Economics 300

Honors Seminar in Economics

Academic Year 2008-09

Course Description and Outline

Announcements

Course documents and information will available via blackboard (we will continue to use the Fall 2008 link): http://courseweb.library.upenn.edu

Time and location for Fall meetings: Tuesdays 5:00-8:00p, Room 110 McNeil

Spring Schedule: for the student presentations and the econometrics review lecture we will meet as a class in Room 103. The individual meetings will take place in my office (McNeil 525) and I will post sign-up sheets for time slots about 5 days prior to each meeting. The schedule does not reflect meetings with the faculty advisor that will be assigned to you (see course outline).

Date Topic

1/20 Individual Meetings

1/27 Student Presentations: Preliminary Data Analysis

2/3 Econometrics Review Lecture

2/10 (No Meeting)

2/17 Individual Meetings

2/24 (No Meeting)

3/3 (No Meeting)

3/10 Spring Break (No Meeting)

3/17 Individual Meetings

3/24 First Draft of thesis is due (Hardcopy) by 5p in my office,
(No Meeting)

3/31 (No Meeting)

4/7 Student Presentations: Thesis Summary (Part I)

4/14 Student Presentations: Thesis Summary (Part II)

4/21 Final version of thesis is due (Hardcopy) at 5p. Absolutely no extensions!
(We all meet at 5p in the classroom)

4/28 (Last Day of Classes)