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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: 107

Average GPA: 3.21 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 24.51%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.07%

Sunjin Kim202027.1%39.8%24.4%6.4%2.2%0.0%2.853
Nazanin Sedaghatkish202224.3%60.0%13.2%2.1%0.0%0.4%3.093
Priyambada Bandyopadhyay202446.6%43.1%5.8%0.0%0.0%4.5%3.373
Sakib Sharaf Protik202446.5%49.5%2.0%2.0%0.0%0.0%3.342
Minh L Vu202253.1%32.0%12.9%0.0%1.9%0.0%3.372
Chao Hung Chan202136.1%50.0%13.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.161
Gebremeskel H Gebremariam202448.9%37.2%9.5%1.9%1.1%1.4%3.3034
Zhou Yang202437.8%45.6%11.7%2.7%1.1%1.2%3.1711
Asal Pilehvari202038.6%43.3%12.3%2.3%3.5%0.0%3.112
Mark Y Liu202435.3%45.1%14.2%2.3%0.8%2.4%3.138
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
Jonathan Gendron202486.5%13.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.832
Niloy Bose202324.7%49.5%21.0%3.5%0.7%0.6%2.9411
Melanie E Fox202235.8%42.6%16.6%2.8%1.2%1.0%3.076
Brian A Dorazio202133.3%53.7%8.1%1.3%3.3%0.3%3.123
Erika S Perdue202379.0%19.6%1.2%0.2%0.0%0.0%3.724
Zichao Yang202041.0%50.4%8.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.302
Munkhchimeg Sukhee202340.8%53.5%5.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.342
Nandini Das202459.9%33.1%5.0%1.0%1.0%0.0%3.492
Pitchayaporn Tantihkarnchana202425.1%48.2%15.2%5.8%5.1%0.9%2.822
Chang Geun Song201912.5%37.5%50.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.661

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