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Dr. Satya J.
Associate Professor of Economics
This course offers an intensive introduction to microeconomics and macroeconomics. Microeconomic topics include hypotheses on the decision making criteria employed by consumers and firms; the structure and functioning of labor, land and investment capital markets; and, the consequences of social costs and benefits generated by private economic activity (also called externalities). Macroeconomic topics include hypotheses on the determinants of aggregate levels of output, employment and prices, and the complex interaction of these variables; the role of foreign exchange rates and international movements of financial wealth upon macroeconomic variables; and, public policies to control unemployment and inflation.
This course is designed primarily for nonmajors who need an introductory prerequisite for a specific 200-level economics course. However, prospective economics majors who have taken a 100-level topics course may take this course in order to complete the prerequisites for all 200-level economics courses, including the intermediate level courses required of all economics majors. Note, however, that the compressed nature of this course means it is, without question, more difficult than EC 103, Introductory Microeconomics, or EC 104, Introductory Macroeconomics.
Please note that this course is NOT open to first-year
students as a first economics course.
|Jan. 28||Course introduction.|
|Feb. 2-4||Supply & Demand: Case & Fair, Chapters 4 & 5|
|Feb. 9-11||Household Behavior & Consumer Choice: Case & Fair, Ch. 6|
|Feb. 16-18||The Production Process & the Behavior of Profit-Maximizing Firms: Case & Fair, Chapters 7-9|
|Feb. 23||Labor and Land Markets: Case & Fair, Ch. 10|
|Feb. 25||Capital Market and the Investment Decision: Case & Fair, Ch. 11|
|March 2||Monopoly: Case & Fair, Ch. 13|
|March 4||Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly: Case & Fair, Ch. 14|
|March 9||Externalities, Public Goods, & Social Choice: Case & Fair, Ch. 16|
|March 11||Midterm Examination|
|March 23||Intro to Macroeconomics: Case & Fair, Chapter 21|
|March 25||Unemployment, Inflation & Growth: Case & Fair, Ch. 23|
|March 30-April 1||Aggregate Demand & The Multiplier: Case &
Macro Caselet: Japanese Household Spending & the MPC
|April 6-8||Fiscal Policy: Case & Fair, Ch.25|
|April 13||Money & The Central Bank: Case & Fair,
Macro Caselet: Russian Central Bank to Print More Money
|April 15||Monetary Policy: Case & Fair, Ch. 27-28|
|April 20-22||Aggregate Demand & Supply: Case & Fair, Ch. 29|
|April 27-29||Balance of Payments & Exchange Rates: Case & Fair, Ch. 36|
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