PLCY641

Macroeconomics and Policy Analysis

Restriction: Must be in a major in PLCY-School of Public Policy; or permission of PLCY-School of Public Policy. Credit only granted for: PLCY641 or PUAF641. Formerly: PUAF641. Studies the behavior of the economy as a whole: the level of national income, unemployment, and inflation; the vulnerability of the U.S. economy to external influences; possible federal influence over the level of economic activity; and the consequences for prices, employment and the U.S. trade deficit. Also examines possible U.S. policy responses to widespread debt crises in developing countries.

Spring 2026

Madiha Afzal

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Michael Busse

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Tyler Kustra

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Fall 2025

John Green

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Summer 2025

Michael Busse

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Spring 2025

Michael Busse

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John Green

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John Green

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Include P/F semesters 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 3.50 between 343 students*

A-: 26.82%

A: 31.49%

A+: 5.54%

B-: 4.66%

B: 7.87%

B+: 16.03%

C: 0.29%

C+: 1.46%

W: 3.21%

other: 2.62%

* "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.