Kinematics of Micropolar Continuum. - Stress and Couple Stress Tensors in Micropolar Continuum. - Constitutive Equations. - Strong Ellipticity and Acceleration Waves. - Elements of Tensor Analysis. - Elements of Rigid Body Dynamics. - Elements of Mechanics of Elastic Rods. - Micropolar Plates and Shells as Two-dimensional Cosserat Continuum