Principles Programs

For Elliott School Students Requiring a Full Introductory Course

Students required by the Elliott School Admissions Office to take a complete introductory course in economics (either a combined micro/macro course or a separate micro or a separate macro course) before matriculating in the Elliott School may use one of the programs below to satisfy their prerequisites upon satisfactory completion of the work. Students do not receive academic credit for these programs.

These courses include pre-recorded lectures, weekly online office hours, weekly graded homework, and quizzes. Topics covered in microeconomics can be found here and here for macroeconomics.  The recommended textbook is Greg Mankiw’s Principles of Economics (older editions will suffice).

Students who have taken economics in the past normally would not take these full programs. They should take the assessment exam available here and then consider participating in the self-guided and self-paced online review programs available here.

Micro- and Macroeconomics (Combined)

An online combined micro- and macroeconomics principles program will start on May 31st and will end by August 18th. Successful completion of this program will satisfy Elliott School minimum economics prerequisites for students who have no introductory economics background.

The microeconomics session begins on May 28th and ends on July 7th, while the macroeconomics session begins on July 8th and ends on August 16th.  Participants must receive at least 70 percent of possible points in each session to satisfy the economics prerequisites. In case you don’t reach the minimum requirement in one or both sessions, you must take one (micro or macro) or two (micro and macro) final written exam/s on August 20th. The cost of this combined micro- and macroeconomics course is $1,300.

• A tentative syllabus is available here.
• An introduction video for the two parts of this course can be found here (for microeconomics) and here(for macroeconomics).
• A sample microeconomics video is available here.
• A sample macroeconomics video is available here.

Microeconomics Principles

This six-week online microeconomics program can satisfy the minimum Elliott School microeconomics prerequisite. (This is the first half of the full principles course listed above) The program will cost $850. The first session of the program begins on May 28th and ends on July 7th. Students instead may participate beginning on July 8th and ending on August 16th. Participants must receive at least 70 percent of possible points to satisfy the microeconomics prerequisite. In case you don’t reach the minimum requirement, you must take a final written exam on August 20th.

• A tentative syllabus is available here.
• An introduction video for the two parts of this course can be found here.
• A sample microeconomics video is available here.

Macroeconomics Principles

This six-week online macroeconomics program can satisfy the minimum Elliott School macroeconomics prerequisite. (This is the second half of the full principles course listed above.) The program will cost $850. The first session of the program begins on May 28th and ends on July 7th. Students instead may participate beginning on July 8th and ending on August 16th. Participants must receive at least 70 percent of possible points to satisfy the macroeconomics prerequisite. In case you don’t reach the minimum requirement, you must take a final written exam on August 20th.

• A tentative syllabus is available here.
• A sample macroeconomics video is available here
• An introduction video for macroeconomics can be found here.