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Sample Class Assignments

Course Modules

Accounting Assignments

Economics Assignments

Finance Assignments
-- New: Questions for use with Bodie, Kane and Marcus, Essentials of Investments

Marketing Assignments

Political Science Assignments

A Sample Lecture

Student Activity Reports

Submit an Assignment to this Archive

Course modules to integrate the IEM into a course/unit

Federal Reserve Unit Powerpoint Show Lecture Federal Reserve Unit Outline and Assignments: University of Iowa IEM*IDEA Project (Funded by the Fund for Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE))
Professor Vineeta Hingorani, Southern University at Baton Rouge
Professor Jonathan O. Ikoba, Scott Community College
Professor Scott Simkins, North Carolina A&T State University
Federal Reserve Monetary Policy Powerpoint Show Lecture Federal Reserve Monetary Policy Unit Outline and Assignments: University of Iowa IEM*IDEA Project (Funded by the Fund for Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE))
Professor Jan Christopher, Delaware State University
Professor Eric Rahimian, Alabama A&M University
Security Markets Structure Powerpoint Show Lecture Security Markets Structure Unit Outline and Assignments: University of Iowa IEM*IDEA Project (Funded by the Fund for Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE))
Professor Cynthia Brown, University of Texas Pan-American
Professor Shannon Mudd, Georgia State University
Supply, Demand and Equilibrium Powerpoint Show Lecture Supply, Demand and Equilibrium Unit Outline Supply, Demand and Equilibrium Unit Assignments 1-7 Supply, Demand and Equilibrium Examination Questions: University of Iowa IEM*IDEA Project (Funded by the Fund for Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE))
Professor Thomas Gruca, University of Iowa
Professor Mark Pelzer, Kirkwood Community College
Capital Asset Pricing Model Powerpoint Show Lecture Capital Asset Pricing Model Outline and Assignments Capital Asset Pricing Model Charts and Data: University of Iowa IEM*IDEA Project (Funded by the Fund for Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE))
Professor Tom Rietz, University of Iowa
Sample Assignments for Accounting Classes Corporate Financial Reporting (MBA): University of Iowa
Professor DeJong
Introduction to Financial Accounting (MBA): University of Minnesota
Professor Dickhaut
Introduction to Financial Reporting (Undergraduate): University of Minnesota
Professor B. Radhakrishna

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Sample Assignments for Economics Classes

Principles of Micro Economics (Undergraduate): Fisk University
Professor Cambronero
Managerial Economics (MBA): University of Iowa
Professor Forsythe
Principles of Economics I and II (Undergraduate): University of Texas--Pan American
Professor Pagán
Computer Applications for Economics (Undergraduate): St. Mary's University
Professor Velez

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Sample Assignments for Finance Classes

Investments (Undergraduate): Questions Developed for use with Bodie, Kane and Marcus, Essentials of Investments.
Professor Rietz
Financial Management (Undergraduate): Virginia Tech
Professor Ball
Investments: Analysis and Management (Undergraduate): Fisk University
Professor Cambronero
Introductory Financial Management (Undergraduate): University of Iowa
Professors Handa and Rietz
A Sample Lecture on Market Structure using the IEM: University of Iowa
Professors Handa and Rietz
Personal Financial Planning: University of Maine--Augusta
Professor Ignatius

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Sample Assignments for Marketing Classes

Marketing Management (MBA): University of Iowa
Professor Gruca

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Sample Assignments for Political Science Classes

American Government (Undergraduate): Kirkwood Community College
Professor Rosberg

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Student Activity Reports

The IEM makes periodic reports available to adopting instructors. To obtain reports, an instructor must:

Create a class by sending an email to the iem@uiowa.edu following these directions:
Please send us an email at iem@uiowa.edu or call us at (319) 335-0881 with the following information
- Course Title
- Course Number/Registrar's Code
- Instructors Name, Department, Address, (including City, State, Zip) Social Security Number, email, and phone number
- Number of Students in class
Have your students sign up for accounts under this class using the IEM On-line Registration Form. Please follow the student signup procedure to create student accounts.
Contact the IEM requesting reports associated with this class at e-mail address: iem@uiowa.edu.
Inform students that you will be receiving reports and what specific reports you will be receiving.

Reports can include:

Whether traders in a class have logged into their accounts.
Whether traders have executed a trade.

For use in assignments, students can print self reports including:

Trade histories
List of outstanding bids/asks
Bid/ask histories
Current portfolio
Liquidation reports

Currently, the IEM generates reports on the Monday following the third Friday of each month. For sufficiently large classes, the IEM will generate an additional report on a (business) day requested by the instructor. To discuss obtaining a custom report contact the IEM office (iem@uiowa.edu)

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Submitting Assignments to this Archive

We invite you to submit assignments to this archive. This will make it easier for other instructors to adopt the IEM, providing deeper markets and allowing us to operate a wider array of interesting markets. Of course, you will also receive our acknowledgment and thanks for any assignments submitted. To discuss a submission, e-mail the IEM Administrator at iem@uiowa.edu.

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