Spring 2009

An Introduction to Economics

Listed in: Economics, as ECON-11  |  Environmental Studies, as ENST-23

Faculty

Katharine R. E. Sims (Section 01)

Description

A study of the central problem of scarcity and of the ways in which the U.S. economic system allocates scarce resources among competing ends and apportions the goods produced among people. Requisite for all other courses in economics. Each section limited to 25 Amherst College students. Sections 01-06. One lecture and three hours of discussion per week. Fall semester: Professors Alpanda, Honig, Ishii, Kingston, Rivkin (Course Chair), Sims, and Woglom. Sections 01-06. Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Spring semester. Professors Honig, Ishii, Rivkin (Course Chair), and Sims. Section 05 is designed for students interested in environmental studies. See Environmental Studies 23 for more information. Spring semester. Professor Sims. Enrollment limited. Fall and Spring semesters.

ENST 23 - LEC

Section 01
M 02:00 PM - 03:20 PM MERR 1
W 02:00 PM - 03:20 PM MERR 1

ENST 23 - DIS

Section 01
Th 08:30 AM - 09:50 AM CONV 207

Offerings

2024-25: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022