ECON106/2120

Course Description

In this class students learn how to use the framework of microeconomic models to recognize, understand, and interpret the economic phenomena that they observe every day. By the end of the semester, students will be able to

• apply the tools of microeconomics to analyze decisions made by consumers, firms and government entities,

• use the market framework and diagrams to explain and predict the consequences of policy, current events and changing economic conditions, and

• create diagrams and models that illustrate interactions among consumers, firms and other economic agents.

Text and Online Course System

Face-to-face Modality

• The required textbook is Principles of Microeconomics by Mankiw, and the required online homework site is MindTap by Cengage.

Online Modality

• The required textbook is Microeconomics by Hubbard and O’Brien, and the required online homework site is MyEconLab by Pearson.