ECON 100 introduces the economic approach to understanding current issues through academic and popular readings.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Amit Gandhi, Christopher Sullivan, Christopher Taber: Workload varies by instructor. Sullivan’s homework is completion-based and exams are fair, while Taber’s math problems were untaught and exams were random. Gandhi’s homework was easy, but Taber’s multiple-choice questions were difficult to study for.
Behavioral Economics examines departures from rational norms using psychological enrichments of the standard model.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
The course requires at least five hours weekly for dense reading, which students find difficult to keep up with. Homework is considered easy, but the final exam focuses heavily on definitions rather than calculations.