NOTE:You will get two points for correctly recording:
- your name and UMID on both the exam booklet and on the scantron sheet so that the computer can read it,
- AND your FORM NUMBER on the scantron so that the computer can read it.
(In other words, you will lose two points if you don't do all of this.)
The final exam is cumulative, covering all material in the course. I intend to give roughly equal treatment to each lecture from the beginning to the end of the course, including the outside readings and assigned news items. Thus, the exam covers:
- The assigned portions of Gerber (see syllabus on line),
- All of the readings assigned from Sep 5 through Dec 10 from coursepacks and online (including the pieces marked as "Other Views"),
- You should also be familiar with the news that we will have discussed in class, including those items identified on the Major News Items page for the weeks Sep 5 - Dec 3 (which is the last day we will discuss the news).
Regarding the emphasis that will be placed on lectures versus readings and on other particular parts of the material, you are responsible for lectures plus all of the reading. I intend to make studying all of that worth your while by including on the exam questions on material that was not covered in lecture, both from the text and from the readings.
As for what specifically you need to learn, my best advice is to look at the study questions that I have prepared. They'll give you the best sense of what I expect. I do not usually, for example, expect you to memorize precise numbers, or dates. The importance of such information, when it has been presented, is more the qualitative message that it conveys, such as, for example, who trades most, or who trades more than whom. Or approximately when did something happen? As for vocabulary and concepts, yes, those things are very important. Even if I don't ask you to define or explain something (and I will), you'd have a hard time answering questions that use these terms if you didn't know what they mean.