Training Courses: MIT Open Courseware
Focus:
This course provides an introduction to the foundations of microeconomics. Topics include consumer and firm behaviors, supply and demand, production decisions, thinking about trade-offs between equity and efficiency, and different types of market structures.
Units include:
- Supply and Demand
- Consumer Theory
- Producer Theory
- Welfare Economics
- Monopoly and Oligopoly
- Topics in Intermediate Microeconomics
- Equity and Efficiency
The course includes a full set of lecture videos with English subtitles, reading assignments (a free textbook is available on the site, another can be purchased on Amazon); quizzes, problem sets, and exams with answer keys; and resources for further study.
Style: self-paced
Cost: Free
Estimated Time:
If you went through all the coursework, the work would be equivalent to that of a semester-long class.
Target Audience:
For prospective students looking to prepare for CDE coursework, or alums who are wanting a refresher on some foundational economics concepts.