| General Information |
| Professor: |
Cathy Carey |
| Course: |
ECON 203 |
| Course Title: |
Macroeconomics |
| Student Grade: |
A |
| Post Date: |
11:32:10 PM 5/20/2006 |
| Overall Rating: |
OK  |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Content: |
 Multiple Choice
 Matching
True/False
Fill in the Blank
Essay
Problem Solving
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| Mandatory Final: |
No |
| Cumulative Final: |
Yes |
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| Other Information |
| Textbook Required: |
No |
| Extra Credit Available: |
Yes |
| Attendance Required: |
Yes |
| Quantity of Notes: |
Few/None |
| Difficulty: |
Easy |
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| Additional Comments |
Out of the three classes I've taken in the Econ department (150, 202, and this one) this was the easiest of them all. Carey's class just consists of her giving PowerPoint presentations for the notes and then drawing graphs up on the board and explaining what they mean and the factors that shift them. However, she never appeared ready for class since she wouldn't be sure what was on the slides for each day of lecture.
Our class tried to use the "clickers" that are on a pilot program around campus but that quickly went down the toilet and it messed up her grading percentage since it was supposed to count for 25 pts. This ended up resulting in attendance counting for extra credit which greatly helped some people's grades out.
Although you don't have to purchase the textbook you do have to buy a code to use an Aplia website that has homework posted on it and it costs $60. The website also has the chapters of the textbook on it so you can print them off and read them if you like. I thought some of the Aplia questions were unfair since we never covered some of the material in class but she offered 101 questions throughout the semester on there and you only needed to get 75 of them right to get an A on that section of the course.
For our class the grading scale criteria was out of 400 pts. You had four exams worth 100 pts. each but you are able to drop your lowest exam (or if you ace the first three exams or get a grade to your satisfaction on them you can avoid the final), 75 pts. come from the Aplia assignments (where she offered 101 questions and if you got over 75 of them right then you got extra credit), and 25 pts. for attendance/clickers which got converted into extra credit too.
I thought all of the exams were fair and they are all multiple choice. If you study the factors that shift graphs, know how to shift the graphs, and some definitions then you should be able to get good grades on them. She also doesn't curve the grades.
I think Dr. Carey is a smart woman but I didn't find her to be an effective instructor. I believe if I had not taken 150 then I would've had a harder time with this class and also would've struggled if I hadn't self-taught myself economics in high school.
However, if you already know economics, especially how macroeconomic systems work, then take this class and you'll get an easy A.
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