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SI 562: Microeconomics for Information Professionals
This is a standard course in "intermediate microeconomics" with MSI students as the primary audience. Except for examples drawn from problems involving information goods, services, technologies, and organizations, and discussing a few topics that are especially relevant to information, the content and style of the course are similar to advanced undergraduate and first-year master's classes in economics departments and graduate schools of public policy, management, and public health, among others. This is not a specialized course in the economics of information; SI 646 is a follow-on course that serves that purpose. To be well-prepared for management, policy, and analysis in the information professions, students need to have a solid grounding in standard microeconomic theory and its applications to problem solving. Thus, the primary objective is to teach a set of useful theories and how to apply them to solve problem. The emphasis is on method and application. Students will, consequently, be expected to do a lot of problem-solving homework. It is essential to practice the skills if you want to learn how to use them (and to succeed in the course).
Credits: 1.5
Term offered: Fall
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