Syllabus
ECON 322W - 01: History of Economic Thought
Prof. Steven R. Cunningham
Spring Session - 1993
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:30 - 2:00pm
Monteith Hall, Room 311
Instructor’s Office: HRM 308
Instructor’s Tel.: (860) 486-3550
Dept. Office: 486-3022
Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:00-11:00 AM
Course Summary:
The course surveys economic thought from 1890 to the present, focusing on pivotal people and ideas that have had wide-spread subsequent impact on economic theory and on the world. The course involves reading primary source material, making class presentations, writing a research paper, and a final examination. Class attendance is required at all sessions.
Grading:
Students will make one (1) class presentation which will determine 20% of the final course grade. These presentations will be a critical part of the classroom experience, so that presentations must be made when scheduled or the student will receive an "F". The presentation should be approximately 30 minutes in length, the time divided equally among three areas:
Failure to fully address all three areas will result in a lower grade on the presentation.
This course is a "W" course, therefore at least 50% of the grade must come from an evaluation of writing. Therefore, students will also write a publication-length paper, presumably on the same topic as one of the presentations, the evaluation of which will account for 60% of the final course grade. The paper will be graded three (3) times, as a paper outline, as a draft with references, and, finally, as a finished paper. Each grading will make up 20% of your grade. This is a "W" course, therefore writing style, diction, grammar, format, etc., will weigh heavily on the grade. Moreover, late papers will not be accepted except under the most extreme circumstances. Likewise, there will be no extensions, incompletes, etc.
The final examination will be held on the last day of class, and will be a "blue-book" essay-style examination covering the material presented by the instructor and by students in their classroom presentations. The final exam will make up 30% of your final course grade.
The grading can be summarized as follows:
Presentation 20%
Research Paper 60%
Final Exam 20%
Total 100%
Schedule
| Tuesday, January 26, 1993 Introduce the Course & Make Assignments Thursday, January 28, 1993 Tuesday, February 2,
1993 Thursday, February 4,
1993 Tuesday, February 8,
1993 Thursday, February
11, 1993 Paper Outline & References Due Tuesday, February 16,
1993 Thursday, February
18, 1993 Tuesday, February 23,
1993 Thursday, February
25, 1993 Tuesday, March 2,
1993 Thursday, March 4,
1993 Tuesday, March 9,
1993 Thursday, March 11,
1993 Week of March 15-19,
1993 |
Tuesday, March 23, 1993 (19) Joseph Alois Schumpeter (20) Friedrich von Hayek & Ludwig von Mises Thursday, March 25, 1993 Tuesday, March 30,
1993 Draft of Research Paper Due Thursday, April 1,
1993 Tuesday, April 6,
1993 Thursday, April 8,
1993 Tuesday, April 13,
1993 Thursday, April 15,
1993 Tuesday, April 20,
1993 Thursday, April 22,
1993 Tuesday, April 27,
1993 Thursday, April 29,
1993 Research Paper Due: Final Form Tuesday, May 4, 1993 Thursday, May 6, 1993 |