Temple University

Principles of Microeconomics
Spring 2005

Economics 52

 Section 10, MWF, 10:40-11:30
Speakman 115

 Section 2, MWF, 9:40-10:30
Speakman 115

Grading Policy

1.  A bit of advice: Attendance is not mandatory, but economics, while of great practical importance, is a very difficult intellectual pursuit.  With that in mind, you must try to come to every class and work with the material a little every day.  Indeed, as you will note below, there can be a penalty associated with not coming to class.

2.  Class participation.  There will be explicit scoring for class participation.  A correct answer to a direct question will be worth 10 pts, a verbal response of any sort is worth 5 points.  If you are non-responsive then you will get 0 points.  Your unexcused absence constitutes a non-response.  At the end I will average across all your responses, and multiply by 10 to get a score for participation.  It is my observation that those prepared to participate in class also do well on the exams.

3.  There will be many required short homework assignments during the semester.  All of these are hyperlinks in the syllabus.  These will be graded.  It is my observation that those who work on the homework also do well on the exams.  

4.  There will be two midterms and a final.  These will be closed book exams. The final will be cumulative.

5.  Your grade will be determined as follows:

6.   There is no such thing as late homework. There are no make-up exams.

7.  Throughout the semester grades will be posted to the Blackboard web site.