These web pages will be used by four different class
sections:
- ECO 211-W01 (5-week, early 5/18-6/19)
- ECO 211-W02 (8-week early 5/18-7/10)
- ECO 211-W03 (8-week, late, 6/8-3/31)
- ECO 211-W04 (5-week, early 5/18-6/19)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is an ONLINE class.
Students will read and study the assignments,
watch the online videos, do online assignments,
and take exams at a proctored testing center
(the Harper Assessment Center, room A-148).
NOTE: there is no on-campus orientation,
students do not need to be at Harper or online
at any particular time, but the exams must be
taken on campus during testing center hours.
[see: Assessment
Center hours]
This course will cover the area of economics
commonly defined as microeconomics which
is concerned with the individual parts of the
economy such as individual businesses or
industries, individual consumers, and individual
products. Our goal is to study whether the
economy uses our limited resources to obtain the
maximum satisfaction possible for society.
We will concentrate on three issues or goals:
ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY, PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY,
and EQUITY.
Course Issues:
- efficiency
- efficiency
- equity
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BLACKBOARD.
- Blackboard Instructions:
 Always
use the the Firefox browser when using Blackboard
(download for free at: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/)- Go to http://harper.blackboard.com
- Follow the instructions to "log-in". (If you need
help see the Student
Service Desk link below the Login button.).
- You should see your course Blackboard site in the
"My Courses" box. If you do not please e-mail the
instructor: mhealy@harpercollege.edu
- All students must log-in to our Blackboard
website, study the syllabus, and take the required
5-point, online, "Orientation Quiz" . The orientation
quiz may be taken as many times as necessary and only
the highest score will be counted.
ONLINE ORIENTATION
There is NO ON-CAMPUS ORIENTATION.
Instead, there is an extensive course syllabus and an
orientation quiz which should be completed during the
first week of the semester. The orientation quiz is worth
5 points and you can take it as many times as is
necessary. Only the highest score will be included in the
gradebook. The orientation quiz will cover information
found in (1) the course syllabus, (2) the course
orientation
webpage, and (3) on the course Blackboard site. You
will find all this information, and the orientation quiz,
on the course Blackboard site.
If you have any questions please post them on the
Blackboard Discussion Board so that all students can read
the question and reply, or email me.
For your online orientation: (1) read this syllabus,
(2) study the ORIENTATION
web page, (3) review the course Blackboard site, and (4)
take the ORIENTATION QUIZ on Blackboard
E-MAIL
When e-mailing your instructor always put
"ECO 211", your section number, and a message in the
subject line. Please use proper spelling, punctuation,
and grammar.
Option to Forward Mail from your Harper E-mail
Account
If you are not planning on using your Harper
email account, you can find instructions on how to
forward email from that account to one you check
frequently by logging in to the Harper Student Portal
and clicking on the "My Harper E-Mail" tab. All
correspondence in this class will be sent to your
Harper e-mail account.
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