Econ 2201 Section 011 Fall 2017: Tencent Company

（20% Research Project: Each student will be responsible for picking a research topic and writing an 6-10-page essay, worth 10% of the grade, and then present their research in a 5-10 minute video for the remaining 10%. Students may either take a topic we discuss in class and go more in depth or research a topic we do not discuss, if it relates to microeconomics. Some examples of fields within economics that could inspire an excellent research topic (but are too broad to be topics in and of themselves) include:
Health economics, industrial organization, labor economics, behavioral economics, economic development, economics of inequality/poverty, economics of education, economics of sports, or economic history）The above is the requirements for this ESSAY Project. This class is intermediate Microeconomic theory, My topic is to research on the electronic payment area from Tencent company, combine the social application, online game area development to microeconomic also its market share, it is better to connect it to demand, supply theory, and national income, utility, such kind of microeconomic principle and explain why it has such development these day. I will sent the syllabus.

Econ 2201- Section 011 – Fall 2017 Syllabus Thursdays – 6:30 – 9:00 pm – Oak Hall Room 112 
Course Description: Econ 2201 is an intermediate course in microeconomics. In this course, we will build on your knowledge gained from Econ 1201. We will start the semester by discussing the concepts of consumer and producer theory. We will first examine the process by which consumers make choices based on scarcity. Then, we will study how firms make decisions in a variety of different circumstances. We will examine market interactions between consumers and producers. Finally, we will discuss market failures including situations involving asymmetric information and when the government must intervene in the economy. A typical class will begin with a lecture and end with group work. Questions are welcomed and encouraged in my class, and I expect students to be active participants in each class.
Course Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: - Define the economic problem faced by individuals- Define the economic problem faced by firms- Use functions and graphs to explain how supply and demand interact in markets to determine prices and quantities; and given information about changes in markets, use both mathematical and graphical tools to predict changes in prices and quantities- Solve the problem of profit maximization for firms in a variety of market structures- Explain how market failures can be addressed through government intervention - Attain expertise in a specific economic topic of their choosing through research and communicate their expertise to others through both writing and speaking- Succeed academically in future economics courses
Textbook: NoneGrading:15% Participation: You need 45 total participation points by the end of the semester to receive the full 15%. Your participation grade may be earned in several ways. First, anytime you are in class we will have two “bell-ringer” activities, one at the start of class and another at the end, you will earn 1 point for each bell-ringer. These will be short writing assignments in which you will be given a question or prompt to briefly respond to. Your responses are to be submitted in the appropriate assignment on HuskyCT under the “Participation” tab. Also, during group worksheets/activities you receive 1 point for participating with your group and submitting your problem in the appropriate assignment on HuskyCT under the “Bell Ringers and Worksheets” tab. If you do both bell-ringers and the worksheet each week, you will earn exactly 45 points and have the full 15%There are other ways to earn participation points if you miss the bell-ringers/worksheet for a week. If you volunteer to put the group worksheet problem on the board and explain your answer to the class, you will earn 2 extra participation points. The other way is to ask good questions or provide good answers during lecture/discussion. You can earn 1 point during any given class this way. (While additional good questions and answers are welcome, you can only earn one points in a single class for questions and answers.) Therefore, the maximum number of participation points that can be earned in a single class is 6, if you do both bell-ringers, the group work, answer or ask a question, and put the group problem on the board. If you earn more than 45 points, they count as bonus points on your final grade at the same rate as the normal points (each is 1/3 of a point on the final grade).
25% Homework: After each class, there is a homework assignment that you must physically hand in on paper at the start of the next class. Late submissions are not accepted. The homework is meant to reinforce the concepts learned in class and help prepare you for the exams by giving you practice using mathematical and graphical tools to solve the economic problems faced by both consumers and producers. These homework assignments will be graded based on completion and effort and not based on whether the final answers are correct. The Grader for the course will look through your homework and circle any parts where there appear to be errors for you to check, or will just put a check mark if there appear to be no mistakes. There are 12 total homework assignments, each is worth 2 points on the final grade. The only way to earn the 25th point is to complete all homework. 
20% Midterm Exam: There will be one midterm exam which is tentatively scheduled to take place in class on Thursday, October 19th. Make-up exams will only be given if granted in advance of the exam or with a documented excuse such as illness or family emergency. Make-up exams may be in a different format from the original and may be more difficult than the scheduled exam.