University Microcredential Microeconomis 1: Consumer Theory
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- Director: Marco Celentani (UC3M)
- Language: English
- Attendance: Online
- Dates: From October 14 to November 14, 2025.
- Schedule: Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from 18:00 to 20:00.
- Price: 300€
- Duration: 16 teaching hours / 2 ECTS
- Places: 30
- Admission deadline: Until October 13, 2025
- Scholarships: 18 Banco Santander Scholarships
- Department: Departamento de EconomíaEconomics
The course strengthens analytical and quantitative skills, and develops a technical and rigorous language that facilitates communication on economic issues. In addition, it provides training in the economic analysis of decision making and quantitative modeling, emphasizing applications to real problems. The objective is to enhance the employability of students in sectors such as consulting, finance and national and international regulatory agencies.
- PROGRAM
The course assumes a basic knowledge of Serrano, R., & Feldman, A. M. (2018). A Short Course in Intermediate Microeconomics with Calculus (2nd ed.), Cambridge University Press. The first edition (2013) may also be used.
1.Basics of optimization
2. (Chapter 2) Preferences and utility: Preference relations, utility functions, marginal rates of substitution
3. (Chapter 3) The budget constraint and the consumer’s optimal choice
4. (Chapter 4) Demand functions: Substitution and income effects, compensated demand curves, elasticity, market demand
5. (Chapter 5)Applications: Labor supply, substitution and income effects, taxes
6. (Chapters 6 and 7) Welfare economics: The one-person case and the multi-person case - FACULTY
UC3M FAculty
- Marco Celentani
Associate Professor
Department of Economics - Paloma Romero Quesada
Associate Professor
External Faculty
- Juan Quintana Romojaro
S.G. Gestión de la Tesorería del Estado
Ministerio Economía Comercio y Empresa - Ramiro Castillo Vargas
Professor
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Marco Celentani
- ADMISSION
Directed at/towards:
No university degree is required.
REGISTRATION, ENROLLMENT AND PAYMENTSTEP 1 - REGISTER
- You do not need to register if you are already a student at UC3M or have been a student at UC3M.
- If you do not remember your password, you can create a new one
- Registration Guide
- Register
STEP 2 - APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION
Use the username and password you entered when you registered.
For any questions or incidents related to the application for admission, please contact: admisiontp@postgrado.uc3m.es
- PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Individualized evaluation method
Online proctored exams.
Dates of the course
From October 14 to November 14, 2025
ScheduleTuesdays and Wednesdays, 18:00-20:00
- SANTANDER SCHOLARSHIPS
Santander Microcredentials Scholarships 2025
Term : from September 3, 2025 to October 28, 2025 (both inclusive)
Number of grants : 18
Amount : €300
Resolution : before November 28, 2025