Microeconomic Theory

Harvard Extension School

ECON E-1010

Section 1

CRN 23285

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This course presents the basic analytical tools of microeconomics. We start by looking at the decision making of individual consumers and ask how these decisions can be optimized or improved. Next, we look at the ways firms make and coordinate their decisions under varying market structures, including perfect competition and monopoly. Then we look at strategic behavior in imperfectly competitive markets, making use of concepts from game theory such as Nash equilibrium. Finally, we study information economics and measures of social welfare.

Instructor Info

Bruce D. Watson, MA

Master Lecturer on Economics, Boston University and Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University


Meeting Info

M 8:10pm - 10:10pm (1/27 - 5/17)

Participation Option: Online Asynchronous or Online Synchronous

In online asynchronous courses, you are not required to attend class at a particular time. Instead you can complete the course work on your own schedule each week.

Deadlines

Last day to register: January 23, 2025

Additional Time Commitments

Optional sections to be arranged.

Prerequisites

A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. ECON E-10a, ECON E-1000, or the equivalent; MATH E-8, or the equivalent understanding of introductory college-level algebra.

Notes

This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.

Syllabus

All Sections of this Course

CRN Section # Participation Option(s) Instructor Section Status Meets Term Dates
16651 1 Online Asynchronous, Online Synchronous Dorian Klein Open M 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Sep 3 to Dec 21
35799 1 Online Asynchronous, Online Synchronous Field not found in response. Jun 24 to Aug 9
23285 1 Online Asynchronous, Online Synchronous Bruce Watson Open M 8:10pm - 10:10pm
Jan 27 to May 17
16157 2 Online Asynchronous, Online Synchronous Zinnia Mukherjee Open Th 8:10pm - 10:10pm
Sep 3 to Dec 21
26839 2 Online Synchronous Alexis Montecinos Bravo Open T 7:40pm - 9:40pm
Jan 27 to May 17