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NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence Freedom Happiness
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SYLLABUS
1. MODULE PROFILE
Course name: Principles of Microeconomics
Course code: Credit: 03
2. LECTURER’S INFORMATION
Full name: Nguyen Phuc Hai
Address: Faculty of Economics, NEU
Room 806, Building A1, NEU
Phone number: 0987458005
Email: hainp@neu.edu.vn
3. COURSE PREREQUISITES: No
4. COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is presented to help students understanding the basic economic principles
of microeconomics. Structured lectures are presented simply and reasonably while
ensuring modern. The contents were according with the basic concepts of the market:
supply and demand, elasticity of demand and supply, consumer behavior, business
behavior (Production - cost - profit), perfect competition and monopoly, the supply and
demand for labor, market failures.
Main topics will be covered as follows:
1. Introduction to economics
2. Competition and the invisible hand
3. Market imperfections
4. Economics of public policy
5. International trade
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5. COURSE SCHEDULE
No
Topic
No. of
Hours
Readings
Homeworks
1
Thinking Like an Economist
3
Chapter 1
- Problems 1,3,5,7
- Quiz 1
2
Comparative Advantage
3
Chapter 2
- Problems 2,4,6,8
- Quiz 2
3
Supply and Demand
4
Chapter 3
- Problems 1,4,9,13
- Quiz 3
4
Elasticity
4
Chapter 4
- Problems 1,4,7,8,10
- Quiz 4
5
Demand
3
Chapter 5
- Problems 3,5,8,9
- Quiz 5
6
Perfectly Competitive Supply
4
Chapter 6
- Problems 2,4,6,7
- Quiz 6
7
Efficiency, Exchange, and the
Invisible Hand in Action
3
Chapter 7
- Problems 2,3,5,7
- Quiz 7
8
Monopoly, Oligopoly, and
Monopolistic Competition
4
Chapter 8
- Problems 2,4,7,9
- Quiz 8
9
An Introduction to Behavioral
Economics
3
Chapter
10
- Problems 2,6,8
- Quiz 9
10
Externalities, Property Rights,
and the Environment
4
Chapter
11
- Problems 1,3,7
- Quiz 10
11
The Economics of Information
3
Chapter
12
- Problems 2,4,9,11
- Quiz 11
12
Public Goods and Tax Policy
4
Chapter
14
- Problems 1,3,5
- Quiz 12
13
International Trade and Trade
Policy
3
Chapter
15
- Problems 1,5,6
- Quiz 13
Total
45
6. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK
- Frank R. H. et al (2022), Principles of Economics, Eighth Edition, McGraw Hill.
7. OTHER REQUIRED MATERIALS & INFORMATION
- https://econeveryday.com
- https://mru.org
- https://ourworldindata.org
- https://gapminder.org
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8. GRADING POLICY
Weight
Format
Class participation
10%
Midterm Test 1
(Topics 1-7)
20%
MCQs 75 minutes
Midterm Test 2
(Topics 8-12)
20%
MCQs 75 minutes
Final Exam
(Topics 1-13)
50%
MCQs + Short Essay Questions
90 minutes
Hanoi, 01 January 2022
Lecturer
Nguyen Phuc Hai

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NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM FACULTY OF ECONOMICS
Independence – Freedom – Happiness ------------------------- ---------------------------- SYLLABUS 1. MODULE PROFILE
Course name: Principles of Microeconomics Course code: Credit: 03 2. LECTURER’S INFORMATION Full name: Nguyen Phuc Hai Address: Faculty of Economics, NEU Room 806, Building A1, NEU Phone number: 0987458005 Email: hainp@neu.edu.vn 3. COURSE PREREQUISITES: No 4. COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is presented to help students understanding the basic economic principles
of microeconomics. Structured lectures are presented simply and reasonably while
ensuring modern. The contents were according with the basic concepts of the market:
supply and demand, elasticity of demand and supply, consumer behavior, business
behavior (Production - cost - profit), perfect competition and monopoly, the supply and
demand for labor, market failures.
Main topics will be covered as follows: 1. Introduction to economics
2. Competition and the invisible hand 3. Market imperfections 4. Economics of public policy 5. International trade 1 5. COURSE SCHEDULE No. of No Topic Readings Homeworks Hours - Problems 1,3,5,7 1 Thinking Like an Economist 3 Chapter 1 - Quiz 1 - Problems 2,4,6,8 2 Comparative Advantage 3 Chapter 2 - Quiz 2 - Problems 1,4,9,13 3 Supply and Demand 4 Chapter 3 - Quiz 3 - Problems 1,4,7,8,10 4 Elasticity 4 Chapter 4 - Quiz 4 - Problems 3,5,8,9 5 Demand 3 Chapter 5 - Quiz 5 - Problems 2,4,6,7
6 Perfectly Competitive Supply 4 Chapter 6 - Quiz 6 Efficiency, Exchange, and the - Problems 2,3,5,7 7 3 Chapter 7 Invisible Hand in Action - Quiz 7 Monopoly, Oligopoly, and - Problems 2,4,7,9 8 4 Chapter 8 Monopolistic Competition - Quiz 8 An Introduction to Behavioral Chapter - Problems 2,6,8 9 3 Economics 10 - Quiz 9
Externalities, Property Rights, Chapter - Problems 1,3,7 10 4 and the Environment 11 - Quiz 10 Chapter - Problems 2,4,9,11
11 The Economics of Information 3 12 - Quiz 11 Chapter - Problems 1,3,5
12 Public Goods and Tax Policy 4 14 - Quiz 12 International Trade and Trade Chapter - Problems 1,5,6 13 3 Policy 15 - Quiz 13 Total 45 6. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK
- Frank R. H. et al (2022), Principles of Economics, Eighth Edition, McGraw Hill.
7. OTHER REQUIRED MATERIALS & INFORMATION - https://econeveryday.com - https://mru.org - https://ourworldindata.org - https://gapminder.org 2 8. GRADING POLICY Weight Format Class participation 10% Midterm Test 1 20% MCQs – 75 minutes (Topics 1-7) Midterm Test 2 20% MCQs – 75 minutes (Topics 8-12) Final Exam 50% MCQs + Short Essay Questions (Topics 1-13) 90 minutes Hanoi, 01 January 2022 Lecturer Nguyen Phuc Hai 3