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ECON-2005: Principles of Economics

Description: 2005: Introduction to microeconomics. The economic approach to decision-making. Model of supply and demand. Elasticities. Consumer behavior. Firm behavior under varying industry structures. Sources and consequences of market failure. Costs and benefits of international trade. The role of government in the economy. Economic, ethical, and social ramifications of issues such as pollution, missing information, and income inequality. 2006: Introduction to macroeconomics. The measurement of economic activity. Macroeconomic problems (such as unemployment and inflation). The monetary system. Effects and limitations of monetary and fiscal policies. International economics. Social and ethical issues related to macroeconomic policy.

Pathways: 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 3 credits

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 287

Average GPA: 2.84 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 19.81%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.44%

Zhuncheng Li201851.6%26.1%15.5%4.2%0.5%1.9%3.282
Xiaomeng Zhang201830.3%38.0%22.3%6.3%1.0%2.1%2.913
Xiaojin Sun201320.7%34.5%37.9%3.5%0.0%3.4%2.721
Dehzooei Mohammad Hadi Mostafavi201523.3%33.3%33.3%3.4%0.0%6.7%2.791
Staff Banasaz202040.0%30.0%10.0%10.0%3.4%6.7%3.001
Zhou Yang202046.5%46.4%3.6%3.6%0.0%0.0%3.341
Yichuan Cai202248.8%36.3%6.6%3.3%2.0%2.9%3.284
Zhijie Hou201232.3%31.0%19.1%13.0%3.7%1.0%2.782
Paul C Hallmann201134.4%44.8%13.7%6.9%0.0%0.0%3.091
Chang Geun Song202145.4%46.0%4.9%2.8%1.1%0.0%3.272
Zhengzheng Pan200830.1%35.3%28.5%4.7%1.4%0.0%2.852
Atiyeh Vahidmanesh201622.2%29.3%27.7%8.2%3.7%8.9%2.652
Abhinaba Nandy202255.7%37.0%2.7%0.0%3.2%1.4%3.393
Staff Mun202463.3%20.1%13.4%3.3%0.0%0.0%3.391
Amoz Kats200715.9%23.9%42.8%12.8%4.8%0.0%2.322
Omid Bagheri201419.8%34.8%25.3%9.6%5.1%5.5%2.572
Dongwoo Lee201828.9%37.3%23.3%3.9%4.3%2.3%2.872
Zhiyuan Zheng200825.0%56.3%12.5%0.0%6.3%0.0%2.971
Shaojuan Liao201120.2%35.7%26.4%8.4%5.0%4.3%2.582
Md Yasin Arafat201914.7%27.5%32.1%13.9%3.1%8.8%2.413
Austin E Bradley202333.4%44.7%12.0%2.4%2.5%4.9%3.083
Blair C Mongado200619.3%38.5%32.1%6.8%3.3%0.0%2.595
Beibei Zhu201217.5%35.9%33.2%10.3%0.5%2.4%2.593
Xi Chen201527.2%36.1%23.1%8.0%3.0%2.8%2.776
Ali Reza Oryoie201625.3%32.5%35.1%7.2%0.0%0.0%2.732
Chao Hung Chan202235.6%42.8%19.1%1.1%1.4%0.0%3.092
Yuan Gu202326.2%56.9%11.9%3.7%1.3%0.0%3.023
Aguirre Alfredo A Romero200644.4%33.3%16.7%0.0%5.6%0.0%3.061
Ellen P Green201116.8%47.6%23.5%7.8%1.3%2.9%2.745
Staff Zou202261.4%37.5%1.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.622
Constantinos Charalambous200533.4%57.3%9.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%3.262
Melanie E Fox202235.2%36.7%17.9%3.8%1.6%4.6%3.018
Prasun Bhattacharjee200835.3%31.6%21.6%9.0%2.5%0.0%2.8510
Michael L Wagnon202442.6%29.2%14.5%4.1%5.5%4.1%3.034
Priyambada Bandyopadhyay202422.9%47.9%16.8%0.0%2.1%10.4%3.001
Min Suk Lee201319.6%36.9%30.4%8.7%0.0%4.3%2.701
Azat Nurmukhametov202449.7%34.4%11.2%2.0%1.8%0.9%3.287
Mark Y Liu202328.4%37.9%14.3%3.2%1.7%14.5%2.994
Staff Dwibedi202142.0%38.0%16.0%0.0%4.0%0.0%3.171
Ross L Spoon202374.0%12.0%10.0%2.0%2.0%0.0%3.471
Jadrian J Wooten202440.2%37.8%16.1%2.6%1.8%1.4%3.076
Michael J Hilmer200518.2%36.5%34.8%8.1%2.5%0.0%2.624
Sara Taghvatalab201527.6%28.5%22.6%10.4%8.7%2.1%2.574
Erika S Perdue202446.1%38.4%10.0%2.9%1.3%1.3%3.2414
Hoe Sang Chung201228.6%51.2%17.6%2.6%0.0%0.0%3.082
Ghadir Asadi201926.1%40.4%26.2%3.6%0.0%3.6%2.901
Matthew Kovach201824.3%43.7%23.9%2.3%1.7%4.1%2.924
Steven J Jordan200521.9%62.4%14.3%0.2%1.2%0.0%3.034
Staff Zirkle200815.8%38.8%24.6%12.3%8.5%0.0%2.362
Heidi Bucher201115.6%36.7%29.4%9.0%4.4%4.9%2.524
Sanaz Fesharaki201313.5%35.7%25.4%11.6%5.5%8.3%2.402
Karo Solat201715.7%32.6%31.2%8.6%4.8%7.1%2.512
Pitchayaporn Tantihkarnchana202415.2%42.0%26.3%8.0%4.4%4.2%2.597
Dongryul Lee201723.2%48.6%22.4%3.2%1.7%0.9%2.879
Sudipta Sarangi200714.1%41.5%33.4%10.1%0.9%0.0%2.612
Andre' J Crawford200843.2%41.1%11.5%2.5%1.7%0.0%3.194
Jeremiah D Gibson200627.0%39.8%27.4%2.4%3.5%0.0%2.822
Hengheng Chen200921.3%47.9%26.6%3.8%0.5%0.0%2.812
Kyung H Baik200717.6%30.9%41.6%8.0%1.8%0.0%2.538
Syed E Islam200750.6%36.5%10.2%1.7%0.9%0.0%3.363
Hojjatallah Ghandi200620.4%41.3%28.5%7.3%2.5%0.0%2.715
Moghadam Shahram Amini200950.0%22.5%25.0%0.0%2.5%0.0%3.201
Brown Bernice Owusu202428.3%47.8%17.3%4.3%0.0%2.2%3.021
Ravishekhar Radhakrishnan200759.6%17.0%12.8%8.5%2.1%0.0%3.201
Alan G Wang202169.3%22.4%8.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.601
Munkhchimeg Sukhee202347.0%49.0%4.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.321
Jannet Chang200433.9%23.6%21.8%18.5%2.3%0.0%2.682
Steven C Trost202219.0%38.4%27.2%8.2%3.1%4.1%2.6358
Gebremeskel H Gebremariam200842.6%30.3%22.1%4.7%0.5%0.0%3.122
Thorsten Matje201629.7%36.3%22.1%6.3%2.0%3.5%2.902
Earl H Davis20089.0%46.5%36.5%5.8%2.1%0.0%2.512
Isfahani Djavad Salehi201516.9%34.6%31.1%12.6%2.9%2.1%2.496
Jaideep Chowdhury200641.6%52.3%2.7%3.4%0.0%0.0%3.321
Hyeran Moon201845.5%18.2%18.2%18.2%0.0%0.0%2.801
Hoang Phuong Do202063.7%36.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.651
Abdelaziz M Alsharawy201923.1%38.4%34.6%3.8%0.0%0.0%2.691
Juncai Jiang202030.8%38.5%7.7%7.7%15.4%0.0%2.621
Tiefeng Qian201225.0%50.1%18.9%6.3%0.0%0.0%2.961
Sunjin Kim202042.1%36.9%21.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.211
Niraj Poudyal201020.0%45.0%35.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.731
Shan Jin201920.0%45.0%30.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%2.771
Ming Yi201027.2%40.8%22.6%4.5%4.5%0.0%2.791

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