Microeconomics

MICROECONOMICS ECO 101-01

Monday / Thursday 12:30-1:50 BB 226

COURSE SCHEDULE

Date/Day	Chapter (pages)	Topic	Test Yourself (T); Discussion Questions (Q)	Research Activity
Jan 22 M	1 Apx	Introduction; Graphs	1- D: 2,3 1 Apx: T: 1-5
25 R	1, 2	Economics	D: 3,5,6
29 M	3	Scarcity and Choice	T: 1-4; D: 1,3,5
Feb 1 R	4	Supply and Demand	T: 1,2,3,5,7 D: 1,3,4,6
5 M	5; 5,6 Apx	Consumer Choice	5-T: 1,2,5,6 D: 1-3; 5 Apx-T: 1-3
8 R	6	Elasticity	T: 2,5,6 D: 1,3,4
12 M	Ch 1-6*	Exam 1
15 R	No Class
19 M	7; 18 (370-2)	Production, Costs; Marginal Revenue Product	7-T: 1-3,5,8,9; 7-D: 1
19M-22R				Proposal meetings
22 R	8; 8 Apx	Outputs, Price, Profits	T: 1-3,5-8
26 M	21; 21 Apx	International Trade and its Implications	21-T: 1; D: 2,4,6,7 21 Apx-T: 1
29 R	20	Income, Poverty; Discrimination	T:1,2;D:2,4,5
Mar 4 M	17	Taxation	T:1-3,5; D:2,5
7 R	Ch 7-8, 17, 20-21*	Exam 2
18 M	10	Perfect Competition	T: 1-3,5; D: 1,3,5
21 R	12	Monopoly	T: 2-4; D: 1, 3,4,7	Research A Due
25 M	13 (234-51)	Oligopoly	T: 1-4; D: 6,7,9,10
28 R	13 (230-34)	Monopolistic Competition	D: 3
Apr 1 M	14 (255-65)	Limiting Market Power: Antitrust	D: 1,3,7,13-15
4 R	14 (265-74)	Limiting Market Power: Regulation	D: 4-6
8 M	Ch10-14	Exam 3
11 R	16 part	Externalities	T:1-4 D:2-4	Research B Due
15 M	16 part	Externalities
18 R	19	Labor; Innovation	T: 1,3,4; D: 1,5,8,13,14
22 M	15; 20 Apx	Shortcomings of Free Markets	15-T: 1,2,4,5 D: 2-4
25 R	11	Free Market: Price System	T: 1 D:1-5
29 M	22	Contemporary Issues		Research C Due
May 3 R
	Ex4A Ch 11,15-16,19, 20Apx Ex4B Ch2-8,10-22*	Exam 4A + 4B (Final Exam)

February 10, 2024 Apx = Appendix * Includes appendices specified above