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ECON-2006: 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: 332

Average GPA: 2.87 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 18.30%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.07%

Golnaz Taghvatalab201233.1%35.6%21.8%7.1%1.1%1.4%2.934
Brian A Dorazio202133.3%53.7%8.1%1.3%3.3%0.3%3.123
Richard D Cothren201715.9%29.8%31.8%8.9%6.5%7.1%2.4334
Sunjin Kim202028.2%41.4%22.4%5.3%2.1%0.5%2.894
Zichao Yang202041.0%50.4%8.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.302
Maria S Heracleous200414.8%22.2%33.3%18.5%11.1%0.0%2.181
Gebremeskel H Gebremariam202426.0%39.6%23.9%5.6%2.6%2.4%2.81102
Tim H Shi201839.2%42.8%14.3%0.0%0.0%3.6%3.291
Minh L Vu202253.1%32.0%12.9%0.0%1.9%0.0%3.372
Michael Michaelides201615.9%50.9%27.5%2.1%2.6%1.0%2.783
Md Yasin Arafat201815.6%31.2%31.2%12.5%0.0%9.4%2.521
Nazanin Sedaghatkish202224.3%60.0%13.2%2.1%0.0%0.4%3.093
Sanaz Fesharaki201729.3%39.3%21.9%4.9%2.8%1.8%2.856
Zhou Yang202435.2%45.2%13.9%3.1%1.0%1.5%3.1212
Poulomi Dasgupta201518.5%43.4%29.9%3.7%3.5%1.0%2.733
Ehsan Syed Mortuza Asif201619.0%42.7%32.4%1.9%1.7%2.3%2.753
Darron A Thomas200510.3%35.3%32.3%19.1%3.0%0.0%2.282
Atanu Rakshit201160.4%28.3%10.3%0.0%0.0%1.0%3.433
Yu Zhou201729.8%51.4%16.8%1.9%0.0%0.0%3.103
Munkhchimeg Sukhee202340.8%53.5%5.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.342
Ashtiani Staff Mohebbi201622.2%50.0%22.3%2.8%2.8%0.0%2.841
Chao Hung Chan202136.1%50.0%13.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.161
Jae Yoon Kim201633.1%28.4%37.1%0.0%0.0%1.3%2.832
Tiefeng Qian201438.7%47.9%12.5%0.9%0.0%0.0%3.224
Ghadir Asadi201827.5%57.2%12.6%1.3%0.7%0.8%3.104
Thorsten Matje201658.9%30.8%10.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.431
Prasun Bhattacharjee200820.9%37.7%28.8%7.5%5.2%0.0%2.632
Ming Yi201229.5%47.2%17.5%3.5%0.0%2.3%3.002
Min Suk Lee201414.3%40.5%35.7%4.7%2.3%2.4%2.601
Yonghui Zhang201436.6%43.8%19.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.111
Niloy Bose202324.7%49.5%21.0%3.5%0.7%0.6%2.9411
Jaideep Chowdhury200736.0%52.0%9.5%2.5%0.0%0.0%3.222
Jongwon Shin201015.0%38.3%30.2%11.4%2.8%2.3%2.502
Xiaojin Sun201522.2%38.4%34.0%3.2%0.0%2.3%2.792
Atiyeh Vahidmanesh201645.3%32.9%14.7%7.3%0.0%0.0%3.212
Asal Pilehvari202038.6%43.3%12.3%2.3%3.5%0.0%3.112
Mark Y Liu202429.7%45.2%18.1%2.9%1.0%2.9%3.026
Pervesh Anthwal202248.5%35.1%11.3%2.1%1.0%2.1%3.262
Yuan Gu202234.0%59.6%2.1%4.2%0.0%0.0%3.211
Constantinos Charalambous200747.4%44.3%6.7%0.6%1.1%0.0%3.336
Niraj Poudyal201311.8%40.4%32.6%8.3%4.7%2.2%2.457
Ravishekhar Radhakrishnan200842.3%50.0%5.8%1.9%0.0%0.0%3.281
Zhiyuan Zheng201140.0%39.2%14.7%3.4%1.5%1.2%3.155
Shingirai C Kwaramba201322.3%48.1%18.5%7.5%1.9%1.9%2.801
Jonathan Gendron202385.2%14.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.801
Michael J Hilmer200519.8%37.6%32.1%8.0%2.5%0.0%2.613
Aguirre Alfredo A Romero200644.1%30.4%15.1%8.7%1.8%0.0%3.072
Dehzooei Mohammad Hadi Mostafavi201620.1%40.5%29.9%7.6%2.1%0.0%2.653
Moghadam Shahram Amini201015.6%30.9%33.5%10.0%3.6%6.3%2.472
Paul C Hallmann201232.6%39.0%22.0%3.5%1.7%1.2%2.996
Melanie E Fox202235.8%42.6%16.6%2.8%1.2%1.0%3.076
Earl H Davis200912.7%60.6%23.6%2.4%0.8%0.0%2.793
Marenglen Marku200624.2%38.7%25.4%8.9%2.8%0.0%2.705
Eftila Tanellari200827.1%52.4%15.4%3.9%1.3%0.0%2.972
Dongwoo Lee201824.8%42.3%26.1%5.5%0.6%0.7%2.823
Staff Leake201748.0%38.5%11.5%1.0%1.0%0.0%3.261
Karo Solat201819.5%48.5%24.9%2.7%2.2%2.1%2.802
Erika S Perdue202358.6%35.2%5.1%0.7%0.3%0.2%3.489
Andre' J Crawford200723.9%49.3%19.5%3.9%3.4%0.0%2.862
Omid Bagheri201516.9%37.7%31.7%7.4%2.7%3.6%2.582
Guo Li201328.4%45.1%21.3%3.5%0.0%1.8%3.012
Fatemeh Sadat Hashemi201046.9%34.5%14.1%3.6%0.9%0.0%3.161
Syed E Islam200619.4%41.8%28.7%8.3%1.8%0.0%2.753
Chetan Dave200430.4%58.3%7.8%1.1%2.4%0.0%3.142
Pitchayaporn Tantihkarnchana202221.0%56.7%14.7%2.8%4.9%0.0%2.851
Blair C Mongado200426.7%43.2%26.0%2.1%2.1%0.0%2.841
Chang Geun Song201912.5%37.5%50.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.661
Sakib Sharaf Protik202361.1%38.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.561
Hengheng Chen201122.1%42.9%18.4%11.7%0.0%4.8%2.782
Ahsanuzzaman Ahsanuzzaman201017.4%30.4%47.8%4.3%0.0%0.0%2.701
Shaojuan Liao200950.0%12.5%25.0%0.0%12.5%0.0%2.801
Priyambada Bandyopadhyay202276.5%17.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.9%3.761

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