Tentative Schedule:	Topic:	Readings:	Assignments:
Week 1	First Day	Syllabus
Aug 25 – Aug 29	What is research?	Chapter 1	E.g. of a Good Research Question Due, Aug 31
	What makes a good	Chapter 2
	Research question?
Week 2
Sep 1 - Sep 5	Lit Survey	Chapter 3	Tentative Research Topic Due, Sep 5
Week 3	Writing as a Tool	Chapter 4
Sep 8 - Sep 12	Using EconLit		On-Line Search Due, Sep 10
Week 4
Sep 15 - Sep 19	Critical Reading	Chapter 6	Research Abstract Due, Sep 12
Week 5			First Critical Review Due Sep 17
Sep 22 – Sep 26	Critical Reading (cont)		Second Critical Review Due Sep 19
Week 6	Conceptualizing the Research	Chapter 7	Statement of the Research Question Due Oct 6
Sept 29 - Oct 3
Week 7	Finding Data	Chapters 8-9	Theoretical Model in graphical form, Oct 10
Oct 6 - Oct 10
	Fall Break
	Mon, Oct 13-Tues, Oct 14		Data Appendix Due, Oct 17
Week 8	Empirical Testing	Chapters 10-11
Oct 15 & Oct 17			Research Proposal Due Oct 22
Week 9
Oct 20 – Oct 24	Empirical Testing		Short Oral Presentation, Oct 24
Week 10	Introduction to Eviews
Oct 27 – Oct 31	Economic Writing	Chapter 5
Week 11	Writing and	Chapter 12
Nov 3 - Nov 7	Presenting Research		Draft Research Paper Due, Nov 14
Week 12
Nov 10 - Nov 14
Week 13	Research  Presentations
Nov 17 – Nov 21
	Thanksgiving Break
Nov 24	Wed, Nov 26-Fri, Nov 28
Week 14	Research  Presentations
Dec 1 – Dec 5
	Final Exam Week		Final Draft Due, Monday December 10