Economics 312

Public Finance

Fall Semester 2001-2002 T/TH 1:10-2:30
Professor:  Wendy L. Rayack           
Office:  327 PAC
E-mail:  wrayack@wesleyan.edu   
Phone:  685-2358
Office hours:  M/F 3:30-4:30;  Walk in whenever door is open,
                       or call for an appointment.  
                        
         
General Course Information
Course Description: Currently under revision.

Prerequisites: Economics 110 , Economics 200, and Economics 201.

Required purchases: To be announced

Course Mechanics:

Class participation

25%

Short Assignments

40%

Term Paper

35%

Total

100%

Assignment are due by 1 p.m. on Thursdays. Place your completed papers in the lock box for the economics department. This lock box is located in the alcove next to the economics department office. Be sure to place your paper in the slot marked "Economics 122." Assignments handed in late will be subject to a grade penalty unless an agreement is made ahead of time with me. Graded assignments that are not picked up in class will be filed by last name in the alphabetical slots in the alcove.

Honor Code: All work handed in must be your own.

Course Schedule, Course Links, and Downloadable Course Documents: Once you are enrolled in this course, you can obtain the course schedule, view course links and print other downloadable course documents by going to the following web site: http://blackboard.wesleyan.edu. All documents are saved in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (pdf); you will need to download the free Adobe Reader from the Adobe site (http://www.adobe.com/proindex/acrobat) if you do not already have it on your machine. Computers in the PAC datalab and Science Center labs should already have it downloaded.

To Wendy L. Rayack