Microeconomics

Course Overview

In this course, students learn about how consumers and producers interact to form a market and then how and why the government may intervene in that market. Students deepen their understanding of basic microeconomic theory through class discussion and debate, problem solving, and written reflection.

Students visit a local production site and write a report using the market principles they have learned. Economic ways of thinking about the world help them better understand their roles as consumers and workers, and someday, as voters and producers.

NCAA-approved course

UC-approved course

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Competencies

• Communicate and empathize with people who have perspectives and experiences different from your own
• Organize your time and tasks to learn independently
• Apply economic analysis to contemporary issues
• Develop fluency with economic models and concepts
• Problem solve, designing private market strategies and public policies to address real world problems