FRA and Macroeconomics

FRA and Macroeconomics are pretty large subjects and it would be a challenge to finish it in this trimester. Most of the lecture that I will take will have following pattern:
1)FRA :

• Lectures of FRA will have three components besides core lectures
• Presentations from on different Celebrated Reporting Scandals that have rocked of the World. While we wont discuss in depth about likes of ENRON or Worldcom in an in depth manner as I believe this would  be counter prodcutive till we have sound footing on Reporting analysis and treatments. But we will see how some of the provisions from GAAP and IFRS have been misused. (take these more like anecdotes)
• Case Studies from the book  
• And continuous evaluation. I am a maverick so expect Quizzes any time. I would use multiple formats for quizzes. Quizzes are great way of doing self-evaluation it tells us how we are progressing and if there is any value addition through these. (besides it also lets me know where I should put more stress.)

2) Macroeconomics :

• Lectures of FRA will have two components besides core lectures:
• Presentations on Economic News (typically gleaned from current Economist Magazine).
• And some Quizes given randomly. Quizes for Macroeconomics would have more simpler formats. Lastly they would also cover current happenings across the Globe. ( Please do understand Politics and Economics are interlinked so they are also game, meaning the reason Barack Obama has failed in getting many of the promised legislations esp. the health care bill passed from Senate has more to do with Democrats and Republican Politics then just the merit of the bill as such.

Both of us would also use the Calendar to announce the necessary readings before each Knowledge Meets. Lastly, if any one of us would like to teach any other subjects ( I am esp. scouting for some one with understanding of Econometric or Stochastic Calculus,& in depth understanding of Derivatives.) please do help us out.

MENTOR-SHIP PROGRAM : We would like this to get off the ground by the end of MARCH. But we can not do this unless we can give confidence to the Alumni that their time and resource would be utilized in a manner that would lead to value addition to their lives also.