ECON 5010

An introduction to graduate-level microeconomic theory, including topics such as utility maximization and individual choice, decision-making under uncertainty, producer theory (technology, costs and profit maximization), alternative market structures (competition, monopoly and oligopoly), general equilibrium, game theory and the economics of information. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the M.A. program Recommended Background: One course (3.0 credit hours) in Microeconomics at the senior undergraduate level AND One course (3.0 credit hours) in Mathematics for Economics