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Introduction to Macroeconomics (ECON 102 800), Fall 2024

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Office Hours: I have office hours during which students can come to ask questions about the course. These are informal drop-in sessions where you can see me for help or just come to say hi! The Wednesday office hours will be hybrid (in-person at Tory 7-14 and Zoom), and Thursday office hours will be by Zoom only. You will use this Zoom link for my office hours: https://ualberta-ca.zoom.us/j/93391531630

Course Websites: This course extensively uses eclass. The following course material will be posted on the e-class course website: course content (module SCORMs), announcements, exams (and practice exams), and grades.

Minimum Computing Requirements: This is an online course, so students must have a computer that can run a currently supported version of Windows or MacOS, a webcam, and a reliable internet connection.

Required Textbook: Introduction to Macroeconomics (A. Gainer), Top Hat e-textbook. The book can be purchased at this website: https://app.tophat.com/e/844930/. See this link if you need help creating a Top Hat account or buying the textbook. When you purchase this e-textbook, you can access Top Hat’s platform, where the course’s homework is completed. It is easier and cheaper to buy the textbook from Top Hat with the above link instead of the bookstore.

Kritik: The course activities will be submitted and evaluated on this platform. You will sign up for Kritik by email invite. We will not use Kritik until week 4, so you will not receive an email invitation until week 3.

Instructions on how to sign up and use Top Hat and Kritik are at the end of this document (link here). Make sure you sign up for all of these resources with your “@ualberta.ca” email.

Please contact me if you are interested in the no-cost alternative for Kritik or Top Hat homework.

Students must apply to their home Faculty for a deferred final exam. The application form for Arts students is in Forms for Students on the Arts Student Services site. The deferred final is tentatively scheduled for December 20. Receiving alternate arrangements for the completion of term work is a privilege and not a right. There is no guarantee that late work will be accepted or that an absence will be excused. Misrepresentation of facts to gain an unfair academic advantage over other students is a violation of section 5.a in the Student Academic Integrity Policy. 

Grading: Students will be ranked according to the weighted sum of their assignments and exams. When assigning letter grades, I look for breaks between pools of students. The following table will give a rough idea of how the grading system works in this class; the actual percentage cut-offs may be higher or lower.