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2025-2026 Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Catalog

ECON 252 - Principles of Microeconomics


Credit Hours: 3
Billable Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites: RDG 090  and ENGL 090  and MATH 090  or qualifying scores on accepted placement tests
C6 General Education Social Systems Satisfier Y
MTA Social Sciences Satisfier Y
Session Cycle: FWSU

This is a survey course of the microeconomic system, including ideas relating to pricing and output determination, factor income, market efficiency, market failure, economic development, international economics and market structures.

Notes: Business Division

Theory Hours: 45

Learning Outcomes:  

  1. Identify/Recognize the key principles of economics, concepts of supply, demand, price and market equilibrium and mechanisms.

Applies to Business Management, A.A.S.  Outcome A.

Applies to General Education Social Systems Competency  Objectives A, B, and D.

  2. Identify/Recognize market structures, determinants of output and price decisions made in each of the market structures.

Applies to Business Management, A.A.S.  Outcome A.

Applies to General Education Social Systems Competency  Objectives A, B, and D.

  3. Identify/Recognize the concepts of elasticity, market efficiency and market failure.

Applies to Business Management, A.A.S.  Outcome A.

Applies to General Education Social Systems Competency  Objectives A, B, and D.

  4. Demonstrate understanding of the principles of international trade.

Applies to Business Management, A.A.S.  Outcome A.

Applies to General Education Social Systems Competency  Objective C.