Michael K. Salemi
Professor of Economics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
This page is a companion to my article, "An Illustrated Case for Active Learning," that appeared in the January, 2002, issue of the Southern Economic Journal. It provides exercises that I have created for my courses and links sites with active learning material.
An Illustrated Case for Active Learning (pdf)
The Active Learning Workshops Program
is sponsored jointly by the Committee on Economic Education of the American Economic Association and the National Council on Economic Education and funded by the Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation.Active Learning Exercises
are provided for several topics in three undergraduate courses that I teach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Syllabi for each course and sample examination questions are also provided.
Financial
Markets (Econ 185)
is a course for Economics Majors who have completed their intermediate
theory courses. Both a course
fact sheet and a syllabus
are
provided for this course.
Intermediate Macroeconomics
(Econ 132a)
is the honors section of our intermediate macro theory course.
Money
as a Cultural, Economic and Social Institution (Econ 6E)
is for students with no prior background in economics. It is part of
UNC's first year seminar program.
Other Active Learning Sites