Fall 2017

An Introduction to Economics

Listed in: Economics, as ECON-111

Formerly listed as: ECON-11  |  ENST-23

Faculty

Daniel P. Barbezat (Section 04)
Eleanor W. Dillon (Section 07)
Jun Ishii (Sections 05 and 06)
Christopher G. Kingston (Sections 01, 02 and 03)
Geoffrey R. Woglom (Sections 01, 02 and 03)

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. Two 80-minute and one 50-minute lecture/discussion per week.

Requisite for all other courses in Economics. Fall semester: Sections 1-3 limited to 18 Amherst College students; Sections 4-7 limited to 25 Amherst College students.  Professors Barbezat, Dillon, Ishii, Kingston, and Woglom. Spring semester: Limited to 30 Amherst College students. Professors Baisa, Dillon, Ishii, and Kingston.

 
ECON 111 - LEC

Section 01
M 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM MERR 3
W 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM MERR 3

Section 02
M 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM MERR 3
W 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM MERR 3

Section 03
M 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM MERR 3
W 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM MERR 3

Section 04
M 02:10 PM - 03:30 PM CONV 207
W 02:10 PM - 03:30 PM CONV 207

Section 05
Tu 01:00 PM - 02:20 PM CONV 302
Th 01:00 PM - 02:20 PM CONV 302

Section 06
Tu 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM CONV 302
Th 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM CONV 302

Section 07
Tu 02:30 PM - 03:50 PM CONV 302
Th 02:30 PM - 03:50 PM CONV 302

ECON 111 - DIS

Section 01
F 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM CONV 207

Section 02
F 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM CONV 207

Section 03
F 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM CONV 207

Section 04
Tu 02:00 PM - 02:50 PM SMUD 207

Section 05
W 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM CONV 302

Section 06
W 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM CONV 302

Section 07
W 02:00 PM - 02:50 PM CONV 302

Offerings

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, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024