By the end of the course, you will be able to understand introductory microeconomic theory, solve basic microeconomic problems, and use these techniques to think about a number of policy questions relevant to the operation of the real economy.
Students should also have the skills needed to:
1) Use supply and demand diagrams to analyze the impact of overall changes in supply and demand on price and quantity.
2) Solve a consumer's utility maximization problem mathematically and graphically; analyze the impact of changes in price and income on a consumer's decision via shifting income and substitution effects.
3) Understand the consumer's labor supply decision.
4) Solve a firm's cost minimization problem mathematically and graphically.
5) Analyze the behavior of firms in a perfectly competitive market in the short-run and the long-run.
6) Calculate producer and consumer surplus.
7) Analyze the behavior of firms in a monopoly or oligopoly, and calculate the resulting changes in producer or consumer surplus.
8) Understand consumer behavior under uncertainty.
9) Use economic tools to analyze economic policies.
为积极响应国家低碳环保政策， 2021年秋季学期开始，中国大学MOOC平台将取消纸质版的认证证书，仅提供电子版的认证证书服务，证书申请方式和流程不变。
电子版认证证书支持查询验证，可通过扫描证书上的二维码进行有效性查询，或者访问 http://www.icourse163.org/verify，通过证书编号进行查询。学生可在“个人中心-证书-查看证书”页面自行下载、打印电子版认证证书。
完成课程教学内容学习和考核，成绩达到课程考核标准的学生（每门课程的考核标准不同，详见课程内的评分标准），具备申请认证证书资格，可在证书申请开放期间（以申请页面显示的时间为准），完成在线付费申请。
认证证书申请注意事项：
1. 根据国家相关法律法规要求，认证证书申请时要求进行实名认证，请保证所提交的实名认证信息真实完整有效。
2. 完成实名认证并支付后，系统将自动生成并发送电子版认证证书。电子版认证证书生成后不支持退费。
教材：
Samuelson &Nordhaus, Economics 19E (双语注疏版)
参考资料：
Jeffrey M. Perloff, Microeconomics, 7th Ed, Pearson, 2014