Course Overview
Presents the influential concepts of both micro and macroeconomics and, in a student-based learning environment, assists you in applying these notions to your career. A professional economist will work with you in discovering the laws of supply and demand, consumer decision-making, producer profit maximization, competition and monopoly regulation in microeconomics. Use of fiscal, monetary and exchange rate policy to influence unemployment, inflation and economic growth is also covered. Familiarization with spreadsheets is strongly recommended for those intending to register in the Internet delivery section.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
3.0
Domestic fees
$531.54 - $571.39 See individual course offerings below for actual costs.
International fees are typically 3.25 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Use standard economic models to solve problems.
- Define opportunity cost and explain its importance in decision making.
- Use a standard model of consumer behaviour to demonstrate how people decide amongst many choices given a limited income.
- Use the model of supply and demand to illustrate how consumers and suppliers interact to determine price and quantity exchanged in the marketplace.
- Demonstrate the effects of price ceilings, price floors, and taxes on prices and quantities in product markets.
- Use income and price elasticities to analyze consumer demand for a product or service.
- Distinguish between explicit and implicit costs.
- Calculate revenues, costs, and profits.
- Distinguish between a business's accounting profits and economic profits.
- Show how the concept of opportunity cost influences business decisions.
- Differentiate between short-run and long-run production decisions.
- Demonstrate how businesses use cost analysis to make production and sales decisions.
- Describe the characteristics of perfectly competitive and imperfectly competitive markets.
- Demonstrate why a perfectly competitive firm produces an output where price equals marginal cost.
- Determine the shut-down point.
- Explain how market structure influences a firm's strategic pricing and production decisions.
- Evaluate the economic efficiency of various market structures.
- Explain how globalization and technology have changed the Canadian industrial landscape.
- Assess the role of government in the marketplace.
- Describe Canada's recent macroeconomic history.
- Understand the relationships amongst economic variables such as unemployment, inflation, and real Gross.
- Domestic Product, and determine how changes in economic variables impact Canadian production.
- Recognize the role of the Bank of Canada and the banking industry in the Canadian economy.
- Explain how fiscal and monetary policies affect economic activity, and determine which policy would be most effective in achieving our economic goals.
- Describe how globalization impacts the Canadian economy.
Effective as of Winter 2007
Related Programs
Economic Issues (ECON 1150) is offered as a part of the following programs:
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Course Offerings
Spring/Summer 2026
Below are five offerings of ECON 1150 for the Spring/Summer 2026 term.
CRN 21199
Dates
Apr 14 - Jun 30 Loading
- CRN 21199
- $559.82 Domestic fees
Class meeting times
| Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14 - Jun 30 | Tue | 18:00 - 21:00 | Downtown DTC Rm. 481 |
Duration
12 weeks
Instructor
Serge Tarasenko
Course outline
Important information
- Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
- ** HYBRID: This course will be offered 50% in person - on campus and 50% synchronously online. ***Please note that the first class will be held on campus*** The instructor will provide class details in the course outline.
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Status
CRN 24857
Dates
Apr 14 - May 23 Loading
- CRN 24857
- $571.39 Domestic fees
Class meeting times
| Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14 - May 23 | N/A | N/A | Online |
Duration
6 weeks
Instructor
Camlon Chau
Course outline
Important information
- Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
- To be successful in our online courses, plan to spend 7-10 hours per course each week on your studies, starting Week 1. Our courses are paced and highly interactive with participation requirements weekly. Frequent contributions to asynchronous (not real time) online discussions is required to achieve a passing final grade.
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Status
CRN 25985
Dates
Apr 07 - Jun 27 Loading
- CRN 25985
- $531.54 Domestic fees
Class meeting times
| Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 07 - Jun 27 | N/A | N/A | Online |
Duration
12 weeks
Instructor
William Shen
Course outline
Important information
- Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
- Students must submit email address when registering. To be successful in our online courses, plan to spend 7-10 hours per course each week on your studies, starting Week 1. Our courses are paced and highly interactive with participation requirements weekly. Frequent contributions to asynchronous (not real time) online discussions is required to achieve a passing final grade. Is online learning for you? Please take a look at our FAQ pages www.bcit.ca/distance/faq.shtml and www.bcit.ca/distance/foryou.shtml
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Status
CRN 66553
Dates
Apr 07 - Jun 27 Loading
- CRN 66553
- $531.54 Domestic fees
Class meeting times
| Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 07 - Jun 27 | N/A | N/A | Online |
Duration
12 weeks
Instructor
Charlene Richter
Course outline
Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.
Important information
- Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
- Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account or log in to the Learning Hub to access this information. Students must have an e-mail address and access to a computer capable of downloading and working with basic documents. This is an asynchronous online course. Students are not required to be online at a specific time of the day; however, students are strongly encouraged to submit assignments and quizzes by their due dates. This course uses the Mankiw Macroeconomics textbook with MindTap (or etext with MindTap) which is available from the BCIT Online/Distance bookstore or direct from the publisher. If you have any questions about the course, please contact the instructor at Charlene_Richter@bcit.ca.
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Status
CRN 69448
Dates
Apr 24 - Jul 10 Loading
- CRN 69448
- $559.82 Domestic fees
Class meeting times
| Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24 - Jul 10 | Fri | 18:00 - 21:00 | Downtown DTC |
Duration
12 weeks
Instructor
TBD
Course outline
Important information
- Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
- ** HYBRID: This course will be offered 50% in person - on campus and 50% synchronously online. ***Please note that the first class will be held on campus*** The instructor will provide class details in the course outline.
Confirmation
Required
To proceed with registration and add this course to the cart, please confirm:
Status
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