Lecture 1 Introductory Microeconomics Dr. Jennifer P. Wissink January 25, 2017 ©2017 Jennifer P. Wissink, all rights reserved

WELCOME To Econ 1110-Wissink Welcome to (or back to) Ithaca and Cornell. Welcome to Economics 1110 Introductory Microeconomics – Lecture # Web address for THIS class: WRITE THIS DOWN https://courses.cit.cornell.edu/econ1110jpw/ Dated announcements for the class: See our Cornell Blackboard site. If you have successfully enrolled in the class & a section via Student Center, then you are automatically enrolled on our Blackboard site. If you are currently a "guest" in the class, hoping to get in, then you can access the announcements on Blackboard by going to the site. You will need to search for the site on Blackboard. If you are still not in the class, please come down front and see the Head TA right after class.

Adding & Switching If you are already in the class & a section and really MUST switch your section, SEE ME! Do not try to drop the lecture and section and then get in something else while the class is full. YOU WILL ALMOST SURELY END UP DROPPING YOURSELF OUT AND THEN YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET BACK IN! Section switching will take place via paper drop/add forms that we will stamp on Wednesday Feb 8. Do not do anything on Student Center for this! If for some reason waiting until Feb 8 to process the section switch is a super duper problem for you, then you will need to come and see me at my office. If you are NOT in the class at all yet... COME DOWN FRONT AT THE END OF EACH CLASS AND PUT YOUR NAME ON THE “I ATTENDED” LIST! This is really important. But note that it IS NOT a wait list. And the order of where your name is has ZERO significance. Then… keep trying and trying via Student Center. Persevere. Check the Cornell web-based drop/add system as much as you can. All drops/adds/switches should be done via the Cornell web-based drop/add system. You are welcome to UNOFFICIALLY attend lecture and section even if you have not yet registered. NOTE: THIS DOES NOT GUARANTEE that you will get into the class. It's a gamble. I will do my best to get the people who do not intend to take the class to drop ASAP, so that spots open up. That's why it's essential that you continue to persevere on line as much as you can.

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Things To Do To Get Started Carefully read and then re-read the syllabus. Make note of the dates for the two prelims. Check all your other exam dates and if you see you will have conflicts, read the syllabus for your 1110-Wissink options. Make note of the LAST day of finals and hope for the best. Our final can be late! DO NOT purchase tix or make promises until Cornell posts the final exams schedule. Decide what form of the textbook you plan to use. Get your i>clicker or device “app” and register it via the link on our class Blackboard page. Carefully follow the directions for registering for our MyEconLab site and make sure to use: wissink##### Read all the FAQs on our Blackboard page.

Book Option Ideas Buy a new 12th edition from the bookstore and it will come with a “money” code access card that you use when you sign up for OUR Pearson MEL site using wissink##### Don’t buy a new 12th edition at the bookstore and just decide what to buy (with a credit card or PayPal) when you register for MEL Quizzes, homeworks, student resources, but NO eText costs ≈$62 All of the above content PLUS the eText costs ≈$110 You can also upgrade to things using the Pearson site later – check them out You could also just buy the $62 package and find a used book somewhere else. Earlier (and cheaper) editions of the physical text are just fine. Choose what meets your study style and budget best.

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How To Beat Intro Micro Come to the lectures and review your notes against my slides. Stay current in the textbook. Do the MyEconLab stuff for starters and then really test yourself with the Wissink old problem sets and Wissink’s sample exams and the Abowd multiple choice bank. Do them sincerely. Go for quality over quantity. Use the course Web pages. Use the entire instructional team!! Everyone’s office hours Everyone’s sections Learning Strategies Center’s services Also use the E.T.C. staring in about 10 days Nip problems in the bud. Practice, practice, practice!!