15 April 2001
Here are the answers to the makeup test. Marks have been added to the marks checker database and show up there in place of the zero previously recorded for the missed term test.

02 April 2001
The results of Test #3 are available HERE.

29 March 2001
The Department of Economics has provided this information concerning the ECO 100 prerequisite for students planning to take further courses in economics.

28 March 2001
Information concerning the final exam is posted here.

27 March 2001
The final topic in the course, Topic 17, has been posted and is available under the "Content" link on the course home page. The final workshop session has been scheduled for Monday, April 9, 7-9 pm in Room 2212 at OISE on Bloor Street. This will be a review session at which Denize Anginer will demonstrate solutions to problems and answer questions suggested by students in the course. If you have some topics or exercises you would like to have taken up, please send your suggestions to him as soon as possible (deniz.anginer@utoronto.ca).

26 March 2001
The "all-purpose" make-up test will be held on Friday, April 6, 7-9 pm in Room 111 Woodsworth College. This test is only available to students who missed any one of the three scheduled term tests and who have provided suitable documentation to show that their reason for missing such a test was legitimate. The 90 minute make-up test covers topics 1 through 16 inclusive. There will be 50 multiple-choice questions. There is no make-up for this make-up test.

23 March 2001
The solutions for Assignment #5 are HERE.

22 March 2001
Test #3 will be held as scheduled on Monday, March 26 at the same time and in the same locations as the previous tests. The 50 multiple-choice questions will cover Topics 13 through 16 inclusive. Please be sure to bring your student ID and a soft leadpencil.

17 March 2001
Assignment #5 is available HERE. It will be taken up at a workshop session scheduled for Friday, March 23, 7-9pm in Room 126 Woodsworth College. If you have any questions please contact the course tutor Deniz Anginer who will be available in the ECO100 Aid Centre (6-8 pm Thursdays, 55B New College) and by email (deniz.anginer@utoronto.ca).

10 March 2001
Topic 16, "Macroeconomic Policy" has been posted and is available through the "Contents" link on the course home page.

3 March 2001
Topic 15, "Modern Macroeconomics" has been posted and is available through the "Contents" link on the course home page. 

2 March 2001
Arts and Science announcement concerning program choices.

1 March 2001
Lunch party for ECO students and instructors March 14. Details here.

24 February 2001
Topic 14, "The Keynesian Revolution" is now available through the "Contents" link on the course home page. This is the first of three topics comprising the core "macroeconomic theory" component of the course.

07 February 2001
Results for Test #2 are available by clicking HERE. 

06 February 2001
A notice will be posted here once the results of Test #2 have been processed (the timing of which depends on arrangements in the Department of Economics over which we have no direct control) In the meantime, Topic #13 has been posted. Please note that there will be no aid centre office hours during Reading Week.

03 February 2001
Click here for the solutions to Assignment #4.

29 January 2001
Test #2 on February 05 will be written in the same locations as Test #1. Surnames A-K will write in East Hall and L-Z in West Hall. The test covers Topics 7 through 12 inclusive. There will be 50 multiple-choice questions this time, but otherwise the arrangements and rules for the conduct of the test will be the same as for Test #1 (see below under 29 October). The test will begin at approximately 7:10pm and end 90 minutes later. Be sure to bring your student ID and a soft lead pencil.

28 January 2001
Assignment #4 is now available here. It will be taken up at a workshop on Friday February 02 in Room SS 2111 starting at 7:10pm. 

20 January 2001
Topic 12, Money and Banking, has been posted. See under "Contents" on course home page.

14 January 2001
This week's topic (Topic 11) on International Trade has been posted under "Contents" on the course home page. 

11 January 2001
Vladimir Tiagi has completed his studies in the Department and his replacement for the Spring Term is Deniz Anginer who will be available in the ECO100 Aid Centre (same time and place: 6-8 pm Thursdays, 55B New College) and by email (deniz.anginer@utoronto.ca). Topic 10 ("Economics, Politics and the Law) has been posted.

9 January 2001
The Department of Economics and the Student Course Organization are sponsoring a career seminar for undergraduates. Details here.

2 January 2001
The solutions to Assignment #3 will be found here.

30 November 2000
Assignment #3 is now available by clicking here. It will be taken up at the Workshop session to be held on Thursday, December 7, beginning at 7:10pm in Room 1070 Sidney Smith Hall.

26 November 2000
Topic 9 has been posted under the "contents" link on the course home page. This is the last of the scheduled topics for the Fall Term. The week after this will be devoted to working through Assignment #3 in preparation for the Workshop session to be held that week. Arrangements for the workshop will be posted later next week -- please watch for announcements.

19 November 2000
Topic 8 is now available under the "contents" link on the course home page. A message has been sent to the course list-serve with some introductory comments.

14 November 2000
For results of Test #1 please clickHERE.

12 November 2000
Topic 7 has been posted under "contents". Please check the list-serve for some comments on this topic. Test #1 has been marked and we are entering the grades in the database over the weekend. We expect to be able to make the grades available early in the coming week. Watch for an announcement.

7 November 2000
Results for test #1, answers and so on will be posted once the test papers have been processed and the individual grades entered into the database. When this will be depends on scheduling of work flow in the Department of Economics over which those of us conducting the course have no direct control. Please watch for announcements later this week.

4 November 2000
Solutions for Assignment #2 are available by clicking HERE.

29 October 2000
Click HERE for information concerning Test #1 coming up on November 06.

28 October 2000
Assignment #2 is available here. Please work through the questions on your own after reviewing topics 4, 5, and 6. The assignment will be taken up at the Workshops scheduled for next Thursday and Friday. Solutions will be posted after the Workshop sessions have been held.

26 October 2000
Assignment #2 will be posted this weekend. In addition to the Workshop session in SS 1069 on Thursday, Nov. 2 starting at 7 PM, an additional Workshop will be held in SS 1070 on Friday, Nov. 3 starting at 7 PM. Vladimir Tiagi will conduct the Thursday Workshop and Troy Lorde will conduct the Friday Workshop. Both will take up Assignment #2 and, if time permits, assist with any other problems or difficulties students in the online section of the course need help with. 

22 October 2000
Topic #6 has been posted and can be accessed from "content" in the course home page. As usual, a comment on the topic has been sent to the list-serve.

16 October 2000
The starting time for the three term tests on 6 November, 5 February, and 26 March in East and West Halls of University College has been changed from 6 pm to 7 pm. The tests will be in multiple choice format and of 90 minutes duration. 

15 October 2000
Topic #5 has now been posted and is available under "content" on the course home page. This is a key topic in the course. Please see the message posted concerning it on the course list-serve.

8 October 2000
Topic #4 has now been posted and is available under "content" on the course home page. 

6 October 2000
Solutions for Assignment #1 taken up at the Workshop yesterday can be accessed here. We will be offline until after the (Canadian) Thanksgiving weekend.

3 October 2000
The Economics Course Organization is recruiting class representatives to announce ECO events in class (ours could be posted to the list-serve or newsgroup), act as liason between ECO and the class, and help with evaluation of the course at the end of the session. If interested in serving in this capacity for LO401 (ECO100_online), print out this form and leave it with Reception, 150 St. George St., South House. If you have any questions about this please send them to the ECO course organization at eco_council@hotmail.com or visit them at SS3045. They also have a web site at

http://connect.to/eco

2 October 2000
The ECO100 aid centre schedule has been posted. You can get general help at any of the times shown, although anything specific to the online course should be taken up with a tutor assigned specifically to this section (Thursday 6 to 8).

1 October 2000
Assignment #1 is available here. There is no new topic this week. You should spend your weekly time allotment for this course reviewing the first three topics and working the exercises in this assignment. Please do this on your own. Any questions or difficulties will be taken up at the Workshop Thursday (see schedule for place and time). Following the workshop, solutions and any other material arising from the workshop session will be posted here. The aid centre session Thursday is cancelled because of the workshop. The workshop will be conducted by Vladimir Tiagi who can be contacted at vtiagi@home.com

24 September 2000
Topic 3 has been posted and is available under "content" on the home page. If you have not yet signed up on the course list-serve please do so as I am distributing some study hints and tips for each major topic by way of the list. If you know of anyone in the course who is not on the mailing list please urge them to sign up! 

18 September 2000
Topic 2 is now available under "content" on the home page. 

The ECO100 aid centre will be located in Room 55B New College. The hours of operation are not yet fully settled, but a tutor for this online section (L0401), Mr. Vladimir Tiagi, has been appointed and will be available at the aid centre on Thursdays from 6 to 8pm. 

15 September 2000
We are in the process of arranging hours for the on-campus ECO100 aid centre and getting teaching assistants appointed. I hope to be able to announce sometime next week how you can go about getting help, if you need it, both on campus and online with the course content. We are also trying to finalize the place and time for the on-campus Workshop scheduled for the first week in October. Next week's topic will be posted sometime on the weekend.

11 September 2000
The test dates shown in the Schedule for ECO100Y L0401are now confirmed. The three term tests will be written on campus on Monday, November 6, Monday February 5, and Monday March 26. All will be 90 minute multiple-choice quizzes beginning shortly after 6pm on the dates indicated. Please mark your calendars and make any necessary arrangements accordingly. The on-campus locations will be announced prior to the test dates. Anyone missing a test must submit suitable medical or other documentation within ONE week of the missed test. See the Arts and Science Calendar or student handbook for details concerning these regulations. Arrangements for the "all purpose" make-up test to be held next April will be announced later in the Spring Term.

8 September 2000
The course begins as scheduled next week. Please work through Topic 1 during the week beginning 11 September. This means reading (very carefully) the hypertext notes for Topic 1, viewing and listening to the two parts of the first online lecture, doing the online quiz for Topic 1, working through the simple problem for this topic, and posting any comments you might have on the discussion question to the course newsgroup. (Let's hope someone will take the lead and break the ice on the latter!) Do not delay. The work will begin to pile up over the next few weeks.

There are no on-campus meetings scheduled until the first (optional) assignment/workshop session at the beginning of October. You will be expected to begin work on your own initiative. If you have not signed on to the course list-serve please do so now so that you will receive regular reminders of how you should be moving through the course content.

Once again, let's point out that one advantage of taking an online version of the course is that you will have a lot of flexibility in managing the time you devote to the work scheduled to be covered each week. But be warned that experience with online courses shows that the major problem students have with them is just this! Especially when taken in conjunction with on-campus courses and when outside employment is involved, there is a natural tendency to put off working on the online course in order to keep up with other, seemingly more "pressing", demands on one's time. So try to set aside a certain amount of time each week for ECO100_online. How much time? Hard to say. You should have a better idea after the first few weeks. If you get into difficulties, be sure to contact me by email!