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$79
Plus membership
3 Credits
All courses include:
eTextbooks
2 to 3-day turnaround for grading
Multiple chances to improve your grade
On-demand tutoring & writing center
Student support 7 days a week
Microeconomics
$79
Plus membership
3 Credits
About This Course
ACE Approved 2021
Our Microeconomics online course analyzes the manner in which markets resolve a problem posed by the reality of scarce resources.
What You'll Learn
Identify and apply relevant terminology and concepts to economic issues and problems.
Compare and contrast the market system of economics with other systems.
Analyze and synthesize the public and private sectors of the U.S. economy.
Use demand and supply models in the analysis of real-world issues.
Use the theory of consumer choice to explain and to predict consumer behavior.
Use market structure models to explain and to predict business firm behavior.
Explain the basis for and the benefits of trade.
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In this Microeconomics course, you will be presented with how a model of efficiency is constructed and analyzed through the topics of demand, supply, production, distribution, consumer choice, the behavior of the firm, and market structure. During this Microeconomics course, you will also spend time discussing market failures and the role of government in a market-driven society.
There are no prerequisites to take Microeconomics.
| Topic | Subtopics |
|---|---|
| Thinking Like an Economist |
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| Comparative Advantage |
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| Supply and Demand |
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| Elasticity |
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| Demand |
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| Perfectly Competitive Supply |
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| Efficiency, Exchange, and the Invisible Hand |
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| Monopoly, Oligopoly, and Monopolistic Competition |
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| Games and Strategic Behavior |
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| An Introduction to Behavioral Economics |
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| Externalities and Property Rights |
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| The Economics of Information |
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| Labor Markets, Poverty, and Income |
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| Public Goods and Tax Policy |
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| International Trade and Trade Policy |
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Your score provides a percentage score and letter grade for each course. A passing percentage is 70% or higher.
Assignments for this course include:
- 4 Graded Exams
- 1 Graded Midterm
- 1 Graded Final
The required eTextbook for this course is included with your course purchase at no additional cost.
Frank, Robert H., Ben S. Bernanke, Kate Antonovics, and Ori Heffetz. Principles of Microeconomics. 8th ed., McGraw Hill, 2022. ISBN: 9781264250387
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