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Personal Financial Management Course Offered in Canton
Interested in getting out of debt and staying out of debt? Looking for a way to relieve the financial stresses in your life? Want to stop living from paycheck to paycheck? This semester InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at St. Lawrence University is sponsoring Financial Peace University, a 13-week course on personal financial management by best-selling author Dave Ramsey. The course covers practical ways to climb out of debt, how to budget and plan for the future successfully, and how to take control of finances rather than have finances take control of you!
The course will meet in Atwood Hall, Room 2, on Monday nights at 7 p.m. Classes consist of a video presentation by Dave Ramsey followed by discussion and group activities lead by me.
There is a free preview class on Monday, January 25th at 7 p.m. and then the course begins on February 1st and runs through to May. There is no fee for the course other than $93 to cover the cost of course materials for each individual or family.
Need more info? Contact me (phone 315.229.5429 or 315.854.0843).
Download directions to Atwood Hall at St. Lawrence University
Watch a preview and take a look at the 13 lessons.
Other links:
Financial Peace University website
A video of an interview with Dave Ramsey on ABC News
An article on Dave Ramsey and Financial Peace University in the Atlantic
Spring 2010 Classes
I will be teaching Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (ECON 251) as well as the Economic Development (ECON/AFS 336). The texts are:
Economics 251A & 251B:
Economics/African Studies 336A: These six (6) books:
Fall 2009
In addition to being the chairman of the economics department for the 2009-10 academic year, this fall I am scheduled to teach Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (ECON 251) as well as the SYE Seminar: Trust, Contracts, and Social Networks (ECON 450):
Economics 251A & 251B:
Economics 450B:
Summer 2009
I should be around campus in June. In addition to doing my own research, I am teaching Introduction to Economics (ECON 100), supervising an Independent Project (ECON 289), as well as mentoring Bupe Mazimba '11 as she works on her University Fellows research project, "Microcredit: Zambia's Salvation?"
In July I should be spending two weeks in Kenya as part of a workshop with African Studies faculty from SLU.
Spring 2009 Classes
I will be teaching Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (ECON 251) as well as the Economic Development (ECON/AFS 336). The texts are:
Economics 251A & 251B:
Economics/African Studies 336A: These six (6) books:
Fall 2008 Classes
I will be teaching Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (ECON 251) as well as the Honors Seminar (ECON 495). The texts are:
Economics 251A & 251B:
Economics 495A [CHANGE: meets Wednesday evenings]:
Summer 2008
I should be around campus in June and July. In addition to doing my own research, I am helping revamp the economics department's website as well as mentoring Kwasi "Nana" Osei-Kusi '09 as he works on his University Fellows research project, "Why Capitalism Failed in Ghana."
Spring 2008 Classes
I will be teaching Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (ECON 251) as well as Economic Development (ECON 336). The texts are:
Economics 251A & 251B:
Economics 336A: There are six (6) books:
CIIS Fellows Program: China Summer '07
We finally finished reporting on our summer trip to study the impacts of globalization on labor conditions in China. To see what we did, please go to our website:
http://china07.wordpress.com
Fall 2007 Classes
I will be teaching Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (ECON 251) as well as SYE Seminar: Trust, Contracts, and Social Networks (ECON 450) using these books:
Economics 251C & 251D: Pindyck & Rubinfeld, Microeconomics, 6th Edition (Prentice Hall, 2004). Subscription to the on-line learning program for this course by Aplia is also required.
Economics 450A: Christopher B. Barrett (editor), The Social Economics of Poverty: On Identities, Communities, Groups, and Networks (Routledge, 2005).
A Return to China
The last weekend in July, I plan to be in Shanghai. The Fellows Program of SLU's Center for International and Intercultural Studies is funding a a three-week trip with three students (Dorothy Cao '09, Dipesh Mainali '09, YiLun Wang '09). We will be visiting four cities (Shanghai, Fuzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu) to learn more about globalization and the enforcement of labor standards in China.
Summerterm 2007
I'll be offering a diversity course (DIV), AFS/ECON 228: African Economies, as well as ECON 252: Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory, the first session (May 30th to June 30th). Both courses are now available on Angel.
Here are the textbooks I'll be using. Please do not purchase until after we are sure the course has enough registered students to continue.
African Studies/Economics 228. The texts are both paperbacks: (1) Todd J. Moss, African Development: Making Sense of the Issues and the Actors (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007) and (2) Clark C. Gibson, Politicians and Poachers: The Political Economy of Wildlife Policy in Africa (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002).
Economics 252. The text is: Robert E. Hall and David H. Papell, Macroeconomics: Economic Growth, Fluctuations, and Policy, Sixth Edition (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2005). This comes in a package with the study guide. This is a very expensive book but there are used copies available.
Spring 2007 Classes
I'll be teaching Introduction to Economics (ECON 100) as well as Globalization Issues (ECON 236) in the spring. Both courses are now available on Angel.
Textbooks for the Spring?
Economics 100C & 100D: the text is Lieberman & Hall, Introduction to Economics, 2nd Edition (South-Western, 2005) as well as Lieberman & Hall, Active Learning Guide: Introduction to Economics, 2nd Edition (South-Western, 2005). Be careful if you buy online: This is NOT the same text as Hall & Lieberman.
Economics 236A: (1) Pietra Rivoli, The Travels of a T-shirt in the Global Economy (Wiley, 2005, paperback); (2) Russell Roberts, The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and Protection, 3rd Edition (Prentice Hall, 2007, paperback); (3). Guillermo de la Dehesa, Winners and Losers in Globalization (Blackwell, 2006); and (4) Theodore H. Moran, Harnessing Foreign Direct Investment for Development (Center for Global Development, 2006, paperback, also available in pdf format for free).
A Return to Normalcy
The first two weeks of the fall semester were a bit hectic with time spent off-campus dealing with family matters. However, things are now back to normal. I have classes in the morning but I should be around most afternoons. Please contact me if you want to meet.
Back to the Classroom
My sabbatical is over and it is back to the classroom for the Fall '06 semester. I'll be teaching Introduction to Economics as well as a senior seminar: Trust, Contracts, and Social Networks. Students may access the syllabi and other course materials on Angel.
Textbooks for the Fall?
Economics 100C & 100D, the text is Lieberman & Hall, Introduction to Economics, 2nd Edition (South-Western, 2005). Be careful if you buy online: This is NOT the same text as Hall & Lieberman.
Economics 450C, the text is Oliver Hart, Firms, Contracts, and Financial Structure (Clarendon Press/Oxford University Press, 1996).
St. Lawrence University's Asian Studies Initiative awarded me a grant to attend the CIEE's International Faculty Development Seminar: China's Southwest: Culture, Society, and Environment. I will be gone June 2006. Before the seminar begins I'll visit SLU's Shanghai Program and then spend a three-day weekend being a tourist in Beijing. After the seminar is over, I'll be able to stay on in SW China for another 12 days. (Unfortunately, the Beijing trip and the extra 12 days are on my own dime.) Steve Robinson of SLU's Geology Department is also attending the seminar.
ODK Tapping
On Moving Up Day 2006 I was inducted into SLU's chapter of ODK, the national leadership honor society. It was a lot of fun. Being tapped by the students was a real honor and meant a lot to me. Some photos from Moving Up Day are posted here.
Sabbatical Leave
I'm on leave spring semester 2006. I'll be mostly, but not always, in Canton. It's back to teaching in the fall of 2006.
