Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2016 - 2017 
    
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Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2016 - 2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ECON 101H - Principles of Microeconomics

3 Units
Recommended prior coursework: MATH 140 . An introduction to microeconomics. Topics generally include supply, demand and equilibrium; opportunity cost and scarcity; consumer theory; costs and profit maximization by firms; competition; effects of government policies such as price ceilings, price floors and taxes; and the way various markets operate, such as markets for labor, consumer products and loanable funds. Emphasis on the quantitative models of problem-solving skills. Students are required to identify an economic issue to explore as their research topic and present their findings and possible policy changes to resolve the issues to an evaluative committee.
University scholars program students only; May not be audited