Spring 2027

Seminar in Quantitative and Applied Economics

A 1-credit spring seminar in Quantitative and Applied Economics where students evaluate presentations and apply economic vocabulary to analyze issues and potential solutions.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Jordan Van Rijn

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.67 GPA, 93.3% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.67 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.83 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Understand and evaluate the arguments and methods of presentations from industry and academia.

  • Employ the vocabulary relevant to an economics topic, understand the economic context for the issue, and pros/cons associated with potential solutions.

  • Professionally present results of economic analysis.

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Prerequisites

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Graduate/professional standing

  • Graduate/professional standing
AAE 720

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  • Graduate/professional standing

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.67 GPA, 93.3% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.67 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.83 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

JORDAN VAN RIJN is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.67 GPA, 93.3% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.67 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.83 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Quantitative and Applied Economics
  • Economic context and evaluation of potential solutions

Skills

  • Evaluate arguments and methods in presentations
  • Employ economics vocabulary and analyze context and solution trade-offs
  • Present results of economic analysis professionally

Grades

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AAE 720 · Spring 2027

Seminar in Quantitative and Applied Economics

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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