本課程目標旨在提供學生對經濟學理論及概念有初步之瞭解，以做為未來修習其他經濟相關課程之基石。
本課程內涵圍繞在經濟行為、問題與決策制定之分析方法。主要內容分為個體經濟學與總體經濟學兩大部份。首先，在個體經濟學以消費者、廠商及商品市場作為研究對象，其中包括消費者的選擇行為、生產者決策與市場結構分析，爾後進入市場失靈、政府干預、公共選擇與所得分配等重要課題。而在總體經濟學部分則提供一個分析總體經濟問題與政策的基本架構，主要探討分析國民所得與相關的經濟活動，其中包括國民所得衡量、就業與通貨膨脹、國民儲蓄與投資、總合需求行為、貨幣政策與財政政策等課題。

The purpose of this course is to provide students with a preliminary understanding of economic theory and concepts to serve as the cornerstone of other economic-related courses in the future.
The connotation of this course covers the analysis methods of economic behavior, problems and decision-making. The main content is divided into two parts: individual economics and overall economics. First, in individual economics, consumers, manufacturers and commodity markets are research objects, including consumers' choice behaviors, producer decisions and market structure analysis, and subsequent market failures, government precautions, public selection and income distribution. In the overall economics section, a basic structure for analyzing general economic problems and policies is provided, mainly exploring the analysis of national income and related economic activities, including subjects such as measurement of national income, employment and inflation, national savings and investment, general demand behavior, currency policy and financial policy.

經濟學是研究如何把稀少性資源，做最有效率配置的一門學問，旨在探討人們在有限的資源下如何做選擇？以及人們所選擇的活動，會造成什麼樣的結果？因此，經濟學也可說是一門研究選擇的科學。本課程介紹基本經濟學概念及分析工具，用來研究如何把有限資源配置到各個彼此互斥的用途上，以期對經濟活動（行為） 有深入的瞭解，課程內容涵蓋個體經濟學及總體經濟學。個體經濟內容包括: 經濟學與經濟課題、市場如何運作、家戶選擇行為之探討、廠商選擇行為與市場結構、市場失靈與政府角色、訊息不對稱等。總體經濟內容包括: 總體經濟探討議題、國民所得的意義與衡量、物價膨脹與失業、貨幣與金融市場、總合供需分析、財政政策與貨幣政策、國際貿易與金融等。

Economics is a study of how to use rare sex resources to make the most efficient allocation, aiming to explore how people choose under limited resources? And what results will the activities chosen by people lead to? Therefore, economics can also be said to be a science of research and selection. This course introduces basic economic concepts and analytical tools to study how to allocate limited resources to each mutually exclusive uses in order to have an in-depth understanding of economic activities (behavior). The course content covers individual economics and overall economics. Personal economic content includes: economics and economics courses, how the market works, exploration of household choice behaviors, manufacturer choice behaviors and market structure, market loss and government roles, and inconsistent information. The overall economic content includes: general economic discussion topics, the meaning and measurement of national income, price inflation and unemployment, currency and financial market, general supply and demand analysis, financial policy and currency policy, international trade and finance, etc.

Parkin M. (2016) Economics 12th Edition. Pearson Education, Inc. （雙葉書廊有限公司代理）

Parkin M. (2016) Economics 12th Edition. Pearson Education, Inc. (Agent from Double Leaf Library Co., Ltd.)