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EC 103 - Microeconomics


Credit Hours: 3

Traditional value theory on the pricing of products and factors of production to give insights into the nature of a market economy and the way it achieves both the allocation of resources and distribution of income.

Fulfills SUNY General Education – Social Sciences.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will demonstrate an understanding of:

  • supply and demand principles;
  • the elasticity of demand and supply;
  • consumer choice in a market economy;
  • cost and producer choices;
  • profit maximization;
  • the four market structures;
  • government regulations;
  • positive and negative externalities;
  • resource markets;
  • competitive labor markets;
  • the land market and natural resources;
  • aging, social security, and health care; and
  • income distribution, poverty, and government policy.


F/S (C, N, S)