Welcome Prospective Fall 2011
WEB Class Macroeconomics or Microeconomics Student
FOR PROSPECTIVE
MACROECONOMICS STUDENTS
IMPORTANT!!! COMPLETION OF MICROECONOMICS, ECON 102, IS
NOW A PREREQUISITE FOR ENROLLING INTO MACROECONOMICS, ECON 103, AT WNC.
Go to the WNC web
site to my faculty web page. There is a lot of information available there at
Also, try clicking to
the Thinkwell distance learning web page at
The Fall
2011 required “Macroeconomics” support material is Thinkwell's
"Macroeconomics with Steven Tomlinson”. This material consists of a package
with: 1) the course website
access code for registration, and 2) general information
about available online services. This course now uses new online streaming video and audio which is
provided directly from the course website. The price of the materials is over
$100. These materials come as a single
wrapped package, which includes an unused website access code, and should
be purchased at the WNC bookstore. Once the package has been
opened, it may not be returned.
Go to
http://www.wnc.edu/studentservices/bookstore.php
Also, you can obtain the Macroeconomics online
registration package directly from Thinkwell for
about the same price. Go to the Thinkwell web site at
If you have already
enrolled with the college for this course, then you still must sign-on to the “Macroeconomics
ECON 103, Fall 2011, section 1002” course
web site, which is maintained by the Thinkwell Company. You will be able to do this on/after August
29th, 2011. All you have to do is go to my web page, at
the WNC web site, and link to the Thinkwell log-in
web site to sign-on. You may also go
directly to http://www.thinkwell.com/
The course consists
of several direct-streaming lesson modules, which you will complete at your
convenience by performing the following for each module:
1. Viewing the specific online direct-streaming lesson
module presentation through the course website.
2. Studying the supporting downloadable review notes and
transcripts for that module on the THINKWELL web site.
3. Performing the graded exercise for that module on the
THINKWELL web site.
Each exercise can be repeated only once. You have TWO
tries for each exercise. The recorded
score used for grading is the BEST score
of the two attempts that was fully completed and successfully submitted
online.
The
Macroeconomics course consists of 9 chapters having about 127 modules, each
with its own exercise accessible on the course web site. You must complete all
127 exercises to fully complete the course. Your grade is based upon the cumulative points earned for all 127 exercises compared to the total possible points for the course,
expressed as one final percentage score.
This
is a cumulative point grading system.
There is one point for every question in each exercise of each website
unit tutorial in the course.
The course web site
fully outlines all the chapters, and accompanying modules, in its syllabus for
each course. Each module has downloadable printable notes and transcripts on
the web site to assist you.
The exercises can be
performed at your convenience on the computer with all materials available to
help you. ALL WORK MUST BE
COMPLETED BY SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17th, 2011, midnight (central time), WHEN THE COURSE
ENDS.
No grade of "Incomplete" will be given.
FOR PROSPECTIVE
MICROECONOMICS STUDENTS:
Go to the WNC web
site to my faculty web page. There is a lot of information available there at
Also, try clicking to
the Thinkwell distance learning web page at
The Fall
2011 required “Microeconomics” support material is Thinkwell's
"Microeconomics with Steven Tomlinson”. This material consists of a package
with: 1) the course website
access code for registration, and 2) general information
about available online services. This course now uses new online streaming video and audio which is
provided directly from the course website. The price of the materials is over
$100. These materials come as a single
wrapped package, which includes an unused website access code, and should
be purchased at the WNC bookstore. Once the package has been
opened, it may not be returned.
Go to
http://www.wnc.edu/studentservices/bookstore.php
Also, you can obtain the Microeconomics online
registration package directly from Thinkwell for
about the same price. Go to the Thinkwell web site at
If you have already
enrolled with the college for this course, then you still must sign-on to the “Microeconomics
ECON 102, Fall 2011, section 1003” course web site, which is maintained by the
Thinkwell Company. You will be able
to do this on/after August 29th, 2011. All you have
to do is go to my web page, at the WNC web site, and link to the Thinkwell log-in web site to sign-on. You may also go directly to http://www.thinkwell.com/
The course consists
of several direct-streaming lesson modules, which you will complete at your
convenience by performing the following for each module:
1. Viewing the specific online direct-streaming lesson
module presentation through the course website.
2. Studying the supporting downloadable review notes and
transcripts for that module on the THINKWELL web site.
3. Performing the graded exercise for that module on the
THINKWELL web site.
Each exercise can be repeated only once. You have TWO
tries for each exercise. The recorded
score used for grading is the BEST score
of the two attempts that was fully completed and successfully submitted
online.
The
Microeconomics course consists of 10 chapters having about 131 modules, each
with its own exercise accessible on the course web site. You must complete all
131 exercises to fully complete the course. Your grade is based upon the cumulative points earned for all 131 exercises compared to the total possible points for the course,
expressed as one final percentage score.
This
is a cumulative point grading system.
There is one point for every question in each exercise of each website
unit tutorial in the course.
The course web site
fully outlines all the chapters, and accompanying modules, in its syllabus for
each course. Each module has downloadable printable notes and transcripts on
the web site to assist you.
The exercises can be
performed at your convenience on the computer with all materials available to
help you. ALL WORK MUST BE
COMPLETED BY SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17th, 2011, midnight (central time), WHEN THE COURSE
ENDS.
No grade of "Incomplete" will be given.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!