Course Outline
	Schedule:		Topic:			Readings:			Assessment:
	Week 1		Introduction			Study the course syllabus/website
	Jan 14 – Jan 18		The Microeconomic Way of Thinking						2
						Read Six Principles
	Week 2		Demand & Supply			Read H&L, Ch. 3-4			3 & 4
	Jan 21 – Jan 25
	Week 3		D&S (cont.)
	Jan 28 – Feb 1		No class Monday or Wednesday!
	Week 4		Consumer Behavior			Read H&L, Ch. 5			5
	Feb 4 – Feb 8					http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4497904
	Week 5		Theory of the Firm			Read Norberg, "Entrepreneurs are Heroes of the World"
	Feb 11 – Feb 15
	Week 6
	Feb 18 – Feb 22					First Midterm Exam
						Friday, February 22
	Week 7		Production and Costs			Read H&L, Ch. 6			6
	Feb 25 – Feb 29
			Spring Break
			Monday, March 3 -Friday, March 7
	Week 8		Theory of Producer Behavior			Read H&L, Ch. 7			7
	Mar 10 – Mar 14
	Week 9		Producer Behavior in the Real World			Read H&L, Ch. 8-10			8 - 10
	Mar 17 – Mar 21					Read Heyne et al, Ch. 8-10
	Week 10					Second Midterm Exam
	Mar 24 – Mar 28					Friday, March 28
	Week 11
	Mar 31 – Apr 4
	Week 12		Income Distribution & Poverty			Read H&L, Ch.11-12			11- 12
	Apr 7 – Apr 11
	Week 13		Pollution & Environmental Problems			Read H & L, Ch. 14-15			14 - 15
	Apr 14 – Apr 18
	Week 14		International Trade			Read H & L, Ch. 16			16
	Apr 21 – Apr 25
						Final Exam
					Wednesday, April 30, 8:30am