本課程為大學部一年級基本專業學程，本課程教學目的，在使學生對經濟基本概念與分析工具有初步體認，並能應用在日常生活中，作為進一步學習相關領域課程的基礎。此課程含上下學期，上學期探討經濟學中的個體經濟部份，研究個別經濟單位的選擇行為，主要授課章節內容包括供給與需求、生產行為與產業組織、消費者選擇理論、勞動市場經濟學等；而下學期主要探討經濟學中的總體經濟部份，包括失業與通貨膨脹、國民所得、景氣循環、政府財政政策、貨幣政策、銀行體系、中央政府預算、總體經濟成長、國際貿易、國際金融等問題。本課程將以多種生活中實務作說明，使同學於課程學習後能加以活用。

This course is a first-level basic professional course in the university department. The purpose of this course is to enable students to have a preliminary understanding of the basic economic concepts and analysis tools, and can be applied in daily life as a basis for further learning related field courses. This course includes the upper and lower school periods. The first period explores the individual economic part of economics and studies the selection behavior of individual economic units. The main teaching chapters include supply and demand, production behavior and industry organizations, consumer selection theory, market economy, etc.; The next period mainly explores the overall economic sector in economics, including unemployment and inflation, national income, environmental protection, government financial policies, currency policies, bank systems, central government budgets, overall economic growth, international trade, international finance and other issues. This course will be explained by various life practices so that students can use it after learning the course.

本課程目的: 以建立學生經濟學基本概念，學習面對有限資源，如何選擇來極大化效用、利潤與效率，培養學生作決策時，具成本效益分析之能力，將來面對財經環境與經營管理議題，都能夠運用經濟學專業知識之思考模式。主要內容如下:1.消費者與廠商選擇理論:包含供給與需求、市場均衡分析、生產者決策、完全競爭市場、獨佔、外部效果與公共財。2.總體經濟學導論：如國民所得的意義與衡量、經濟福利、經濟成長、物價膨脹與貨幣政策、國際貿易等經濟觀念。

The purpose of this course is to establish basic economic concepts for students, learn limited resources, how to choose to maximize utility, profit and efficiency, cultivate students' decision-making skills, have the ability to analyze costs and benefits, and to face financial environment and business management issues, and use the thinking model of professional economic knowledge. The main contents are as follows: 1. Consumer and manufacturer selection theory: including supply and demand, market balanced analysis, producer decisions, complete competition for the market, independent ownership, external effects and public finance. 2. General economic research discussion: such as the meaning and measurement of national income, economic welfare, economic growth, price inflation and currency policy, international trade and other economic concepts.

Karlan, D. and Morduch, J., (2021). Economics , 3nd Edition , 華泰書局.

Karlan, D. and Morduch, J., (2021). Economics, 3nd Edition, Huatai Books Bureau.