Group work will be filed under the first name appearing on the assignment. In accordance with privacy regulations, graded material can only be returned upon presentation of a valid student card. Getting Help: Teaching Assistants: Teaching Assistants (TAs) will keep office hours in Mac-Corry Hall Room A516 to discuss course material and assignments with individuals or groups of students beginning in Week 3 of the term. A schedule will be announced shortly and posted to the website. Chat Line: Those seeking help or clarification about course material, assignments, etc. are urged to make use of the Chat Line (available through the First Year Economics Website). All submissions are available to all students and those by Instructors and TAs will be identified. Calculators: Students writing examinations in the Faculty of Arts and Science must use an approved nonprogrammable calculator. Arts and Science students are expected to purchase the pre-approved Casio 991 model calculators available at the Campus Bookstore (these do not require a sticker). Other equivalent calculators must receive an approval sticker. Commerce Blue stickers and Applied Science Gold stickers are acceptable. For details see the Calculators page on the First Year Econ Website. Section Changes: Students wishing to change sections must do so by contacting the Economics Department

Undergraduate Administrative Assistant, Ms. Jennine. Ball in room 221 Dunning Hall (interior office 221C), 533-2296, ballj@qed.econ.queensu.ca. These changes are subject to space availability.

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Academic integrity is constituted by the five core fundamental values of honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility (see www.academicintegrity.org). These values are central to the building, nurturing and sustaining of an academic community in which all members of the community will thrive. Adherence to the values expressed through academic integrity forms a foundation for the "freedom of inquiry and exchange of ideas" essential to the intellectual life of the University (see the Senate Report on Principles and Priorities) Students are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the regulations concerning academic integrity and for ensuring that their assignments conform to the principles of academic integrity. Information on academic integrity is available in the Arts and Science Calendar (see Academic Regulation 1), on the Arts and Science website (see http://www.queensu.ca/calendars/artsci/pg4.html), and from the instructor of this course. Departures from academic integrity include plagiarism, use of unauthorized materials, facilitation, forgery and falsification, and are antithetical to the development of an academic community at Queen's. Given the seriousness of these matters, actions which contravene the regulation on academic integrity carry sanctions that can range from a warning or the loss of grades on an assignment to the failure of a course to a requirement to withdraw from the university.