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MICROECONOMICS

Course
ECON101 - MICROECONOMICS
Department
Economics - English - Undergraduate
Course Type
Course
Status
Required
Language
English
Credit
3
ECTS
6
T+P+L
3 + 0 + 0
Course Coordinator(s)
Asst. Prof. Dr. Isah WADA
Prerequisite
-
Keywords

Course Description

This course involves introduction to economics with the question; 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 all will be focused on.

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

  1. 01 Learning and applying the system of ideas regarding the economic thought and decision making
  2. 02 Comprehending and being able to apply the cost-benefit principle,
  3. 03 Having a clear idea about factors of production and production costs,
  4. 04 Ability to apply opportunity cost, economic profit and production possibilities frontier concepts in problem solving
  5. 05 Understanding and interpreting the demand and supply concepts in the market
  6. 06 Ability to understand and evaluate the total utility and marginal utility concepts,
  7. 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

  1. 01 Micheal PARKIN , Economics ( 10 th edition ), 2011 ,Pearson, Addison Wesley
  2. 02 Robert FRANK and Ben BERNANKE , Principles of Micro Economics, Brief Edition, Second Edition, 2011, McGraw Hill
  3. 03 N.Gregory MANKIW, (3rd edition), Thomson,South-Western

Learning Outcomes

  1. L01 Learning and applying the system of ideas regarding the economic thought and decision making
  2. L02 Comprehending and being able to apply the cost-benefit principle,
  3. L03 Having a clear idea about factors of production and production costs,
  4. L04 Ability to apply opportunity cost, economic profit and production possibilities frontier concepts in problem solving
  5. L05 Understanding and interpreting the demand and supply concepts in the market
  6. L06 Ability to understand and evaluate the total utility and marginal utility concepts,
  7. L07 Learning elasticity concept and being able to define the factors which affects the elasticity of demand and elasticity of supply.

Program Outcomes

  1. P01 1. Recognized and applied all the learning tools and techniques learnt which they will implement throughout their lives and future careers.
  2. P02 2. Become confident in their knowledge and skills so that they can successfully study and work on their own.
  3. P03 3. Attained a high level of professionalism through the fundamental knowledge and skills gained in both marketing and digital fields.
  4. P04 4. Demonstrated a solid understanding of core business principles in the primary areas of digital marketing, web technologies, new media and management, as well as the interconnectedness of these disciplines in the running of an organization.
  5. P05 5. Been able to critically implement their knowledge and skills in both written, oral and digital forms to an intended audience, based on creative and analytical approaches.
  6. P06 6.Demonstrated their understanding of the ethical and protected use of various new media such as social media, mobile technology, web analytics, search engine optimization, and viral advertising in both their studies and careers.
  7. P07 7. Implemented best practices in business for planning, decision-making, and problem-solving based on collaborative work and studies.
  8. P08 8. Demonstrated effective communication skills in addition to in-depth of analysis and synthesis which are essential in multicultural educational and work contexts.
  9. P09 9. Demonstrated critical thinking characterized by the ability to define business problems with the evidence available, discern fact from opinion, determine underlying causes, formulate and evaluate potential solutions.
  10. P10 10. Been able to implement ideas and concepts through the development and creation of digital content for effective social media marketing strategies, and designing and evaluating the effectiveness of interactive web sites to increase web traffic flows, visibility, consumer satisfaction and response rates.
  11. P11 11. Embodied integrity in their work and actions, honor confidentiality, followed generally accepted codes of conduct in the digital marketing industry.
  12. P12 12. Devoted themselves to follow the codes of ethics, improve privacy issues with social media, conflict, and citizenship in order to frame a better understanding of digital marketing.

Po-Lo Matrix

LO P01 P02 P03 P04 P05 P06 P07 P08 P09 P10 P11 P12 Average
L01 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
L02 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
L03 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
L04 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
L05 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
L06 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
L07 - - - - - - - - - - - - -