Money and Banking
ECON 310-003 – Fall 2013 Instructor: Edward Austin Middleton
Course Meeting Times
Tuesday/Thursday Enterprise Hall 174, 9:00 – 10:15 am
Office Hours:
Enterprise Hall, Workstation 342, Thursday 12:00 – 2:00 and by appointment.
Course Description
This course examines the theory, history, and policy of money and banking institutions.
We will be covering a lot of ground. Lectures will coordinate with the assigned reading,
but I will also amplify, modify, and supplement. Expressing your understanding of the
material in writing represents a significant portion of your work this semester.
Prerequisites
ECON 103 Principles of Microeconomics, ECON 104 Principles of Macroeconomics
Texts Most of the class material consists of papers which are available online. The following
books are available at the GMU bookstore:
Dean Croushore, M&B2
Leland Yeager, The Fluttering Veil
All other readings are available at Mason’s Blackboard website in the Course Content
section. [mymason.gmu.edu]
Grading
The weights for determining the final grade are as follows:
15% Reading Responses
22% Midterm Examination 1
28% Midterm Examination 2
35% Final
A Reading Response is a single typed paragraph to be written on your own due at the
beginning of class. In no more than 5 sentences, and in as few words as possible, tell me
why the reading is relevant; do not summarize. These will be graded on a -1 to 1 point
scale.
Coherent:
1
Not Turned In:
.3
Incoherent:
0
Wikipedia Copy/Paste:
-1
