MICROECONOMICS 111.3 (02) Summer 2009

  COURSE OUTLINE
the study of individual consumers, producers and 
their interaction in markets

Instructor::  Harry Hillman Chartrand, PhD     

Location:   111.3 (02) Arts 212            

Class:        MTWThF 8:30-10:50 July 2 - 22, 2009 

Phone: 244-6945

 Email:   h-chartrand@shaw.ca

 Website: http://members.shaw.ca/elementaleconomics

 * All communication thru my Shaw account.  Specify which section and your student number.  See Notice at end of outline. 

Required Text:  McConnell, Brue & Barbiero, Microeconomics, 11th Ed., McGraw-Hill Ryerson

Previous Texts:     McConnell, Brue & Barbiero, Microeconomics, 10th Ed; Parkin & Bade, Microeconomics: Canada in the Global Environment , 4th or 5th Edition

Evaluation: Multiple Choice                                   
On-Line Testing *         @ 10% =                                 10%  PAWS, Academics,  My Courses, ECON 111, Web Tests
3 Midterm Tests   **    @ 10% =                                  30%
1 Final Exam               @ 60% =                                   60%  
                                                                                           100% Progressive Marking

* Online testing associated with each midterm is to be completed by midnight before the midterm.

Online tests go into review mode with answers, after each midterm, to help prepare for the final exam. 

** The weight of any missed midterm (10%) will be transferred to the final exam (60-70%).

 No notes or documentation required to explain absence.   

Topics

Themes

Links

1.0 Introduction

Ch. 1 & 2

1.1 Overview

1.1.1 Ten Thumbnail Micro

1.1.2 Three Page Symbolic Micro

1.2 Concepts

1.3 Macroeconomics

1.4 Intro Links

2.0 Demand

Ch. 5

2.1 Utility
2.2 Demand Curve

2.3 Demand Links

3.0 Supply

Ch. 6

3.1 Definitions
3.2 Assumptions
3.3 Supply Curve

3.4 Supply Links

4.0 Markets

Ch.  3 & 4

4.1 Supply & Demand
4.2 Equilibrium & Elasticity
4.3 Public Intervention

4.4 Market Links

1st Midterm Test

Ch. 1-6

in class

5.0 Competition

Ch. 7, 8 & 9

5.1 Perfect Competition
5.2 Monopoly
5.3 Oligopoly
5.4 Monopolistic

5.5 Competition Links

2nd Midterm Test

Ch. 7, 8 & 9

in  class

6.0 Market Failures & Externalities

Ch. 15

6.1 Government
6.2 Environment & Knowledge

6.3 Externality Links

6.4 Selected Articles

3rd Midterm

Ch. 15

in class

Final

Ch. 1-9, 15

to be announced 

NOTICE

1. All testing is multiple choice.  For midterms & final exams 'op scan' sheets are used.  Students must use a lead pencil 'to fill in the dots' and code their student number correctly.  Failure to correctly code the student number will result in delay in results and demerit.

2. No electronic devices are allowed, by Departmental policy, in midterm and final examinations excepting approved calculators specifically Texas Instruments T1-502SV  for $4.95 or Texas Instrument T1-30Xa for $11.95.  Both are available at the 'U' bookstore.  For my classes a calculator is necessary only for online testing purposes.  

3. Plagiarism & Academic Dishonesty will not be tolerated.