QUANTITATIVE TOOLS FOR ECONOMICS

ECON 205

Course Description

The objective of this course is to refine the quantitative skills necessary to succeed in intermediate- and advanced-level economics courses. The principle focus will be on applying the skills acquired in your math courses to the questions, models, and optimization problems that are common in economics. Topics include specific economic applications of algebra, financial mathematics, and calculus.

Prerequisties

(ECON 101 , ECON 102 , ECON 111 or concurrent enrollment) and (MATH 211 , MATH 217 , or MATH 221 )

Satisfies

ECON 301 and ECON 302

Credits

3 to 4

Offered

Not Applicable

Grade Point Average

3.27

0.55% from Historical

Completion Rate

93.55%

-0.22% from Historical

A Rate

38.71%

3.23% from Historical

Class Size

-3.13% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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Rebecca GLAWTSCHEW

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2.6

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