Course Schedule

Course Calendar

Class meeting

Reading assignment

 

10-Mar

1: Welcome to Economics!

 

2: Choice in a World of Scarcity

 
 

17-Mar

3: Demand and Supply

 

24-Mar

4: Labor and Financial Markets

5: Elasticity

 

31-Mar

7: Production, Costs, and Industry Structure

 

7-Apr

NO CLASS (SPRING BREAK)

 

14-Apr

8: Perfect Competition

 

9: Monopoly

 

21-Apr

NO CLASS (ASSESSMENT DAY)

 

28-Apr

10: Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly

 

11: Monopoly and Antitrust Policy

 

5-May

12: Environmental Protection and Negative Externalities

 

13: Positive Externalities and Public Goods

 

12-May

6: Consumer choice

 

14. Labor Markets and Income

 

19-May

17. Financial Markets

 

26-May

19: International Trade

 

20: Globalization and Protectionism

 

2-Jun

 

 

9-Jun

 

 

Last class, date TBD

 

 

Tentative dates for assignments

Homework 1 (Chapters 1, 2,3, 4 and 5): March 27

Homework 2 (Chapters 7, 8,9, 10,11,12 and 13): May 8

Homework 3 (Chapters 6, 14, 17, 19 and 20): May 30

 

Quiz 1 (Chapters 1, 2,3, 4 and 5): March 30

Quiz 2 (Chapters 7, 8,9, 10,11,12 and 13): May 11

Quiz 3 (Chapters 6, 14, 17, 19 and 20): June 2

Final exam (all chapters): June 8

 

Group project

First draft: May 31

Final paper: June 9

Presentation: June 16

 

Individual presentations

24-Mar

Johana

Daniel

Xiaohui

31-Mar

Yhonify

Kelly

Daina

14-Apr

Jasmin

Kristian

Jonathan

28-Apr

Osmaylin

Darian

Isabella

5-May

Ruth

Keyliah

Giovanni

12-May

Andy

Emelin

Brimari

19-May

Sabrina

Bianey

Jan

26-May

Anton

Mugahed

Luís

 

2023 Spring Term Academic Calendar