Intro to Economic Reasoning
1:10pm–2:25pm
Diana Center DIA 504
Barnard
Seat data provenance: Directory as of August 23, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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Covers basic elements of microeconomic and marcoeconomic reasoning at an introductory level. Topics include Individual Constraints and Preferences, Production by Firms, Market Transactions, Competition, The Distribution of Income, Technological Progress and Growth, Unemployment and Inflation, the Role of Government in the Economy. Note: Students cannot get credit for ECON BC1003 if they have taken the Columbia introductory course ECON W1105 Principles of Economics.
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