# AAE 719: Applied Business Economics | UW–Madison

[View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/courses/AAE_719)

## Dataset

### revision

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### repository

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### schema version

6

### importer version

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### projection id

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### observed at

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### built at

2026-09-10T19:50:42.743001+00:00

### courses

8951

### current instructors

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### limited

false

### terms

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### term

1272

### departments

| subject   | count |
| --------- | ----- |
| AAE       | 90    |
| ABT       | 20    |
| ACCTIS    | 36    |
| ACTSCI    | 14    |
| AFAERO    | 10    |
| AFRICAN   | 87    |
| AFROAMER  | 71    |
| AGROECOL  | 21    |
| AMERIND   | 53    |
| ANAT\&PHY | 7     |
| ANATOMY   | 2     |
| ANESTHES  | 8     |
| ANSCI     | 57    |
| ANTHRO    | 95    |
| ART       | 125   |
| ARTED     | 10    |
| ARTHIST   | 121   |
| ASIALANG  | 129   |
| ASIAN     | 109   |
| ASIANAM   | 28    |
| ASTRON    | 38    |
| ATMOCN    | 69    |
| BIOCHEM   | 51    |
| BIOCORE   | 10    |
| BIOLOGY   | 14    |
| BIOMDSCI  | 18    |
| BME       | 66    |
| BMI       | 41    |
| BMOLCHEM  | 10    |
| BOTANY    | 69    |
| BSE       | 44    |
| C\&ESOC   | 73    |
| CBE       | 48    |
| CHEM      | 101   |
| CHICLA    | 52    |
| CIVENGR   | 133   |
| CLASSICS  | 47    |
| CNP       | 10    |
| CNSRSCI   | 50    |
| COMARTS   | 137   |
| COMPBIO   | 15    |
| COMPLIT   | 11    |
| COMPSCI   | 138   |
| COUNPSY   | 78    |
| CRB       | 19    |
| CS\&D     | 71    |
| CSCS      | 40    |
| CURRIC    | 193   |
| DANCE     | 93    |
| DERM      | 8     |
| DS        | 88    |
| DYSCI     | 35    |
| ECE       | 155   |
| ECON      | 145   |
| EDPOL     | 114   |
| EDPSYCH   | 97    |
| ELPA      | 70    |
| EMA       | 53    |
| EMERMED   | 17    |
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| ENTOM     | 40    |
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| EP        | 15    |
| EPD       | 67    |
| ESL       | 16    |
| F\&WECOL  | 60    |
| FAMMED    | 22    |
| FINANCE   | 50    |
| FOLKLORE  | 40    |
| FOODSCI   | 43    |
| FRENCH    | 63    |
| GEN\&WS   | 145   |
| GENBUS    | 72    |
| GENECSLR  | 17    |
| GENETICS  | 60    |
| GEOG      | 113   |
| GEOSCI    | 83    |
| GERMAN    | 82    |
| GLE       | 48    |
| GNS       | 38    |
| GREEK     | 27    |
| HDFS      | 41    |
| HEBR-BIB  | 13    |
| HEBR-MOD  | 10    |
| HISTORY   | 233   |
| HISTSCI   | 56    |
| HONCOL    | 13    |
| ILS       | 43    |
| INFOSYS   | 9     |
| INTEGART  | 7     |
| INTEGSCI  | 22    |
| INTER-AG  | 18    |
| INTER-HE  | 11    |
| INTER-LS  | 22    |
| INTEREGR  | 16    |
| INTLBUS   | 21    |
| INTLST    | 50    |
| ISYE      | 83    |
| ITALIAN   | 53    |
| JEWISH    | 56    |
| JOURN     | 88    |
| KINES     | 128   |
| LACIS     | 26    |
| LANDARC   | 61    |
| LATIN     | 24    |
| LAW       | 120   |
| LEGALST   | 48    |
| LINGUIS   | 35    |
| LIS       | 89    |
| LITTRANS  | 78    |
| LSC       | 52    |
| M\&ENVTOX | 7     |
| MARKETNG  | 62    |
| MATH      | 153   |
| MDGENET   | 8     |
| ME        | 130   |
| MEDHIST   | 43    |
| MEDICINE  | 60    |
| MEDIEVAL  | 32    |
| MEDPHYS   | 39    |
| MEDSC-M   | 29    |
| MEDSC-V   | 41    |
| MHR       | 68    |
| MICROBIO  | 45    |
| MILSCI    | 16    |
| MM\&I     | 22    |
| MOLBIOL   | 6     |
| MS\&E     | 59    |
| MUSIC     | 165   |
| MUSPERF   | 126   |
| NAVSCI    | 20    |
| NE        | 44    |
| NEURODPT  | 11    |
| NEUROL    | 7     |
| NEURSURG  | 4     |
| NTP       | 11    |
| NURSING   | 111   |
| NUTRSCI   | 65    |
| OBS\&GYN  | 18    |
| OCCTHER   | 39    |
| ONCOLOGY  | 14    |
| OPHTHALM  | 5     |
| OTM       | 43    |
| PATH      | 34    |
| PATH-BIO  | 29    |
| PEDIAT    | 26    |
| PHARMACY  | 31    |
| PHILOS    | 77    |
| PHMCOL-M  | 11    |
| PHMPRAC   | 45    |
| PHMSCI    | 60    |
| PHYASST   | 37    |
| PHYSICS   | 88    |
| PHYSIOL   | 3     |
| PHYTHER   | 37    |
| PLANTSCI  | 52    |
| PLPATH    | 35    |
| POLISCI   | 192   |
| POPHLTH   | 58    |
| PORTUG    | 33    |
| PSYCH     | 101   |
| PSYCHIAT  | 22    |
| PUBAFFR   | 54    |
| PUBLHLTH  | 23    |
| RADIOL    | 11    |
| REALEST   | 41    |
| RELIGST   | 90    |
| RHABMED   | 9     |
| RMI       | 24    |
| RP\&SE    | 102   |
| S\&APHM   | 17    |
| SCANDST   | 73    |
| SLAVIC    | 89    |
| SOC       | 149   |
| SOCWORK   | 87    |
| SOILSCI   | 46    |
| SPANISH   | 83    |
| SRMED     | 21    |
| STAT      | 94    |
| STDYABRD  | 52    |
| STS       | 8     |
| SURGERY   | 25    |
| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
| ZOOLOGY   | 89    |

## course

### run id

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### semester

1272

### observed at

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### course id

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### catalog version id

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### course number

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### subjects

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### title

APPLIED BUSINESS ECONOMICS

### description

Overview of fundamental topics related to macroeconomics, economic measurement, financial markets and forecasting. Concepts include fiscal and monetary policy, the money system, models of aggregate supply and demand, business cycles, financial instruments, productivity, measurements and indicators of employment and economic growth, financial institutions, international trade and finance, and various forecasting methods and models.

### requirements text

Graduate/professional standing

### credit offering ids

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### llm task version

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### llm search status

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### llm summary

AAE 719 covers macroeconomic fundamentals, policy, and forecasting for graduate students.

### llm topics

* Fiscal and monetary policy
* Aggregate supply and demand models
* Financial instruments and economic indicators
* International trade and finance

### llm skills

* Understanding macroeconomic fundamentals and financial markets
* Analyzing fiscal and monetary policy impacts
* Applying economic forecasting methods

### llm assumed background

None recorded.

### llm search phrases

* macroeconomics graduate course
* economic measurement forecasting
* fiscal monetary policy models
* business cycles financial markets

### llm requirements status

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### llm student summary status

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### llm experience status

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### catalog variants

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### student summary

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#### course id

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#### current instructors

None recorded.

#### difficulty workload

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#### errors

None recorded.

#### historical context

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#### message

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#### offered

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#### profile hash

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#### quick take

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.55 GPA, 72.7% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.57 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.64 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

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#### teaching history

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#### term id

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#### term name

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#### version

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#### notes

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#### root

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#### status

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### instructors

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### offerings

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### sections

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### grade instructors

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#### gpa

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#### graded

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#### counts

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### grade conflicts

None recorded.

### evidence

#### history

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course\_da89a87cf84116ba12a596b8-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course_da89a87cf84116ba12a596b8-0.json)

#### traces

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/traces/course\_da89a87cf84116ba12a596b8-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/traces/course_da89a87cf84116ba12a596b8-0.json)

#### results

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course\_da89a87cf84116ba12a596b8-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course_da89a87cf84116ba12a596b8-0.json)

### revision

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## context

### all

#### term



#### gpa

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#### count

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#### university

##### size

2701

##### gpa Percentile

30

##### count Percentile

3

##### median Count

104

##### histogram

| range   | count | current |
| ------- | ----- | ------- |
| 0.0–0.4 | 0     | false   |
| 0.4–0.8 | 0     | false   |
| 0.8–1.2 | 0     | false   |
| 1.2–1.6 | 0     | false   |
| 1.6–2.0 | 0     | false   |
| 2.0–2.4 | 0     | false   |
| 2.4–2.8 | 13    | false   |
| 2.8–3.2 | 172   | false   |
| 3.2–3.6 | 693   | true    |
| 3.6–4.0 | 1823  | false   |

#### departments

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### terms

#### 1234

##### term

1234

##### gpa

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##### count

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##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| AAE     |            |

#### 1254

##### term

1254

##### gpa

3.566666666666667

##### count

15

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| AAE     |            |

#### 1264

##### term

1264

##### gpa

3.642857142857143

##### count

7

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| AAE     |            |

### benchmarks

#### all

##### school

###### size

2701

###### gpa

3.6818072807746525

###### top Share

83.341103666219

###### count

104

##### AAE

###### size

23

###### gpa

3.5530047063006736

###### top Share

77.45324363450577

###### count

104

#### terms

##### 1234

###### school

###### size

1188

###### gpa

3.5799441677552393

###### top Share

77.18256448537606

###### count

65

###### AAE

###### size

10

###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

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##### 1244

###### school

###### size

1241

###### gpa

3.5975573126929192

###### top Share

78.29036874847135

###### count

65

##### 1254

###### school

###### size

1289

###### gpa

3.6126423469389106

###### top Share

79.48050408754871

###### count

66

##### 1264

###### school

###### size

1283

###### gpa

3.6229729166451925

###### top Share

80.13669149396227

###### count

66

## instructor Trends

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```

## following

| code    | title                            |
| ------- | -------------------------------- |
| AAE 724 | PRACTICUM FOR APPLIED ECONOMISTS |
