INSTRUCTOR: CHARLES PFLANZ charles.pflanz@sccmail.maricopa.edu Welcome to Principles of Macroeconomics at Scottsdale Community College This page will provide you with textbook information, Blackboard login instructions, and what to do at the BlackBoard website. Note: If you have requested an enrollment override from me but have not yet officially enrolled in the class, you will not have access to BlackBoard (our online classroom) until the day after you officially enroll in the class. Students who enroll in the course after it has begun may receive a grade of zero for any missed assignments. The instructor will not provide an opportunity to makeup missed work. TEXTBOOK INFORMATION Course: ECN 211 Instructor: Charles Pflanz Textbook: Macroeconomics For Today, 6th Edition ISBN: 10: 0324591373 Author: Irvin Tucker Publisher: Thomson/Southwestern Study guide not needed Buying your book: Book delayed? Go to SCC library. Ask for: Economics For Today Author: Tucker Instructor: Pflanz The SCC library has a copy of this material on reserve. You may check it out for up to three hours of use in the library. This book contains both macroeconomic and microeconomics chapters. The chapter numbers may be different, use the chapter names instead. Ask for Economics For Today, author - Tucker. BLACKBOARD LOGIN Two ways to get to BlackBoard, pick one that works for you: 1. Go directly to BlackBoard (click here) (our online classroom) or ... 2. Go to SCC website click on Students see RESOURCES (nav bar on right side) click on BlackBoard Login select Scottsdale Community College and follow instructions Can't login to BlackBoard? Click http://www.scottsdalecc.edu/its/helpdesk/index.html to reach SCC HelpDesk webpage. Or telephone: 480-423-6274. Select Option 3: Speak to a HelpDesk analyst. Important Tip: Once you reach our BlackBoard site be sure to bookmark it for easy future access. Also set up a folder in your email account to save all messages from the instructor. BLACKBOARD ASSIGNMENT At the BlackBoard website: Go to ASSIGNMENTS area (upper left navigation button) Click on folder: ORIENTATION Click on folder: Chapter 5: Gross Domestic Product Go to Step 1: READ / STUDY (This is where you will find your reading assignment, PowerPoints, and other study materials.) Go to Step 2: EARN POINTS (Complete all assignments) Click on folder: Chapter 6: Business Cycles and Unemployment Go to Step 1: READ / STUDY (Students
in
the 8-week classes do two chapters per week. Read Chapter 5: GDP as
your first assignment. Then read Chapter 6: Business Cycles and Unemployment. New chapters are available each Friday at 12:05
am and are due the following Thursday at 11:55 pm. A chapter is no
longer available once the due date passes. Any work not completed by
the due date will receive a grade of zero.Go to Step 2: EARN POINTS Get familiar with our BlackBoard site. Take a few minutes to poke around. When you send emails to me always put ECN 211 in the subject area of your email. Your email to me will be filtered and automatically placed in an email folder that I set up for this course. On any given day I receive up to 100 emails. I don't want yours lost in the mix. Good luck. Charles Pflanz |