MICROECONOMICS
- Course
- ECON101 - MICROECONOMICS
- Department
- Economics - English - Undergraduate
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 7
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Asst. Prof. Dr. Isah WADA
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
Course Description
Course involves introduction to economics, what is economics? Micro and Macro Economics, Needs, wants, preferences, scarcity and consumer preferences, Production Possibilities Frontier, Opportunity Cost, Budget Line, Cost-Benefit Principle, Explicit and Implicit costs, Elasticity -Inferior goods, normal goods, luxury goods, complement goods and substitute goods, Demand Curve and Supply Curve, Excess demand and supply,Demand and Supply functions, Equilibrium price and quantity by using functions, Types of taxes and their effects on demand and supply,Types of Costs; Fixed costs and variable costs. Calculating total revenue and total costs,Calculating profit and loss,Calculating Break even quantity,Drawing Break Even chart,Types of Depreciation and calculating depreciation.
MICROECONOMICS
Evaluation Tools (Active Term)
| Item | Type | Weight (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Quiz 1 | Quiz | 15 |
| Quiz 2 | Quiz | 15 |
| Midterm | Midterm | 30 |
| Final | Final | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
Course outcomes
- 01 Learning and applying the system of ideas regarding the economic thought and decision making
- 02 Comprehending and being able to apply the cost-benefit principle,
- 03 Having a clear idea about factors of production and production costs,
- 04 Ability to apply opportunity cost, economic profit and production possibilities frontier concepts in problem solving
- 05 Understanding and interpreting the demand and supply concepts in the market
- 06 Ability to understand and evaluate the total utility and marginal utility concepts,
- 07 Learning elasticity concept and being able to define the factors which affects the elasticity of demand and elasticity of supply.
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to Economics, what is economics? Micro and Macro Economics |
| Week 2 | Economic way of thinking ; choices ,trade-offs,scarcity ,opportunity cost |
| Week 3 | Production Possibilities Frontier, Budget Line - circular flow diagram |
| Week 4 | Demand and Factors effecting demand -Supply and Factors effecting supply |
| Week 5 | Elasticity - Calculations -Inferior /normal goods, luxury goods, complement and substitute goods |
| Week 6 | midterm |
| Week 7 | midterm |
| Week 8 | Utility and demand |
| Week 9 | output and costs |
| Week 10 | Output and Costs |
| Week 11 | Markets and firms-quiz |
| Week 12 | Perfect Competition |
| Week 13 | Monopoly - quiz |
| Week 14 | Monopolistic competition , oligopolistic markets |
| Week 15 | Revision |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Micheal PARKIN , Economics ( 10 th edition ), 2011 ,Pearson, Addison Wesley
- 02 Robert FRANK and Ben BERNANKE , Principles of Micro Economics, Brief Edition, Second Edition, 2011, McGraw Hill
- 03 N.Gregory MANKIW, (3rd edition), Thomson,South-Western
Learning Outcomes
- L01 To derive possible outcomes by observing microeconomic data SOLO 4
- L02 To define and calculate the factors which affect the elasticity of demand and elasticity of supply. SOLO 2
- L03 To define factors of production and forces of the market. SOLO 2
- L04 To assess the economic performance of markets and the market participants SOLO 5
- L05 To sketch economic models SOLO 2
- L06 To compare the economic performance of different markets with reference to the degree of their competitiveness SOLO 4
- L07 To predict the future economic performance of markets SOLO 5
- L08 To plan production possibilities under scarcity and the gain from trade SOLO 4
Program Outcomes
- P01 1- To have advanced theoretical and practical knowledge supported by textbooks, application tools and other resources including current information in the field of Accounting and Finance.
- P02 2- To be able to use advanced theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in the field of Accounting and Finance.
- P03 3- To be able to interpret and evaluate data, identify problems, analyze and develop solutions based on research and evidence by using advanced knowledge and skills acquired in the field of Accounting and Finance.
- P04 4- To be able to take responsibility as an individual and a team member in order to solve complex and unpredictable problems in accounting and finance applications.
- P05 5- To be able to plan and manage activities for the development of employees under the responsibility of a project.
- P06 6- To be able to determine the learning requirements in the field of Accounting and Finance and to direct their learning.
- P07 7- To be able to inform people and institutions about issues related to the field of accounting and finance, and to be able to transfer their ideas and solution proposals in writing and orally.
- P08 8- To be able to use information and communication technologies together with computer software at the European Computer Driving License Advanced Level required by the field of Accounting and Finance.
- P09 9- To act in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the stages of collecting, interpreting, applying and announcing the results related to the field of accounting and finance.
Po-Lo Matrix
| LO | P01 | P02 | P03 | P04 | P05 | P06 | P07 | P08 | P09 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L02 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L04 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L08 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |