PUBPOL 2000

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PUBPOL 2000
Intermediate Microeconomics

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

Topics include theory of demand and consumer behavior including classical and indifference curve analyses; theories of production and cost; models for the following markets-competitive, monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and inputs; general equilibrium; welfare economics; public goods; and risk.


Prerequisites ECON 1110 or equivalent.

Forbidden Overlaps AEM 2600, AEM 5600, ECON 3030, PUBPOL 2000

Enrollment Information Enrollment limited to: undergraduate students.

Distribution Requirements (SBA-AG), (SBA-HE), (OCE-IL)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2026SP, 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP

Learning Outcomes

  • Employ budget constraints and consumer theory to analyze a wide variety of topics, including income effects, substitution effects, two-period models, team production, and the principle-agent problem.
  • Use the models of perfect competition to analyze both short and long run equilibrium.
  • Use the tools of game theory to analyze strategic pricing, output decisions, campaign spending, advertising, and so on.
  • Explain and apply the models of microeconomics to topics covered in general interest news, topics of political interest, and to a current events.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 12705 PUBPOL 2000   LEC 001

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    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Pitsuwan, F

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12706 PUBPOL 2000   DIS 201

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    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Pitsuwan, F

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12707 PUBPOL 2000   DIS 202

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    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Pitsuwan, F

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12708 PUBPOL 2000   DIS 203

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    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Pitsuwan, F

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12709 PUBPOL 2000   DIS 204

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    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Pitsuwan, F

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12710 PUBPOL 2000   DIS 205

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    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Pitsuwan, F

  • Instruction Mode: In Person