EconS 101 – Fundamentals of Microeconomics, Fall 2024

Meeting Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:30pm PT (CUE 203)

Midterm #1 (in class):

CH 6: Elasticity: definitions and applications (week 6 and 7)

CH 7: Taxes – efficiency and fairness (week 7)

CH 9: Decision Making (week 8)

CH 10: Externalities (week 9)

CH 11: Public Goods and Common Resources (week 10)

CH 12: The Economics of the Welfare State (week 11)

Review Session (Tuesday October 29th)

Midterm #2 (in class):

CH 13: The Rational Consumer (week 12)

CH 14 and 15: The Production Decision (week 13)

Chapter 16: Monopoly (week 14)

Chapter 17: Oligopoly (week 15)

Review Session – December 3rd

Final Exam (in class): December 11th, from 1:30pm. to 3:30p.m.

Assignments- Due dates [Students are required to register in Achieve Macmillan Learning webpage (you will find it in Canvas) to answer problem sets]

HW1-Ch. 1: First Principles	08/28
HW2-Ch. 2: Economic Models	09/04
HW3-Ch. 3: Supply and Demand	09/11
HW4-Ch. 4: Consumer and Producer Surplus	09/18
HW5-Ch. 5: Price Controls and Quotas	09/23 (Monday)
HW6-Ch. 6: Elasticity	10/02
HW7-Ch. 7: Taxes	10/09
HW8-Ch. 9: Decision Making	10/16
HW9-Ch. 10: Externalities	10/23
HW10-CH11: Public Goods and Common Resources	10/30
HW11-CH12: The Economics of the Welfare State	11/04 (Monday)
HW12-CH13: The Rational Consumer	11/13
HW13-CH14 & 15: The Production Decision	11/20
HW14-CH16 & 17: Monopoly & Oligopoly	12/06 (Friday)

Quizzes- Due dates [Students are required to register in Achieve Macmillan Learning webpage (you will find it in Canvas) to answer quizzes]

Quiz. 1: Chapters 1 and 2	09/08
Quiz. 2: Chapters 3 and 4	09/22
Quiz. 3: Chapters 5 and 6	10/06
Quiz. 4: Chapters 7 and 9	10/20
Quiz. 5: Chapters 10 and 11	11/03
Quiz. 6: Chapters 12 and 13	11/20

Grading scale:

A	88-100	C	55-59
A-	80-87	C-	50-54
B+	74-79	D+	45-49
B	70-75	D	40-44
B-	65-69	F	0-39
C+	60-64

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