My expectations of you (the student):

• do the homework regularly, giving a good faith effort to every problem
• form a study group -- your fellow students are often the best teachers
• read the relevant textbook chapter(s) and other material before class
• keep up with economic news (newspaper such as NY Times or Wall St Journal, radio such as NPR's Marketplace, online sites include nytimes.com or marketplace.org) -- the Career Center subscribes to a number of magazines and newspapers -- go there to read!
• attend class regularly and participate, including asking questions in class when I'm unclear
• spend approximately 10 hours per week: 3 in class, and 7 doing reading or homework assignments (often with a study group) -- If you spend substantially less time, your grade will suffer
• have a CCNY email address that you check regularly (or set to auto-forward to another account) so that I can email the class from the Blackboard site
• know how to access information online, both from the class web page and the Blackboard site
• do the exams entirely on your own, without cheating

Your expectations of me:

• your homework assignments should be returned in a timely manner (usually the next class)
• solutions will be available online for each problem set
• grades will be posted online and updated regularly, so that you can assess your standing in the class
• your grade will be determined entirely by your observed performance on homework and exams, according to pre-set publicly-available rules (below)
• I should be easily accessible by email during the workweek for your questions and comments
• class materials (homework, solutions, etc) should be available online in a timely fashion (but note that the college server is not 100% reliable, so never wait until the last minute!)