14.03: Intermediate Microeconomics
                           Spring 1996
                                
                                
Instructor                                    Teaching Assistants
Professor Susan Athey, E52-251B               Kim Rueben, E52-351
x3-6407; athey@mit.edu                       ksr@mit.edu, x3-2675
Office Hours: T 1-2; W 11-12   Office Hours: M 1-2; Th 9:30-10:30

                                   Rafael Martinez-Gomez, E52-368
                                          rafael@mit.edu, x3-8719
                                      Office Hours: M 4-5; Th 1-2



Class Meetings:  The class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30  -
12:00, in 4-231.  Sections will be finalized in class.



Text:  Nicholson, Walter, Microeconomic Theory: Basic  Principles
and Extensions, New York: Dryden Press, 1995.



Course  Reader:  A packet of reading materials will be  available
in  a  few days at Graphic Arts.  Readings will be assigned every
week.



Problem  Sets:   This  course will require weekly  problem  sets,
which  will  be  assigned every Tuesday and be due the  following
Tuesday  in class.  The problem sets will be discussed in section
every  Friday.  The problems sets will have two parts:  one  part
will  include more technical problems out of the text  book,  and
the  second part will cover the assigned reading from the  course
reader.  Late problems sets (late means any time after the end of
class  on  Tuesday) will not be accepted.  Questions  on  problem
sets should be directed to TAs first when possible.



Grading:   Problem sets 25%, midterm 30%, final 45%.   The  exams
will be based on the textbook, the problem sets, and the assigned
readings.   The tentative date for the midterm is  March  15,  in
section.



Electronic  Locker/World Wide Web: We have an  electronic  locker
arranged  for  the  class, at /home/mit/14.03.   This  should  be
active  as  of Tuesday, February 4.  Problem sets, the  syllabus,
reading  assignments,  and the reading  list  will  be  available
there, either in text form, postscript form, or both.  Text files
will  have the extension ".txt," while postscript files will have
the  extension  ".ps".