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
- 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 Learning and applying the system of ideas regarding the economic thought and decision making
- L02 Comprehending and being able to apply the cost-benefit principle,
- L03 Having a clear idea about factors of production and production costs,
- L04 Ability to apply opportunity cost, economic profit and production possibilities frontier concepts in problem solving
- L05 Understanding and interpreting the demand and supply concepts in the market
- L06 Ability to understand and evaluate the total utility and marginal utility concepts,
- L07 Learning elasticity concept and being able to define the factors which affects the elasticity of demand and elasticity of supply.
Program Outcomes
- P01 Gain the ability to apply the Pharmacy profession.
- P02 Interpret the accuracy and reliability of the current theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of pharmacy, as well as being able to follow and evaluate innovations.
- P03 Practically apply the knowledge they gain on pharmaceutical sciences. The acquired knowledge and skills allow the graduates to act as the closest health consultant to the public with the ability to inform the public.
- P04 Evaluate and apply current technology related to basic subjects and principles covering pharmacy and health sciences and take part in in-service training seminars.
- P05 Know the risks and evaluation of the use of drugs and other chemicals and safe laboratory practices (GMP).
- P06 Acquire the ability to interpret the findings obtained by qualitative and quantitative measurements and to reach valid scientific results from the data.
- P07 Prepare pharmaceuticals and provide guidance on the use of pharmaceutical products.
- P08 Design research and develop projects related to pharmaceutical products; manage and share the results.
- P09 Be competent to accurately and intelligibly communicate and transfer knowledge about prescription content and pharmaceutical products to the patient / user. The graduates are trained on taking necessary precautions for safe drug usage and encouraging rational drug use, as well as providing consultancy and supervision.
- P10 Work in an interdisciplinary environment. Graduates can cooperate with other professional groups, participate in vocational training and activities, have proper knowledge and communication skills.
- P11 Take part in social responsibility projects related to health. Graduates have awareness on sustainable environment and participate in activities and practices related to their profession.
- P12 Open a community pharmacy, also work in hospital pharmacies, can work in different fields related with pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, medical and herbal products, as well as production and quality control in the pharmaceutical industry. Takes part in the professional development of herself/himself, her/his colleagues and pharmacy students.
- P13 Implements the legal and professional law and ethics as a health professional, in issues concerning public health.
- P14 Knows and applies the processes related to drug design from natural or synthetic sources, as well as development, preparation, analysis and metabolism of drugs in the human body.
Po-Lo Matrix
| LO | P01 | P02 | P03 | P04 | P05 | P06 | P07 | P08 | P09 | P10 | P11 | P12 | P13 | P14 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L02 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L04 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |