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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
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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