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ECON 214 001 (CRN: 25861)
INTRO TO MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
Long Title: INTRODUCTION TO MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
Department: Economics
Instructor: Yektansani, Kiana
Meeting: 4:00PM - 4:50PM MWF (12-JAN-2026 - 24-APR-2026)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Distribution Group: Distribution Group II
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Prerequisites: ECON 100
Section Max Enrollment: 50
Section Enrolled: 2
Enrollment data as of: 24-NOV-2025 8:59PM
Final Exam: Scheduled Final Exam-OTR Room
Description: The course utilizes economic tools such as supply and demand, elasticity, cost-benefit analysis, and models of perfect competition, monopoly, and monopolistic competition to support managerial decision-making. Real-world examples and case studies include topics in welfare, globalization, artificial intelligence and cost minimization, product differentiation, collusion, game theory, markup pricing, price discrimination, bundling, and predatory pricing. Various techniques in Excel for general calculations, optimization, present value analysis, regression, and graphing are taught and used in the course.