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QUANTITATIVE TOOLS FOR ECONOMICS

ECON 205
Course Description

Refine the quantitative skills used in intermediate- and advanced-level economics courses. Apply math skills to the questions, models, and optimization problems that are common in economics. Topics include specific economic applications of algebra, financial mathematics, and calculus.

Prerequisites

(ECON 101 , ECON 102 , ECON 111 or concurrent enrollment) and (MATH 211 , 217, or MATH 221 ). Not open to students with credit for MATH 222

Satisfies
Credits

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Offered

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Grade Point Average
3.52

6.31% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

5.15% from Historical

A Rate
40.91%

6.99% from Historical

Class Size
44

29.41% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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