ECON& 201 Micro Economics

5 credits

Examines the market economy including consumer demand, production, exchange, the price system, resource allocation and the role of government in the economy. Students analyze resource and income distribution, assess consumer and business behavior, and evaluate price determination and production cost.

This course meets the Social Science general education distribution requirement.

Prerequisites: MATH 98 or MATH 99 (or placement into any college-level, transferable MATH/MATH& course) and ENGL 99 (or placement into ENGL& 101 or higher)

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Evaluate economic examples as related to personal incentives and voluntary exchanges
Explain the concept of opportunity cost
Define how traditional, command, and market forces affect the production and distribution of goods and services in a market economy and identify and analyze the interaction among these forces
Use economic reasoning, principles, and models to identify the possible causes and evaluate possible solutions for current microeconomic issues, such as productivity growth, wage differentials, and poverty
Compare and contrast the major traditions of economic thought as they apply to microeconomic theory and policy, in particular to the role of government in the market system.
Identify and explain the major forces impacting the distribution of income and wealth in modern U.S. capitalism, including the impact of discrimination
Identify and describe situations where market outcomes are socially undesirable, analyze the causes of market failure, and compare and contrast alternative remedies
Use graphical representations and economic models
Evaluate newspaper articles dealing with micro-economic issues

College-Wide Learning Outcomes
This course teaches to the college-wide learning outcome of Cultural Humility, the ability to practice lifelong learning and critical self-reflection in order to understand one’s own cultural identity and its impact on being open to and supporting the cultures of others.

Total Hours: 50 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 50