Listed in: Economics, as ECON-111
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Daniel P. Barbezat (Sections 02 and 04F)
Tyler Porter (Sections 01, 01F, 02F and 03F)
Neil W. White (Sections 01, 01F, 02F and 03F)
A study of the central problem of scarcity and of the ways in which the U.S. economic system allocates scarce resources among competing ends and apportions the goods produced among people. Two 80-minute lectures and one 50-minute lecture/discussion per week. Requisite for all other courses in Economics.
Limited to 25 students per section. Fall and spring semesters. The Department.
How to handle overenrollment: Drop students who do not attend the first class and admit students from a waiting list.
Students who enroll in this course will likely encounter and be expected to engage in the following intellectual skills, modes of learning, and assessment: Quantitative reasoning; modes of learning and assessment include readings, lectures, problem sets, in-class quizzes, exams, short paper, graphical analysis, group discussion.