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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 have knowledge which is supported by up-to-date primary and secondary course books and application tools in the field of Visual Communication Design
  2. P02 have technical knowledge necessary for the field of Visual Communication Design
  3. P03 Have knowledge about universal human rights, social justice, quality management, environmental protection, and workplace health.
  4. P04 S/he visualises imagined things in a coherent structure
  5. P05 S/he defines the problems related to communication and finds possible solutions for these problems.
  6. P06 S/he has skills to manage a project/work related to Visual Communication Design independently.
  7. P07 S/he develops and applies projects and activities related with his/her social environment with an awareness of social responsibility.
  8. P08 S/he designates and manages the requirements and processes of learning.
  9. P09 S/he, equipped with advanced knowledge and skills in Visual Communication Design education, who interprets and evaluates data, identifies and analyses problems and finds solutions based on research and facts.
  10. P10 S/he can take responsibility as an individual and a team member in complex and unforeseen problems related to Visual Communication Design projects.
  11. P11 S/he plans, manages and finishes a media content under time restrictions.
  12. P12 S/he approaches advanced knowledge and skills from a critical perspective.
  13. P13 S/he is aware that the Visual Communication Design Department has close ties with new technological developments and also aware of the importance of pursuing these developments which have vital importance for creating new media content.
  14. P14 S/he is a person who informs and expresses thoughts for possible solutions related with Visual Communication Design contents prepared for related individuals and organisations.
  15. P15 S/he shares developments and data related to Visual Communication Design with specialists and non-specialists
  16. P16 S/he acts in Visual Communication Design projects in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical norms.

Po-Lo Matrix

LO P01 P02 P03 P04 P05 P06 P07 P08 P09 P10 P11 P12 P13 P14 P15 P16 Average
L01 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
L02 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
L03 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
L04 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
L05 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
L06 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
L07 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -