Eco 340 820 Money

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Eco 340 820 Money BankingSpring 2008

• Course information
• Course policies

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Who am I?

• Elizabeth Dunne Schmitt
• Dr. Schmitt, Dr. Liz
• 431 Mahar. x3455
• edunne_at_oswego.edu
• Office hours
• MWF 10-1130, T 1115-1215
• and by appt.

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About this course

• Intro
• Financial markets
• Interest rates, exchange rates, stock market,
  derivatives
• Financial institutions
• structure, regulation
• Federal Reserve System monetary policy
• Role of money in the economy

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Course materials

• required
• textbook
• Money, Banking Financial Markets (1st OR 2nd
  edition)
• Cecchetti
• in both bookstores

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• recommended
• course web site
• Its free!
• Address on syllabus
• course email list
• email will be delivered to your Oswego account
• If you use another account, forward your Oswego
  email

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Grading

• 500 points total
• 3 exams during semester (100 pts ea.)
• reweighted 10 lowest score, 30 to highest
  score
• final exam (cumulative, 100 pts.)
• 6 homeworks (20 pts ea., lowest dropped)
• due at beginning of class

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• grading scale in syllabus
• extra credit
• About 10 pts. during the semester
• must be present in class when assigned
• attendance is not graded but is recorded

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Makeups

• one weeks notice (except emergencies)
• require documented excused absence
• may be essay exams or I may reweight the other
  exams

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Attendance

• not explicitly graded
• but it is taken for SUNY records
• I expect regular attendance punctuality
• homework due at beginning of class
• you are responsible for information in class
• extra credit only available to those in
  attendance when it is offered

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Cheating

• cheating on an exam means a failing grade in the
  course
• copied or very identical homework will receive a
  zero

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Class cancellation

• campus-wide (weather related)
• 312-3333
• Sign up for text/email campus alerts
• Through MyOswego
• just me
• my voicemail message
• email announcement

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Course Outline Schedule

• back page of syllabus
• weekly chapter coverage
• due dates for homework
• exam dates

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Having problems in the course?

• see me sooner, not later!

Need accomodation?

• see me after class or in my office