ECON 3310.

051 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory

Fall 2010, Thursday, 7-9:45, GR 3.420, School of EPPS, UTDallas
Dr. Kruti Dholakia-Lehenbauer

CONTACT INFORMATION
Main Phone 972-883-2926
Office Location GR 3.232
Email Address kruti@utdallas.edu
Office Hours W/F 4:00-5:30 PM; R 5:00-6:30 PM or By appointment
Other Information Please email me if you are arriving for office hours or for appointment

GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION

Prerequisite: ECON 2302 and either ECON 3304, MATH 2417 or MATH 1325
Pre-requisites
The study of theories of demand, production, competition, markets, and
Course Description welfare are covered in this class. Implications of theory for purposes of public
policy prescriptions are given particular emphasis.
The course goals are:
· Obtaining equilibrium in a variety of economic models
· Learning how to solve utility maximization and profit maximization
constrained optimization problems.
Learning Outcomes
· Learning how to plot indifference curves and provide economic
interpretations of their slopes.
· State basic facts about elasticities of demand, income and wealth
distributions, and sources of tax revenue in the U.S.
Required Texts &
Pindyck, R. and D. Rubinfeld Microeconomics, 7th Edition, Prentice Hall.
Materials

COURSE POLICIES
Class Participation – 20%;
Exam 1 – 40%;
Exam 2 – 40%
GRADING:
Grading
91-100: A-, A, A+
(credit) Criteria
81-90: B-, B, B+
71-80: C-, C, C+
61-70: D-, D, D+
Less than 61: F
Regular attendance is highly desirable. You are also responsible for all
announcements made in class, whether or not you attend. Thus, the best policy is to
attend every class. If you have to miss a class, due to illness or other unavoidable
Class conflict, try to borrow a fellow student’s notes and informing me in advance. Class
Attendance Participation grade is not based only on attendance but also on submissions, etc. that
I might be assigning in class. No makeup EXAMS will be offered for any student except
in circumstances that I deem worthy of paying attention to and that implies that such
a process would be highly subjective!

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ECON 3310.051 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
Fall 2010, Thursday, 7-9:45, GR 3.420, School of EPPS, UTDallas
Dr. Kruti Dholakia-Lehenbauer

CLASS SCHEDULE
DATE TOPICS, READINGS, ASSIGNMENTS
19-Aug Part 1 - Introduction: Markets and
26-Aug Prices - Ch. 1, 2
2-Sep
9-Sep
Part 2 - Producers, Consumers, and
16-Sep
Competitive Markets - Ch. 3-9
23-Sep
30-Sep
7-Oct EXAM 1
14-Oct
21-Oct Part 3 - Market Structure and
28-Oct Competitive Strategy - Ch. 10-15
4-Nov
11-Nov Part 4 - Information, Market Failure
18-Nov and Role of Government - Ch. 16-18
25-Nov NO CLASS
2-Dec EXAM 2

These descriptions and timelines are subject to change at the discretion of the Professor.

For those of you who wish to look at the ancillary syllabus material, please visit:
http://go.utdallas.edu/syllabus-policies.

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