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Course: Comparative Economic Systems Spring Semester 2006 University of Houston Professor Paul R. Gregory Mc 229A Office Hours: TTh 8:00-8:30 pm TTh 1:15-2:00 pm E-mail: pgregory@ Note: E mail is the best way to contact me. I usually respond quickly. Teaching Assistant Serguei Chervachidze Mc 207 Office hours: MW 10.30-11.30 E-mail: sergecher@ Text: Paul Gregory and Robert Stuart, Comparing Economic Systems in the Twenty First Century (Houghton Mifflin) Textbook website: /economics/gregory/compare/7e/instructors/index.html Web Readings: In addition to the text, there will be a series of assigned papers that can be downloaded. ? ?Grading Information: Grades will be determined by three hourly exams plus a final. The hourly exams account for 70 percent of your grade and the final 30 percent. There will be no makeup exams but there will be a comprehensive makeup scheduled on the last day of class. The lowest grade on the hourly exams will be automatically dropped. Students taking all exams are free to take the makeup exam, in which case the two lowest exam grades will be dropped. Exams will be essay questions, short answer identification, and multiple choice. The third hourly exam is scheduled for the next-to-last day of class. Important Note: Students have the choice of taking the final or not. THE FINAL EXAM COUNTS FOR 30 PERCENT OF YOUR GRADE. You will be informed of your grade going into the final shortly after the comprehensive makeup on the last day of class. If you are satisfied with your grade, you need not take the final. The final grade will be counted even if it lowers your grade; so students should consider both the potential benefits and risks of taking the final. For those who take the final: The final exam will be a take-home exam that must be submitted to me electronically by the scheduled date of the class final exam -- Thursday May 12. Only e mail submission will be accepted. ?The final exam should be an essay on an integrated topic drawn from su