Attention Students
with INC from Previous Semesters!
To
Students Whom I had requested to take an extension on
finishing INCs from previous semesters including: Neda,
Freyda, Dewa, Aliv, Kevin, Jonathan, Lisbet, Fanny, Paul,
Kareem, DanDan and friend, and others, I appologize for
not submitting the change of grade and your INC may have
now turned into an FIN. I am working to changing
this oversight. For other students who have received
INCs and whom I have not been able to work with consistently
over the semester because of either your and my other
commitments, my intention was to file extensions for completing
an INC so that you can finish them early this coming semester.
Attention
Students who unexpectedly received INC this semester!
I
have had many inquiries about why students received INC's
when they did not request one. In some cases an
INC was given to a student who did not take the final
instead of an ABS (absent for final). In other cases
students received an INC for the student's own benefit
because there was an incongruity between the student's
written final and the student's other work in the course.
The 101 and 102 finals were taken from the online homework
problems I gave, many of which were gone over in class
or on related material that was gone over in detail in
class and in the text. I announced the content of the
finals in class, some student's listen carefully and studied
the material. I have a significant number of very
strong finals in the A to A+ range. Unfortunately, some
students thought that their strong performance in APLIA
would offset a poor final grade, even though I mentioned
many times that if you fail the final, you will get a
much lower grade and if you fail it badly, that you will
get an "F", even though you passed the midterm
and did reasonably well on APLIA. This is because
the final is cumulative. The basis for this is that
in most cases, there is a high correlation between doing
well on Aplia, handing in homeworks, and in doing well
on online and in class mid-term quizes. Since some
of you seemed to rely on your APLIA score to carry you
through to a passing or high grade and did not study appropriately
for the final, I would like to offer you an opportunity
to meet with you and where appropriate give you the opportunity
to take a "make-up" exam to demonstrate that
you "mastered" the material. I believe
that many of you are or potentially can do much better
than the grade I would be forced to give you based on
your current exam grade.
Unfortunately,
some students got "F" because there was little
or no show of effort on their part to do the work or learn
the material.
How
to change your INC to a grade:
1.
Email me and I will tell you the grade you will receive
based on the current final and you have the choice of
accepting that grade.
2.
If you decide that you want the opportunity to study and
take a "make-up" final, then I will offer you
opportunity to redo all the homeworks, review your class
notes and meet with my Assitant Charles Yu on a scheduled
basis, who will review 9 problems. Then a proctored final
will be scheduled during the two week of the semester,
I will set up several 2 hour time slots when you can take
a similar final again. This is only being offered
to students who otherwise did well and showed effort in
the course and where the only short fall was doing poorly
on the final. This is only available for students
who received "INC." This represents a
great deal of extra work and resources on my part.
I
apologize for the grades being submitted at the last minute.
The course is now completed. In assigning you a final
grade I took into account total aplia scores, aplia quizzes,
your homeworks and your final test scores as well as participation
in class. I hope those of you who requested an incomplete,
received it. Some also received an INC because it was
my judgement that it was appropriate for you at the current
time.
For
101 I had 40% A's and B's. For 102 I had 30% A's and B's
which includes a good number of A+'s. I had a good number
of INC's, either by the request of the student or because
I wanted to personally discuss your performance in the
course. If you missed the final but were otherwise active
in the course you recieved an automatic INC as per college
policy. I am correcting one or two grading omissions tomorrow
and submitting some extensions for the Fall of 2007 and
Spring 2008.
In
both courses generally the letter grades were quite well
correlated with your work on aplia, but not completely.
Some of you rushed Aplia at the end of the semester. You
should be getting an e-mail from me in the next few days
with your exam grade and final grade.
Did
you miss the Final. Please send me an email.
An explanation would be useful.
1.
Free tutoring for Eco 101 and Eco 102 ,n Kiely 131
General
Economics Tutoring Thurs 12-4, Fri 11-4, Sat. 10 - 2
Call
Ms Podrid in the Academic Support Lab, Kiely 131, 997- 5677
2.
Not all the items you see on this website will be used
this semester. I will be removing problems sets and
exams that are not current models.
2.
Making up Fall 07 and Sring 08 incompletes: I have
shifted most of the Aplia 10 and 101 questions to the end
of December 2008 . But don't wait.
3. Room Change:
Economics 102, 3:05 to 4:20 will me in
Kiely
264 instead of Kiely 270
4.
Homework
problems for Eco 101 and 102 are under their respective
classes.
MiJing
Kim in our Economics 101 and 102 classes won a CUNY-wide
Foreign Student Writing Competition and your professor
was cited as her mentor. She started the semester barely
speaking English. On a bold bet, I recommended she
take both me Eco 101 and 102 courses and she both improved
her English greatly and did very well in both courses.
Congratulations Ms. Ki
This
is for Spring 2008 classes.
Fall
2008 students do not use.
More of the Homeworks
and Exams will be on Aplia.
Revised
101 Final Spring 2008 102
Final Revised Spring 2008
If you did the graph
wrong, send in the correct ones by E-mail using Word Drawing.
Final
Aplia Short Questions Were Posted Sunday 3:00.
Once you
start you have 3 hours to finish them. Go to Aplia select
your course and they will be the last assignmentThey should
take about two hour uninterrupted time. They are due
May 29, Thursday night.
Required
for A+
For thoses
students who were not able to take the exam, please send an
email to me to arrange for a proctored make-up.
101 Aplia
has been reopened or extended for those students who did not
do a problem set or who received a low grade and could do
better. 500 is necessary for an A, 400 for a B etc.
along with a good final..
101 students
can start working on the first 25 problems sets, the rest
will be opened tomorrow morning.
Remember
that APLIA counts as 20% of your grade.
If you are an A student based on class work and have not done
APLIA, your grade could drop to a B. If your class work
is a B and you do well in APLIA, your grade could be higher.
Here are
my records for homeworks. There are still large file
folders filled with homeworks that need to be organized and
recorded. Do NOT worry if you do not see all the homeworks
you have handed in.
Homeworks May- 18-101
Homeworks
May- 18-102
We are currently
extending some of the Aplia problems for both classes.
Pbring
a ruler and calculator to the exam.
The missing 101
exams have been found and are being graded. Combined
grade sheets will be posted in the next day or two.
If you think you handed in a paper or exam and it might not
have a name on it, please email Prof. Dohan. There are
a few of these "No Name" papers.
Aplia
work has been entered on to the grade sheets linked below
this noticed. I have shifted some Aplia work that was
due last Sunday to next Sunday. If you need special
permissions for Aplia assignments that you missed for valid
reasons, please email me with APLIA in the subject line.
Economics
101 101
Mid Term and Aplia
For
Incompletes for my Eco 101 from Spring 2007, Fall 2007 and
Spring 2008.
You
may begin working on various components of it on Tuesday,
June 17, 2008 using Aplia. I shall try to move your
name into it by tomorrow. Little later this week I will outline
what has to be done to complete your work.
Aplia
Code: BUBJ-PHK7-5VHA
Your
name will be put on the Makeup Aplia by Tuesday. Be
sure to write me an E-mail if you want to improve you Aplia
Score. Aplia is open-book,
open-notes but no outside help.
Any evidence of outside help will fail you for the course.
Before
you email me with questions on Aplia, please read the instructions
below.
THE TWO APLIA MIDTERM SETS OF QUESTIONS are now visible.
Click
here to look at all the stuff for my Fall 2007 Eco 101 and
102
Why
I like to teach Economics 101 and 102.
I also
thank the many Eco 101 and 102 students this semester who
came up after the class and said they were really learned
a lot more from my exams then simply spitting back
material they had memorized.
I know
that some of you expect exams to follow a specific format
as if you were being trained to take a test. But my
course is not rote learning of knowlege and formulas and regurgitating
it back on an exam. My job is to embody
these concepts in your mind and to teach you how to solve
problems that you have never seen before using this knowlege
and develop your reasoning ability to combine concepts and
reason to solve problems in the real world. Look
what narrowly technical trained financial engineers did to
the credit markets..
Exam
question use these principles but are not asked in the same
format as you learned them. Some of you will be surprised
to be asked to solve problems never discussed in class or
the text, but which require the same principles, facts,
and concepts taught in class. Often they are based on
current or historic events. I give them to you as an test
how well you are learning to solve problems by using your
knowledge and problem solving ability to new types of problems
you encounter later in your profession. I also focus
vocabulary aquisition and knowing basic facts. Thinking,
acquisition of knowledge, problem-solving - this is what my
goals are for you. A few were so upset to you could
not pick the flower that were being given to you.. Most
were pleased that they could learn while taking an exam.
In the end, only the final really counts . You are learning
for the rest of college and for your life. My past students
all say I am hard, but they do well. I wish that on
you all too.
Hand in all these old
homeworks even if they are late
Past Due Homework
The
first 3 parts A, B, C of this problem set on Complete Supply
and Demand
must
be handed in as regular homework. Please hand in by
Tuesday October 30
The Rest are Extra
Credit for the Better Students
Math
Assessment Problem Set
Production
Possibility Frontier
Problems 1 & 2
on Pages 53 of Text Chapter III
Question
4 and 7 and 8 in Chapter 4
Supply
and Demand for Coffee
.
Examples
of 101 Homeworks from
Spring 2008
1.
Optional Practice Math Assessment Problem Set
2.
Required Production Possibility Frontier
3.
Required Supply and Demand
4.
Problems
1-5 on Page 121-122 Show your work
5.Required
Assignment for Text on Price indexes,
pages 162-163
6.
EXTRA CREDIT PROBLEM on Externalities and Pollution Right
7.
Required Understanding the consumption
function
(note
the decline in MPC at higher incomes)
8.
Required Plotting
an equation for the consumption function.
-.
Problems on GDP Calculations Problem
Calculate
GDP by the expenditure approach and the earnings approach
9.Required
Fiscal Policy and GDP Equilibrium Problem
(Verbal
Problem based on Theory and Lecture)
Learn how to calculate the changes in Ya* with income
taxes
Usually
on the Final in some form
14
Required The
GRAND SYNTHESIS OF MONETARY OF FISCAL POLICY TO MANAGE THE
ECONOMY and GROWTH
Exams,
answers and problems and vocabulary from last fall
Old Copies of Exams
for 101
101
SAMPLE FINAL-Part on Monetary Policy
101
SAMPLE FINAL-Rest of final
First
Mid-term Spring 2007
Practice
and Makeup II Mid-Term Part 1 Eco 101
Practice
and Makeup II Mid-Term Part 2 Eco 101
New Problem Sets
for 101 For final part of the course.
Questions
about MoneyBankPolicy for theFinal Due Thursday,
Dec. 6
Surprise
quiz on money Due Thursday, Dec. 6
More
on Fed Reserve Banking Due Thursday, Dec. 6
Money
expansion Spring 2003 Due Thursday, Dec. 6
Grand
Synthesis of Monetary-Fiscal Policy FOR 101 FINAL
Answers
to the above Grand Synthesis PROB FOR 101 FINAL F06 Answer
Grade Problem
2nd
Mid Term Material
Previous
Problem Sets you should be able to do for the Final_________
Simple
GDP Practice problem for the exam.
Changes
in lump sum taxes and tax rates on equilibrium GDP and
mult iplier
Full
employment and simple fiscal policy.
Equlibrium
GDP in an open economy, where Ya= Yd
and
how changes in exogenous variable affect equilibrium.
Corrected
Version: Calculating GDP, Disposable Income and Saving
= Investment
Plotting
Disposable Income, Consumption and Saving = Investment
The answers for
two Eco 101 problems have been posted. Please check
the links below. You can expect the same
type of questions for your exam.
Answers
to Problem 8 Finding Equilibrium Level of GDP with Equations
and the Paradox of Thrift
Answers
to "Simple GDP Problem"
The Second
Mid-term focused on chapters 8 and 9 and 10 and 11 including
the appendices which calculate Disposable Income,
Consumption functions, Equilibrium level of GDP and the
Multiplier and the algebraic explanatioins of the multiplier
with and income tax and with imports.
. Look at
the vocabulary at the back of each chapter.
I congratulate
my Eco 101 class for their endurance in taking my exams.
Many of you discovered that I am interested in how
much you have learned rather than just testing you .
We stayed as long as students wanted to stay.
If you had to leave for a class and want more time to
finish it, come in on Tuesday at about 9:00 if you want
tocontinue take the exam. I want to see how much
you know and can apply your knowlege in different circumstances.
First Mid Term
Material
Solutions
and explanation of the supply and demand part of the exam.
Graphing
Practice for supply and demand with tax
Make-up
Problems for students who did poorly on last section of
mid-term
Study it and understand
the logic. Also try to do all of the supply and
demand homeworks (Price Ceiling, Price Support, Imports
and Quantity Restrictions (OPEC). You won't regret
the time.
A
new problem set of practice problems for for the mid-term
Some Extra credit
problems for A+ students
Extra credit An
applied problem showing how marginal benefit (MRP) and
MC + profit maximization leads to good resources allocation.
Hard.
Extra
Credit Externalities
and Using the Market To Control Pollution
Harder
Extra Credit Using taxes and markets to manage air pollution.
Spring
2008 Material
Economics
102 Grades spring 2008
The
final had at least twice the weight of the mid-terms. Don't
worry if you don't see your grade for the 1st mid term.
It was counted correctly. The second worksheet shows you the
impact of doing Aplia and the homework.
If
I had a choice of a plus or a minus, it was usually the higher
one, except if you did not do Aplia, lost about 10-15% of
your grade or you did not get the benefit of the doubt. Email
me if you have any questions.
There were
lots of A's and A+s and 10 too many F's.
Some of
you received an incompletes while I resolve some issues and
look at late-submitted work. You can improve your grade
if you complete the Summer Aplia. Some of you did not
even sign up and you lost about 10 to 20% of your grade compared
to a 300-400 score. Other blew off the online quizzes
published on Aplia. If you want to do Aplia, I can
make it available at no charge to you so that you can improve
this part of your work. Also we need to arrange
a time for some missed finals and even second mid-terms.
E mail me with some good Wednesdays afternoons.
Problem
3 Monopoly F08
Try it for tomorrow.
Due Tuesday May 6th
Monopoly
and competition-07
Try it for tomorrow.
Due Tuesday May 13
Derived
demand for labor
Due Tuesday May
13
A
Graphical Analysis of Monopoly to Study (Eco 205 Question
Answer)
Just to learn from.
Sample
Eco 102 Inclass Final parts 2006
Sample
102 2nd EXAM Practice 2006 rev 2007
Some
answers for the eco 102 Practice Exam.
Homework
Problems
Price
Elasticity Problem
Supply
curves of the firm in Perfect Competition - spring 008
Supply
curves of the firm and industry in Perfect Competition-Spring
08
Problem
3 Monopoly F08
Monopoly
and competition-07
Know
these vocabulary words for 2nd Mid Term 2008.
Eco
102 New Vocabulary and Concepts for Chapters 5 and 6
102
vocab and concepts Baumol and Blinder 5 thru 11
Economics
102 - Here is a page by page record of how you did on your
mid-terms and your Aplia Scores 102
Mid-Term and Aplia Grades
It
will cover all materials presented in the lecture, Aplia and
the text.
A
copy of Fall
2006's 1st Midterm is on the website, now.
Problem
Sets for 1st Mid Term
Math
Assessment Set
Production
Possibility Frontiers and Opportunity Costs Due
Feb 21..
I
Need Coffee Supply and Demand Problem Due
Feb 26
Simple
Supply and Demand
MC=MB
Problem Actually MRP = MC Due after
exam.
External
costs (Litter) solved by taxes and the market
Due Mar. 4
(SMB= SMC) Shifting of taxes
Send
everything to my Queens e-mail address: michael.dohan@qc,cuny.edu
For
Spring 2007 students
Hopefully
I shall get to some of your requests this weekend. Keep
sending emails to my Queens address. michael.dohan (#at#)
qc.cuny.edu. The #at# is to foil spammers who
spider this site.
My
apologies, Prof. Dohan
For
Section A, I am going over the grades just to be sure I graded
them fairly. Both classes were pretty good.
Your
final grade was affected not only by test scores, especially
the final, the trend in your grades, strongly by Aplia and
homeworks submitted and a bit by the quizzes. A
poor final could bring your grade down. In many
cases, however, a low mid-term was dropped in favor of a good
final.
Usually
there is a high correlation between Aplia, homeworks and exam
grades. They reinforce each other.
If
you got an incomplete, either because you asked for
it, I was missing a crucial piece of information, or I was
aware of personal situations that undermined you ability to
study, we must work out agreements when the work-learning
shall be completed. Students making up Incompletes from
last semester or from other Professors shall have Changes
of Grade submitted this week.
If
you feel your grade is too high, feel free to discuss it with
me. If your friend's grade seems high relative to yours,
I shall be glad to review your friend's work. Maybe,
I mistyped in the grades, or missed a wrong answer.
Hand in all these
old homeworks even if they are late
Past Due Homework
The
first 3 parts A, B, C of this problem set on Complete Supply
and Demand
must
be handed in as regular homework. Please hand in by
Tuesday October 30
The Rest are Extra
Credit for the Better Students
Math
Assessment Problem Set
Production
Possibility Frontier
Problems 1 & 2
on Pages 53 of Text Chapter III
Question
4 and 7 and 8 in Chapter 4
Supply
and Demand for Coffee
Old
101 Homeworks,
1.
Optional Practice Math Assessment Problem Set
2.
Required Production Possibility Frontier
3.
Required Supply and Demand
4.
Problems
1-5 on Page 121-122 Show your work
5.Required
Assignment for Text on Price indexes,
pages 162-163
6.
EXTRA CREDIT PROBLEM on Externalities and Pollution Right
7.
Required Understanding the consumption
function
(note
the decline in MPC at higher incomes)
8.
Required Plotting
an equation for the consumption function.
-.
Problems on GDP Calculations Problem
Calculate
GDP by the expenditure approach and the earnings approach
9.Required
Fiscal Policy and GDP Equilibrium Problem
(Verbal
Problem based on Theory and Lecture)
Learn how to calculate the changes in Ya* with income
taxes
13.
Required
Questions about Money Supply, Reserves & Policy
Usually
on the Final in some form
14
Required The
GRAND SYNTHESIS OF MONETARY OF FISCAL POLICY TO MANAGE THE
ECONOMY and GROWTH
OLD BUT
USEFUL
Sample
Vocabulary Form of Questions for first mid-term
Vocabulary
from the Wall Street Journal
1
part of supply and demand vocabulary
More
vocabulary from lecture on S & D
Some
questions and hints to think about.
Problem
Sets
Practice
Math Assessment Problem Set:
Production
Possibility Frontier:
Supply
and Demand Problem
OLD
VOCABULARY AND CONCEPTS LISTS
Important
Lecture Vocabulary
and Concepts partly updated March 1, 2007
Macro
101Terms vocabulary 1 to 4
Vocabulary
and concepts list 102 Fall 2006
Vocabulary
and concepts list 101 Fall 2006
Economics
220 from Fall 2006
Get the
PDV tables from most corporate finance books. I might
have some extra copies I shall bring in next week and leave
thame with the secretaries. or taped to my door.
Terms
and concepts 220 TVM Quiz
FinalPDV-hints
and ideas Fall2006
PDV
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