ECON 1101 Principles of Economics
This course is an analysis of prices, output, and income distribution through the interaction of households and business firms in a modern Western economy. It also includes an analysis of national income and employment, economic fluctuations, monetary and fiscal policy, inflation, growth, and international aspects of macroeconomic policy. The appropriate role of government intervention is examined, and basic analytical tools are applied to current economic problems. Open to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. Course is open to seniors by department permission.
Course overview
- Department
- Economics
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Every Fall,Every Spring,Every Summer
Catalog details
- Satisfies core
- Social Science
Requirements fulfilled
- Carroll School Core: Principles of Economics (Classes of 2025–2029)
- Environmental Studies: Concentration — Environmental Entrepreneurship: Principles of Economics (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Economics B.A.: Required economics courses (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Economics: Required Courses (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- University Core: Social Science (All undergraduates)
Official evaluation summary
3.72 / 5
Data freshness
Instructors
- Maria Bejan
- Mustafa Runyun
- Peter Devine
- Tracy Regan
- Vaibhav Ojha
- Aleksandar Tomic
- Alessandro Lavia
- Ali Simsek
- Anirudh Padinjaray Pisharam
- Anshuman Bhakri
- Can Erbil
- Chandini Sankaran
- Christian Fernando Velasquez Javier
- Cristian Figueroa Berrios
- Denis Sokolov
- Deyin Jia
- Emine Tasci
- Haydar Evren
- Jarod Coulter
- Joseph Wilske
- Juan Baquero Vargas
- Kevin Choi
- Liang Zhang
- Linqi Zhang
- Luis Morano Germani
- Manchun Wang
- Marco Errico
- Paul Sarkis
- Pietro Visaggio
- Rodrigo Gonzalez Valdenegro
- Ryan Faulkner
- Sanjay Moorjani
- Shengtao Dai
- Simone Pesce
- Yuanchen Cai
- Yuedan Wang
- Yunus Semih Coskun
- Yuval Lidany
- Yuzhi Yao
- Zachary Saunders
- Zhengtao Zeng
- Catherine Lawlor
- Edoardo Bella
- Giada Bozzelli
- Jaeyeong Kim
- Mingyang Wei
- Yaakov Levin
Sections
- Section 01
- Section 02
- Section 03
- Section 04
- Section 01
- Section 02
- Section 03
- Section 04
- Section 05
- Section 06
- Section 07
- Section 08
- Section 09
- Section 10
- Section 19
- Section 20
- Section 21
- Section 22
- Section 23
- Section 24
- Section 25
- Section 26
- Section 27
- Section 28
- Section 29
- Section 30
- Section 31
- Section 32
- Section 33
- Section 34
- Section 35
- Section 36
- Section 37
- Section 38
- Section 39
- Section 40
- Section 41
- Section 42