PENN SUMMER - University of Pennsylvania

eConoMiCS
eCon 001 920 MTWr 10:40am–12:15pm staff
Introduction to Economics: Microeconomics
Fulfills Society Sector
Introduction to economic analysis and its application. Theory of supply
and demand, costs and revenues of the firm under perfect competition,
monopoly and oligopoly, pricing of factors of production,
income distribution, and theory of international trade.
eCon 001 921 MTWr 1:00pm–2:35pm staff
Introduction to Economics: Microeconomics
Fulfills Society Sector
Introduction to economic analysis and its application. Theory of supply
and demand, costs and revenues of the firm under perfect competition,
monopoly and oligopoly, pricing of factors of production,
income distribution, and theory of international trade.
eCon 002 920 M 2:40pm–4:15pm staff
Introduction to Economics: Macroeconomics
Fulfills Society Sector / Prerequisite(s): ECON 001
Introduction to economic analysis and its application. An examination
of a market economy to provide an understanding of how the
size and composition of national output are determined. Elements
of monetary and fiscal policy, international trade, economic development,
and comparative economic systems.
eCon 102 920 MW 1:00pm–4:10pm staff
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Prerequisite(s): ECON 001, ECON 002, ECON 101, MATH 104 and MATH
114 or MATH 115
Facts and theories about the determination of per capita income and
its differences across countries and across time. The study of economic
fluctuations in output and employment. The role of government in
influencing these aggregate variables: monetary and fiscal policy.
eCon 104 920 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm staff
Econometrics
Prerequisite(s): ECON 101, 103, MATH 104 and MATH 114 or MATH 115
or permission from instructor.
This course is designed to introduce students to econometric techniques
and their applications in economic analysis and decision-making.
The main objective of the course is to train the student in (i) handling
economic data; (ii) quantitative analyses of economic models with
Probabilistic tools; (iii)econometric techniques, their application as
well as their statistical and practical interpretation; (iv) implementing
these techniques on a computer. Estimation and inference procedures
are formally analyzed for simple econometric models and illustrated
by empirical case studies using real-life data. The course covers linear
regression models, simultaneous-equations models, discrete choice
models and univariate time series models. Estimation and Inference is
conducted using least squares and likelihood based techniques. Students
are required to perform several econometric analyses of their own.
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engl 101 920 MW 5:30pm–8:10pm riebling
Shakespeare
Fulfills Arts & Letters Sector
30 SUMMER SESSIOn II • JULY 6–AUgUST 13, 2010
This course is a general survey of Shakespeare’s work that focuses
especially on the interrelation of social and political issues within
their historical contexts. Beginning with texts that display primarily
“domestic” concerns, we will explore early modern gender roles,
problems with love and marriage, and conflicts between parents and
children. Next, we will read texts that display primarily “dynastic”
concerns such as conflicts over succession, tyranny, rebellion, and
regicide. Finally, we will attempt to collapse the distinction between
domestic and dynastic by analyzing plays where these social and political
issues are deeply enmeshed
engl 104 937 Tr 6:00pm–8:00pm lotto
Introduction to Romanticism
This course is delivered in a fully online format in order to allow more
flexibility for LPS students. Class sessions are offered through a course
website and include live lectures and interactive discussions through both
direct messaging and voice over internet. Between classes, the learning
experience is extended through assignments, threaded discussions and
office hours. For additional information, please visit www.sas.upenn.edu/
lps/online. Online course fee: $60.
Fulfills Arts & Letters Sector
This class serves as an introduction to a period of study as well as an
introduction to literary study. Our subject will be “Romanticism,” a
famously ill-defined term used as catch-all for the movement, mood,
theory, and revolution that followed the Enlightenment and preceded
the realism of the Victorian era. Our course will consider this period
of writing—roughly 1789–1830—as one of great fluidity and
change, as both a reaction to antiquity and a precursor to modernity.
We will read the works of the canonical poets, Blake, Wordsworth,
Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, and Byron, but will fortify our definition
of “Romanticism” by addressing the writings of Goethe, Mary Shelley,
Charlotte Smith, and Jane Austen.
engl 135 920 MTWr 1:00pm–2:35pm Burnham
Creative Non-Fiction Writing
May be repeated for credit with a different instructor.
What is creative nonfiction? In our reading and writing, we’ll explore
the fascinating and productive tension between the two poles: what
we imagine, and what “really” happened. We’ll respect our memories
and let our imaginations work in high gear as we learn ways to retrieve
material, and shape it into surprising pieces of writing. We’ll read,
and re-read, a small number of contemporary essays, mining them for
ideas and useful structures. You’ll complete three significant pieces.
One will be a profile of a person (a friend, an ex-friend, a relative, a
coach, teacher, neighbor—someone who got under your skin and/
or into your heart). You’ll also do a “profile” of a place that you know
well. This could be your workplace, your block, your gym, your studio-
any place that has its own characters and obsessions. Finally, you’ll
do a very personal essay, on a subject absolutely of your choice. Much
of our work in class will be collaborative. We’ll look at big ideas and
at short sentences, offering advice and asking questions. If you have
questions, please feel free to email dburnham@english.upenn.edu
engl 221 920 TBa rydel
Medieval Saints and Sinners
We will be exploring concepts of sin, evil, holiness, and conversion in
medieval England. The richness and complexity of this literature on
saints and sinners will bring up many questions for our consideration.