Intro to Microeconomics

  • Earn 3 transferable credits
  • 100% online and Zoom-free
  •  Includes everything you need

Available through dual enrollment at partner high schools

College Credits

Earn 3 credits to save time + money on your degree

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Top-rated instructors, interactive textbooks + cinematic lectures

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The support + structure to thrive in your first college experience

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Course
Overview

Outlier’s groundbreaking Intro to Microeconomics will show you how small individual choices shape today’s complex economic systems.

In this course, you’ll explore what goes down at the wild intersection of money and humanity. Experience for yourself how abstract concepts like supply and demand play out IRL in our high-stakes decision-making games. Play as a business leader and see firsthand how your choices ripple out and impact the big picture.

From game theory to labor unions, and from monopoly to poverty, our 6 world-class instructors use fascinating real-world examples to bring Microeconomics to life.



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Brilliant
Instructors

Meet our hand-picked team of charismatic economics instructors from Barnard, Columbia, and beyond. offering a variety of backgrounds and points of view, for a modern approach to a traditional topic. You’ll never see your world the same way again.



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How It
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Enjoy cinematic video lessons and enhance your learning with gorgeous interactive textbooks based on active learning principles.



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Dedicated
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Hit a snag on the site? Have a burning question? We’ve got you covered.

Our dedicated Student Success team is available to assist you—and push you—to help you pass with flying colors.



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Transferable credits from a top 50 school

You'll earn college credits from the University of Pittsburgh upon course completion.

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Meet your instructors

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Homa Zarghamee Ph.D.

Barnard College

Homa Zarghamee is a Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at Barnard College. She covers our Supply & Demand, Elasticity, Consumer Behavior, and Production & Costs chapters within this course.

She earned both her Ph.D. and Master of Arts (M.A.) in Economics from Cornell University, as well as a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Mathematics and Economics.

Homa’s recent research focuses on (i) the impact of mood on economic behavior, (ii) determinants of social preferences, (iii) gender and competition, and (iv) determinants of subjective well-being. She has done consulting work for the World Bank, and her work has been published in the American Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, and Journal of Public Economics, among other outlets.

Additionally, Homa is also a contributor to CORE (Curriculum Open-Access Resources for Economics), a group of scholars engaged in the production of high-quality resources for the teaching of economics.

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Simon D. Halliday Ph.D.

University of Bristol

Simon D. Halliday is a Professor of Economics at the University of Bristol. He covers our Market Structures & Perfect Competition & Long Run Supply, Monopolistic Competition & Oligopoly, and Market Failure chapters within this course.

He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Siena, Italy, as well as his Master of Arts (M.A.) in Creative Writing and Master of Commerce (M. Comm.) in Economics from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Simon does research in behavioral and experimental economics, with a focus on social preferences (reciprocity and social norms) and institutions (ratings, punishment, communication, and has a strong interest in research in economics education, particularly with respect to data literacy, data analysis, R and more. He is also the co-author (with Sam Bowles) of an intermediate microeconomics textbook Microeconomics: Competition, Conflict and Coordination.

Additionally, Simon is also a contributor to CORE (Curriculum Open-Access Resources for Economics), a group of scholars engaged in the production of high-quality resources for the teaching of economics.

 

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Suresh Naidu Ph.D.

Columbia University

Suresh Naidu is a Professor of Economics and Public Affairs in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He covers our Monopoly & Market Power, and Introduction to Labor Markets chapters within this course.

He earned his Master of Arts (M.A.) in Economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Suresh’s areas of research include: Economic effects of political transitions, the economic history of slavery and labor institutions, international migration, economic applications of natural language processing.

Additionally, Suresh is also a contributor to CORE (Curriculum Open-Access Resources for Economics), a group of scholars engaged in the production of high-quality resources for the teaching of economics.

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Rajiv Sethi Ph.D.

Barnard College

Rajiv Sethi is a Professor of Economics at Barnard College, Columbia University and an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He covers our Game Theory chapter within this course.

His research deals with information and beliefs. In collaboration with Brendan O’Flaherty, he has examined the manner in which stereotypes affect interactions among strangers, especially in relation to crime, policing, and the justice system. Their book, Shadows of Doubt: Stereotypes, Crime, and the Pursuit of Justice, was published by Harvard University Press in 2019. Rajiv is the 2020-21 Joy Foundation Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard, and has previously held visiting positions at Microsoft Research and the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. He has served on the editorial boards of several journals, including the American Economic Review and Economics and Philosophy.

Additionally, Rajiv is a contributor to CORE (Curriculum Open-Access Resources for Economics), an organization dedicated to the production of high-quality resources for the teaching of economics, distributed free of charge worldwide under a Creative Commons license.

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Cristina Tello Trillo Ph.D.

U.S. Census Bureau

Cristina Tello-Trillo is an Economist at the U.S. Census Bureau. She is also an adjunct professor at the School of Advanced International Studies at John Hopkins University, and at the University of Maryland where she has received the Outstanding Teaching Award. She covers our International Trade Chapter within this course.

She earned both her Ph.D. in Economics and Master of Arts in Economics from Yale University.

Cristina’s recent research focuses on the impact of trade on labor markets, the role of firms in earnings inequality, and what determines firm productivity.

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  TRADITIONAL COURSE
Outlier Intro to Microeconomics
Credits Usually 3-4 credits from your school 3 transferable credits from the University of Pittsburgh
Format In-person or Zoom Interactive and 100% online (Zoom-free)
Instructors 1 per class 6 hand-picked instructors
Lectures Specific time and place On-demand, anywhere
Exams Specific hour Flexible window
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What you’ll learn

This course covers all the basic principles and latest microeconomics topics you’ll need for college credit (and then some).

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The underlying nature of the relationship between supply and demand

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