Intermediate Microeconomics I
ECON 205
Dr. Claire Hammond
Fall 2000
E-Mail: hammonc@wfu.edu
Office: 121 Carswell, x 5292
http://www.wfu.edu/users/hammonc/
This course explores microeconomics, or price theory, the study of the ways in which consumers and producers make choices, and the ways in which these choices interact with each other.
Required Textbook:
Jeffrey M. Perloff, Microeconomics, Second Edition, 2001
Grading:
First Test 25% Thursday, October 5, 6 pm.
Second Test 25% Thursday, November 9, 6 pm
Final Exam 40% Thurs., Dec. 14 at 2 pm or Sat., Dec. 16 at 2 pm.
Assignments 10%
We will not have class on Friday, Sept. 8 or Monday, Sept. 11. A makeup class is scheduled for Tuesday, September 12 at 7 pm.
Course Outline:
I. Supply and Demand Theory: Chs. 1, 2 and 3
II. Consumer Theory: Chs. 4 and 5
III. Producer Theory: Chs. 6 and 7
IV. Competition and Welfare Theory: Chs. 8, 9 and 10