General Weekly Schedule
Tuesday (75 minutes total)
Before class: students will have already read/listened to/watched material for the week
- Check In (10 min.)
How are we doing? Any burning questions? - Breakout Rooms (20 min.)
Students will work with each other to review material subject to prompts provided by Al. Al will come through and visit with each group. - Clarify (10 min.)
In one group, we will address any confusion from breakout groups. - Activity (30 min.)
As one group or in break out groups, students will work on an activity/news event relevant to that week’s material. - Check Out (5 min.)
What will we do before our next class?
Thursday (75 minutes total)
Before class: students will have already finished or attempted the whole Weekly Review
- Check In (10 min.)
How are we doing? Any burning questions? - Weekly Review (20 min.)
We will go through the Weekly Review, pausing on any difficult questions. - Question Building Exercise (25 min.)
In large and small groups, we will write and answer our own questions relevant to this weeks material. - Introduction of Next Week (15 min.)
Al will provide an introductory lecture for the upcoming week’s material. - Check Out (5 min.)
What will we do before our next class?
Course Schedule
| Week | Date | Subject |
| WEEK 1 | R 08/27 | Intro and Course Navigation |
| WEEK 2 | T 09/01 R 09/03 |
Argumentation & Modeling |
| WEEK 3 | T 09/08 R 09/10 |
Economic Well-being |
| WEEK 4 | T 09/15 R 09/17 |
Money & Inflation |
| WEEK 5 | T 09/22 R 09/24 |
Money Market |
| WEEK 6 | R 10/01 | Tuesday Class follows Monday Sched Review Activity |
| WEEK 7 | T 10/06 R 10/08 |
Consumption & Savings Decisions |
| WEEK 8 | T 10/13 R 10/15 |
Exports & Imports |
| WEEK 9 | T 10/20 R 10/22 |
Exchange Rate & the Money Market |
| WEEK 10 | T 10/27 R 10/29 |
Multipliers & Cycles |
| WEEK 11 | T 11/03 R 11/05 |
Fiscal Policy |
| WEEK 12 | T 11/10 R 11/12 |
Monetary Policy |
| WEEK 13 | T 11/17 R 11/19 |
Government Budget |
| WEEK 14 | T 11/24 | NO CLASS THURSDAY AD & AS Model |
| WEEK 15 | T 12/1 R 12/3 |
AD & AS Model |
| WEEK 16 | T 12/8 | Review THURSDAY – READING DAY |
| FINAL | T 12/15 | Final Exam |
Week 1
Please introduce yourself before the first day of class on Thursday, 08/27
No readings or assignments due
Week 2
Before class on Tuesday, 09/01
Watch (11 min): Economics is for Everybody! – Ha-Joon Chang
Lecture Slides
Before Thursday, 09/03
Work on and bring: Weekly Review 1
Upload to Blackboard by 11:59pm.
Week 3
Before class on Tuesday, 09/08
Read: Chapter 13 sections 3 and 4 in CORE – The Economy
Read: Frazee (2019) “What is GDP…”
Lecture Slides
For Thursday, 09/10
Work on and bring: Weekly Review 2
Upload to Blackboard by 11:59pm.
Week 4
Before class on Tuesday, 09/15
Watch (2:22): Qureshi and El Barassee (2012) “What is Money?”
Read: Chapter 10 sections 1 and 7 & Chapter 13 section 8 in CORE – The Economy
For Thursday, 09/17
Work on and bring: Weekly Review 3
Upload to Blackboard by 11:59pm.
Week 5
Before class on Tuesday, 09/22
Watch (6:51): Schamus (2014) “That Film About Money”
Watch (8:14): Khan Academy (2018) “Money Market”
For Thursday, 09/24
Work on and bring: Weekly Review 4
Upload to Blackboard by 11:59pm.
Week 6
No Class Tuesday (follows Monday schedule)
No new readings
Come to class on Thursday, 10/01 with questions on the past 5 weeks of material
Week 7
Before Class on Tuesday, 10/06
Watch (6:14): Khan Academy(2012) “Consumption Function”
Read: Chappelow (2020) “Marginal Propensity to Consume (MPC)”
For Thursday, 10/08
Work on and bring: Weekly Review 5
Upload to Blackboard by 11:59pm.
Week 8
Before class on Tuesday, 10/13
Read: First three sections of Macroeconcomics: Module 15 at Lumen Learning
For Thursday, 10/15
Work on and bring: Weekly Review 6
Upload to Blackboard by 11:59pm.
Week 9
Before class on Tuesday, 10/20
Read: Macroeconomics: Module 16 “Strengthening and Weakening Currency” at Lumen Learning
For Thursday, 10/22
Work on and bring: Weekly Review 7
Upload to Blackboard by 11:59pm.
Week 10
Before class on Tuesday, 10/27
Read: Chapter 14 sections 1, 2, & 5 in CORE – The Economy
Notes from Lecture
For Thursday, 10/29
Work on and bring: Weekly Review 8
Upload to Blackboard by 11:59pm.
Week 11
Before class on Tuesday, 11/03,
Read: Sections 6, 7, & 8 in CORE-The Economy
For Thursday, 11/05
Work on and bring: Weekly Review 9
Upload to Blackboard by 11:59pm.
In class videos:
Mazzucato 2013
Learn Liberty 2012
Marginal Revolution University 2017
Week 12
Before class on Tuesday, 11/10,
Read/Watch 2 of the following:
Read: Section 8 of Chapter 15 in CORE – The Economy
Watch (8:10): Part Two of That Film About Money
Watch (3:48): Federal Functions: Conducting Monetary Policy
In Class Notes
For Thursday, 11/12
Work on and bring: Weekly Review 10
Week 13
Before class on Tuesday, 11/17
Read: Macroeconomics: Module 11 “Fiscal Policy: Federal Budgets & National Debt” and “Fiscal Policy: The Question of A Balanced Budget”
In Class and Additional Resources
For Thursday, 11/19
Work on and bring: Weekly Review 11
Upload to Blackboard by 11:59pm.
Week 14
Bring your Question Building 2 to Tuesday, 11/24
No new reading
No Class Thursday
Week 15
Before class on, Tuesday, 12/1
Read: Economics Online: Aggregate Supply
For Thursday, 12/3
Work on and bring: Weekly Review 12
Upload to Blackboard by 11:59pm.
Week 16
Bring your questions to class on Tuesday, 12/8
No New Reading
No Class Thursday (Reading Day)
Final Due 12/15.
Take home final due by 3:15. Final will be given to students on Tuesday, 12/8.
Downloadable Schedule
Please note that this file only has readings through week 7. The rest are “TBD” (To Be Determined). Additionally, readings are written in shorthand (parenthetical citation with the exception of the two text books we will be working from). You frequently do not need to read the entire text — please return to the online schedule to see the specific pages for reading.
