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Fall 2017 | PA 5021 Section 001: Economics For Policy Analysis and Planning I (21292)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AM
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduction to tools useful for public policy. Intermediate microeconomics, macroeconomics, and concepts of international trade. prereq: [Econ 1101 or equiv] or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jtemple+PA5021+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- The required textbook for this class is Microeconomics by Pindyck and Rubinfeld, 8th edition (2012). A new edition (the 9th) just came out, but to save money students are able to use the older version. The 7th edition would also work. No special access codes are needed.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Most of the students will be first year MPP students, but students in other graduate degree programs are welcome to enroll. Most students will have had a prior microeconomics course, but participating in the Humphrey School's Foundations for Success online review program may be enough preparation for other students.
- Learning Objectives:
- The objective of this course is for you to understand consumer and firm decisions and to understand when government intervention in the private market may be efficient and/or equitable. We will explore how resources are allocated in a market economy and we will investigate the role of government in a market economy (or mixed economy) such as the United States. We will focus most of our time developing the analytical microeconomic tools needed to discuss efficiency and fairness concerns and throughout the semester we will apply these tools to various relevant public policy examples.
This course contributes to several learning objectives for the MPP program, especially (3) "to analyze, synthesize, think critically, solve complex problems, and make decisions" and (4) to understand the role of government in a market economy.
- Grading:
- The course grade will be based on the homeworks ,in class exams,quizzes,and the cumulative final exam.
- Exam Format:
- The exams will be a combination of multiple choice, short one paragraph answers, and problems involving algebra and graphical analysis.
- Workload:
- Look at syllabus for workload within course.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21292/1179
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jtemple_PA5021_Fall2017.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jtemple_PA5021_Fall2015.pdf (Fall 2015)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 August 2017
Fall 2017 | PA 5021 Section 002: Economics For Policy Analysis and Planning I (21293)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Laboratory
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 135
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduction to tools useful for public policy. Intermediate microeconomics, macroeconomics, and concepts of international trade. prereq: [Econ 1101 or equiv] or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jtemple+PA5021+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- The required textbook for this class is Microeconomics by Pindyck and Rubinfeld, 8th edition (2012). A new edition (the 9th) just came out, but to save money students are able to use the older version. The 7th edition would also work. No special access codes are needed.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Most of the students will be first year MPP students, but students in other graduate degree programs are welcome to enroll. Most students will have had a prior microeconomics course, but participating in the Humphrey School's Foundations for Success online review program may be enough preparation for other students.
- Learning Objectives:
- The objective of this course is for you to understand consumer and firm decisions and to understand when government intervention in the private market may be efficient and/or equitable. We will explore how resources are allocated in a market economy and we will investigate the role of government in a market economy (or mixed economy) such as the United States. We will focus most of our time developing the analytical microeconomic tools needed to discuss efficiency and fairness concerns and throughout the semester we will apply these tools to various relevant public policy examples.
This course contributes to several learning objectives for the MPP program, especially (3) "to analyze, synthesize, think critically, solve complex problems, and make decisions" and (4) to understand the role of government in a market economy.
- Grading:
- The course grade will be based on the homeworks ,in class exams,quizzes,and the cumulative final exam.
- Exam Format:
- The exams will be a combination of multiple choice, short one paragraph answers, and problems involving algebra and graphical analysis.
- Workload:
- Look at syllabus for workload within course.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21293/1179
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jtemple_PA5021_Fall2017.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jtemple_PA5021_Fall2015.pdf (Fall 2015)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 August 2017
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