ECON642

Topics in Applied Macroeconomics

Restriction: Must be in M.Prof.Studies: Applied Economics program; or permission of BSOS-Economics department. Focus is on applied macroeconomic models used by federal agencies to explain and predict economic behavior. Course emphasizes macroeconomic data: NIPA accounts, GDP, construction and application of CPI, labor force data and economic indicators. Students will also study a selected set of current macroeconomic topics including models of economic growth, economic fluctuations, monetary policy, inflation and financial markets.

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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 2.77 between 232 students*

ECON642 Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 10.78%
A: 20.69%
A+: 4.31%
B-: 7.76%
B: 13.79%
B+: 20.26%
C-: 0.86%
C+: 2.16%
F: 0.43%
W: 18.53%
other: 0.43%
* "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.