University of California, Berkeley

Terms: Fall 2023, Fall 2024 (Lead GSI), Spring 2025 (Lead GSI)

This course provides a survey of economics principles and methods. It covers both microeconomics, the study of consumer choice, firm behavior, and market interaction, and macroeconomics, the study of economic growth, unemployment, and inflation. Econ 2 covers topics in greater depth by connecting the theory with current economic research. The required material includes both the standard textbook material as well as more technical academic papers from the current economic literature.

PPIA Junior Summer Institute, Goldman School of Public Policy

Terms: Summer 2023

This course is an introduction to economic concepts and application of those concepts to the analysis of different policy issues. The course is taught using basic college algebra to accommodate all students in the PPIA Junior Summer Institute.