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Revision 6 closed April 3, 2006, replaced by current version.
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Delivery mode: Individualized study. (Will soon be offered online. Confirm status before registering.) Grouped study**
Credits: 3 - Social Science
Prerequisite: None.
Centre: School of Business
ECON 247 has a Challenge for Credit option.
Télé-université du Québec equivalency: ECO 1015
**Note: Students registering in grouped study, or grouped study international mode are advised that there may be some differences in the evaluation and course materials information indicated below. To obtain the most up-to-date information, contact the School of Business Call Centre at 1-800-468-6531.
ECON 247 is designed to introduce microeconomics—the area of economics concerned with the behaviour of specific economic units (households and firms). Microeconomics as a field of study focuses on the operation of the economy at the level of the units in which basic choices are made in the face of scarcity; it is, therefore, primarily concerned with markets and prices.
Unit 1: The Nature and Method of Economics
Unit 2: The Market System: The Basics of Demand and Supply
Unit 3: Applying the Principles of Supply and Demand
Unit 4: Further Topics in the Theory of Consumer Demand
Unit 5: The Cost of Production
Unit 6: Price and Output Determination: Pure Competition
Unit 7: Pure Monopoly: Control and Regulation
Unit 8: Price and Output Determination: Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly
Unit 9: Supply and Demand of Resources
Unit 10: Wage Levels and Income Distribution
To receive credit for ECON 247, you must achieve a composite course grade of at least a “D” (50 percent) and a grade of at least 50 percent on the final examination. The weighting of the course assignments is as follows:
4 Quizzes (5% each) | 2 Assignments (15% each) | Final Exam | Total |
---|---|---|---|
20% | 30% | 50% | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
McConnell, C. R., Brue, S. L., and Barbiero, T. P. (2002). Microeconomics. (9th Canadian ed.). Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
Walstad, W. B., Bingham, R. C., and Anderson, T. (2002). Study guide to accompany Microeconomics (9th Canadian ed.). Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
The course materials also include a course manual and assignment booklet and two workbooks.