AREC240

Introduction to Economics and the Environment

Credit only granted for: ECON200, AREC240, or AREC250. Costs and social impacts of pollution and human crowding in the modern environment. The economic, legal and institutional causes of these problems. Public policy approaches to solutions and the costs and benefits of alternative solutions.

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 2.76 between 634 students*

AREC240 Grade Distribution+-05101520253035% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 12.46%
A: 14.83%
A+: 6.78%
B-: 7.73%
B: 13.72%
B+: 12.15%
C-: 4.73%
C: 6.78%
C+: 5.84%
D-: 0.63%
D: 1.89%
D+: 2.37%
F: 3.94%
W: 5.99%
other: 0.16%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.