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-year basic professional course in the undergraduate department. The teaching purpose of this course is to enable students to have a preliminary understanding of basic economic concepts and analytical tools, and to apply them in daily life, as a basis for further study of courses in related fields. This course consists of two semesters. The first semester explores the individual economic part of economics and studies the choice behavior of individual economic units. The main teaching chapters include supply and demand, production behavior and industrial organization, consumer choice theory, labor market economics, etc.; The next semester will focus on the overall economic part of economics, including unemployment and inflation, national income, business cycle, government fiscal policy, monetary policy, banking system, central government budget, overall economic growth, international trade, international finance and other issues. This course will illustrate a variety of real-life practices so that students can apply them after studying 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 the basic concepts of economics for students, learn how to choose to maximize utility, profit and efficiency in the face of limited resources, and cultivate students' ability to conduct cost-benefit analysis when making decisions. They will be able to use the thinking model of economics professional knowledge when facing financial environment and business management issues in the future. The main contents are as follows: 1. Consumer and manufacturer choice theory: including supply and demand, market equilibrium analysis, producer decision-making, perfectly competitive markets, monopoly, external effects and public goods. 2. Introduction to general economics: economic concepts such as the meaning and measurement of national income, economic welfare, economic growth, price inflation and monetary policy, international trade, etc.

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

Karlan, D. and Morduch, J., (2021). Economics, 3nd Edition, Huatai Book Company.