ORIENTATION for

DISTANCE LEARNING-PCM

PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS

ECON 2301 & ECON 2302

To complete this on-line orientation, please follow the instructions below.

  1. Read the syllabus. (Click on appropriate link below. Please double check the synonym number of your section before making your selection.)



  2. MANDATORY ORIENTATION

    Orientation for these courses is done by taking a quiz over their respective syllabi. You are only responsible for the syllabus of the course for which you are registered.

    This Orientation Quiz must be taken and submitted before you can take any of the exams. The quiz consists of 20 questions. Students must get at least 15 of the 20 correct in order to gain access to the fist exam in the course.

    Immediately below you will find the topics the twenty questions will cover. Actually the first three questions are personal information about you that I may need to successfully manage this course. The last seventeen questions are about information that can be found on the course's syllabus. Links to the four different sections I am teaching this fall can be found above.

    The Orientation Quiz itself can be found on your course's ACC Blackboard site at http://acconline.austincc.edu.


    1. Your mailing address with zip code.
    2. Your telephone number.
    3. An email address other than your ACC email address.
    4. How many exams, including the final, must you take in the course?
    5. If you miss an on-line, mid-term exam, what happens to your grade?
    6. Is re-testing on mid-term exams allowed? If so, how times can you take each mid-term exam?
    7. How many chapters does each mid-term exam cover? How many questions on each? How will you know what topics the questions will cover?
    8. Is re-testing allowed on the Final Exam? If so, how many times can you take the Final?
    9. Grading is based on a point system. What is the maximum number of points on this grading scale?
    10. In this grading system, what percentage of the course grade depends on MyEconLab Homework Assignments and Quizzes?
    11. How many points is the "Getting Started with MyEconLab" Homework Assignment worth?
    12. What happens to your grade on Homework Assignments for which you have missed the deadline?
    13. What is the URL for ACC's Blackboard site?
    14. Where will the midterm/unit exams be administered?
    15. Where will the comprehensive final exam be administered?
    16. What email address does the instructor use for this course?
    17. How many Extra Credit points is avaiable for completing this Orientation Quiz?
    18. What is the total number of Extra Credit points available in the course?
    19. What is the title to the textbook required in this course, and who is its author?
    20. What is the name of the instructor of this course?