Summer 2008 - Section 1
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- Grades added to database 6-15-08
Course Description:
This is an introductory course in microeconomics. This course is intended to give students an understanding of theory and policy of human responses to scarcity; how this affects business competition, international trade, industrial organization, investment, and income distribution.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn the basic terminology of microeconomics.
- Apply the concepts of choice and opportunity cost to basic situations involving scarcity and clearly identifies feasible choices.
- Understand how markets operate and be able to identify welfare outcomes for consumers and firms.
- Understand how different market structures, firm technologies and economic and social policies affect market equilibrium and welfare outcomes.
Disability Statement:
We are committed to providing assistance to help you be successful in this course. Reasonable accommodations are available for students with a documented disability. Please visit the Disability Resource Center (DRC) during the first two weeks of every semester to seek information or to qualify for accommodations. All accommodations MUST be approved through the DRC (Admin Annex Bldg), Room 205). Call 509-335-3417 to make an appointment with a disability counselor.
Instructor
Nathan Skuza
Office: 311D Hulbert Hall
Office Hrs: By appointment only
E-mail: skuzan@wsu.edu
Session 1
Time and place
Mon-Fri, 1:30 p.m.
JSNH C105
May 5 -- June 13