Scc Ecn

ECN 211 (macroeconomics)

ECN 211 5-WEEK (macroeconomics)

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

By your book online or in person.   SCC Bookstore


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 by 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:

Click "START HERE" button on left side of main BlackBoard page.

Then . . .

Go to ASSIGNMENTS area (upper left navigation button)  Scroll down. Note that all due dates are in red.


(Students in the 5-week classes do three chapters per week.   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.


Get familiar with our BlackBoard site. Take a few minutes to poke around.




Your instructor prefers to be contacted by email at:  charles.pflanz@sccmail.maricopa.edu

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