ECONOMICS 2202 - Microeconomics

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

ORIENTATION AND DEADLINE DATES

This is an information sheet only, not the course syllabus.

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

A study of consumer behavior, supply and demand, price determination, market structures, factor pricing, international trade and finance, and economic development.  Special topics may include agricultural economics, the economics of risk, environmental economics, and alternative economic systems.  Prerequisite: A score of 53 or higher in algebra domain of Math Placement Test and successful completion of Economics 2201 is recommended.

3 Credit Hours 

 

COURSE MATERIALS

Follow the instructions below to locate information on the textbook and other materials for this course.

1.      From COD home page, click on myACCESS.

2.      Click on Search for Credit Classes.

3.      From the Term drop-down box select the term.

4.      Choose your course from the Subjects drop-down menu.

5.      In the Course # field, enter your course number.

6.      In the Section field, enter the course section number if known.

7.      From the Course Types drop-down menu select Flexible Learning.

8.      Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on SUBMIT.

9.      Click on the Section Name and Title link.

10.  Click on Click here for prices of required textbook(s) and supplies and course material information will be displayed.

 

Alternatively, you can visit the COD Bookstore website to find this information.

                                               

VIDEOTAPES/AUDIOTAPES
Microeconomics: Choices and Change

 

ORIENTATION/ATTENDANCE
Not required

 

EVALUATION/GRADING
Ten video assignments, five unit assignments, five unit exams.

 

COURSE OUTLINE

Number

Required Text

Activity

Videotape

Exam Number

1:   Analysis of Market Equilibrium and Consumer Choice

Chapter 3:   Demand, Supply and the Market

Chapter 4:   The U.S. Economy: Private and Public Sectors

Chapter 7:  Consumer Behaviorer

 

 

Unit Assignment 1

Self Test 1

 

Videos #3, 4, 6

 

 

 

1

2:   Analysis of Elasticity, Production Costs, and Pure Competition

 

Chapter 6:   Elasticity: Consumer Surplus and Producer Surplus

Chapter 8:   Supply: The Costs of Production

 

Chapter 9:   Pure Competition

 

 

Unit Assignment 2

Self Test 2

Videos #5, 7, 8

 

 

 

 

2

3:   Analysis of Noncompetitive Markets and Antitrust Policy

 

Chapter 10 Pure Monopoly

Chapter 11: Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly

Chapter 18: Antitrust Policy and Regulation

 

Unit Assignment 3

Self Test 3

 

Videos # 9, 10

 

 

 

3

4:   Analysis of the Labor Market, Income Distribution, and the Environment

 

Chapter 12: The Demand for Resources

Chapter 13: Wage Determination

Chapter 14: Rent, Interest and Profit

Chapter 20: Income Inequality, Poverty, and Discrimination

 

Unit Assignment 4

Self Test 4

 

Videos # 11, 12

 

 

 

 

4

5:   Analysis of Public Goods, Externalities and Public Choice

 

Chapter 5: The U.S. in the Global economy

Chapter 16: Public Goods, Externalities, and Information Asymmetries

Chapter 17: Public Choice Theory and the Economics of Taxation

 

Unit Assignment 5

Self Test 5

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

07/25/2011