Online Courses

 

online courses

The department has added new online courses and is developing several more.

Check out our flyer on current courses as well as our youtube channel !

• Study flexibly – All requirements can be fulfilled online!

• Study with tools – Multiple choice, essay and discussion assignments facilitate learning. A Youtube channel (www.youtube.com/user/EconomicsUofUtah) presents video summaries of key concepts.

• Study interactively – Assignments are designed to foster interaction between students.

We currently (Fall 2012) offer the following courses online

#	Title	Contact
Econ 2010	Principles of Microeconomics	Richard Fowles
Econ 2020	Principles of Macroeconomics	Ken Jameson
Econ 4020	Intermediate Macroeconomics	Rudiger von Arnim
Econ 3500	International Economics	Rudiger von Arnim

 

We are planning to additionally offer the following courses in the near future:

#	Title	Contact
Econ 1740	US Economic History	Thomas Maloney
Econ 4010	Intermediate Microeconomics	Gabriel Lozada
Econ 4650	Principles of Econometrics	Richard Fowles

 

Hybrid online courses

The Department of Economics is offering a number of courses online. Our online courses are “hybrids.” Hybrid courses combine traditional online learning – where you study individually at home at your

own pace – with interactive learning. Interactive learning increases your engagement with classmates and instructor, as well as with the materials covered. In this manner, it improves learning outcomes.

Hybrid courses therefore combine the advantages of online teaching – flexibility – with the advantages of traditional teaching – direct engagement.

Interaction

Interactive learning comes in a variety of ways. You might interact online with other students, for example,

a)      through group assignments, where you collaborate via email or a discussion forum to answer a problem set;

b)      through contributions to a discussion forum, where you directly respond to previous posts;

c)       through “peer reviews,” where you review and comment upon assignments from other students.

With the instructor you can of course always converse via email. Our hybrids, however, offer additional routes to be in touch and get help. For example,

d)      we participate in and guide online discussions (point b) above);

e)      we are available for online office hours in chat sessions;

f)       we are available in “real” office hours for students on or near campus;

g)      and occasionally we offer (voluntary) Q&A sessions in a classroom.

further information

• UOnline: https://uonline.utah.edu/ See top right for a list of current online classes
• See our flyer: Link to PDF
• Write to anybody above with further questions!