科目ナンバー

GM-OM1-GC04

履修条件・関連科目等

授業で使用する言語

英語

授業で使用する言語（その他の言語）

授業の概要

This course will introduce the tools of microeconomic analysis that will give you insight into how economic models can help us grasp important real world phenomena. Topics include supply and demand interaction, utility maximization, profit maximization, perfect competition and efficiency, monopoly power, imperfect competition, game theory, and asymmetric information. This course develops a coherent framework, i.e., economic models, to analyze and organize observed economic phenomena. The students are expected to build logical thinking ability that helps explain and predict a wide variety of economic issues.

科目目的

Students who successfully complete the following two criteria will receive a grade of B or better.
(or, Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:)
1. Demonstrate a rigorous understanding of microeconomic theory.
2. Develop quantitative skills in formulating the economic behaviors of consumers and firms using calculus
3. Compare arguments concerning business and politics, and make good conjectures regarding the alternative options
4. Understand the textbook written in English, and explain/discuss how to derive solutions in English

到達目標

Successful students may be able to understand issues related to microeconomics, and to be ready for study advanced economics-related couses.

授業計画と内容

Week 01 Course Outline;
Ch02. Thinking Like an Economist.

Week 02 Ch03. Interdependence and the Gains from Trade

Week 03 Ch05. Elasticity and Its Application.

Week 04 Ch06. Supply, Demand, and Government Policies.

Week 05 Exam #1;
Ch07. Consumers, Producers, and the Efficiency of Markets.

Week 06 Ch07. Consumers, Producers, and the Efficiency of Markets.

Week 07 Ch09. Application - International Trade

Week 08 Ch10. Externalities.

Week 09 Ch11. Public Goods and Common Resources.
Exam #2

Week 10 Guest Speech**;
Ch13. The Costs of Production.

Week 11 Ch14. Firms in Competitive Markets.

Week 12 Ch15. Monopoly.

Week 13 Ch17. Oligopoly.

Week 14 Final Exam

**The date of the guest speech is subject to the speaker's convenient time. Students are expected to attend the speech and submit a speech report.**

授業時間外の学修の内容

指定したテキストやレジュメを事前に読み込むこと／授業終了後の課題提出

授業時間外の学修の内容（その他の内容等）

授業時間外の学修に必要な時間数／週

・毎週１回の授業が半期（前期または後期）または通年で完結するもの。１週間あたり４時間の学修を基本とします。
・毎週２回の授業が半期（前期または後期）で完結するもの。１週間あたり８時間の学修を基本とします。

成績評価の方法・基準

成績評価の方法・基準（備考）

課題や試験のフィードバック方法

授業時間内で講評・解説の時間を設ける／その他

課題や試験のフィードバック方法（その他の内容等）

Students are encourage to email the instructor for any questions. Email address is given as follows:
flyhigh16888@outlook.com

アクティブ・ラーニングの実施内容

PBL（課題解決型学習）／ディスカッション、ディベート／グループワーク

アクティブ・ラーニングの実施内容（その他の内容等）

Group discussing using breakout room

授業におけるICTの活用方法

その他

授業におけるICTの活用方法（その他の内容等）

PC, internet, and Manaba.

実務経験のある教員による授業

はい

【実務経験有の場合】実務経験の内容

Academic Experience:
1. Adjunct Professor, Chuo University, Japan
2. Associate Professor and Director, University of Colorado Denver, USA
3. Assistant Professor, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
4. Research/Teaching Assistant, Boston University & University of Connecticut, USA

【実務経験有の場合】実務経験に関連する授業内容

Industry Experience:
1. Independent Board Director
2. Financial Director
3. Vice General Manager
4. Senior Financial Analyst
5. Research Associate

テキスト・参考文献等

Required textbook (the same textbook you have used in the "Introductory Economics"):
By N. Gregory Mankiw
"Principles of Economics" 9th Edition
Publisher: Cengage

Please purchase a copy of the textbook at the University Bookstore. Online MindTap course ware must be bundled. Don't buy or use a second-hand copy. You cannot submit online Aplia problem sets without MindTap course ware, which comes only with a new copy available at the bookstore.

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