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2026 Fall > GRAD > ECON > ECON 601

Applied Microeconomics

Course #: ECON 601

Description:
This course introduces students to the theory of consumer behavior and the firm, market and multi-market equilibrium and stability, and varieties of imperfect competition at the graduate level. Coverage includes theories of consumer and producer behavior in the context of a variety of real world problems. Applied examples will be drawn from fields including: information economics, environmental economics, economics of regulation, industrial organization, law and economics, natural resource economics, public finance, labor economics, and regional and urban economics. For each sub-discipline covered, the most important economic model will be discussed and a review of the major research studies, techniques, and empirical evidence will be undertaken.
Pre Requisites:
Pre-req: Matriculated in Applied Economics

Section Class Number Schedule/Time Instructor Location
01 4412 Tu
5:30 - 8:15 pm
Cogliano,Jonathan Wheatley-Peters W05-0041
Session: Regular
Class Dates: 09/08/2026 - 12/11/2026
Capacity: 15
Enrolled: 12
Status: Open
Credits: 3/3
Class Notes: This course uses course material available through the Healey Library and other sources. There is no cost for the course material for this course. For more information about no-cost course material, please visit open.umb.edu.
Pre Requisites: Pre-req: Matriculated in Applied Economics
Course Attributes: Library and other resources, no cost materials