Course offerings are subject to change.
Important Dates:
January 2025 – Official summer courses posted in UCLA Registrar
February 1, 2025 – Enrollment opens for current UCLA Students
February 15, 2025 – Enrollment opens for non-UCLA Students
The summer session classes listed below are in-person. These in-person lectures will also be streamed live over zoom and zoom recorded.
NOTE: ALL EXAMS FOR IN-PERSON COURSES WILL BE IN-PERSON ONLY WITH NO EXCEPTIONS.
Session A
June 23 – August 1
Session C
August 4 – September 12
Course Descriptions
1. Principles of Economics. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open to students with credit for former course 100. Introduction to principles of economic analysis, economic institutions, and issues of economic policy. Emphasis on allocation of resources and distribution of income through price system. P/NP or letter grading. Sessions A and C
2. Principles of Economics. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: course 1. Not open to students with credit for former course 100. Introduction to principles of economic analysis, economic institutions, and issues of economic policy. Emphasis on aggregative economics, including national income, monetary and fiscal policy, and international trade. P/NP or letter grading. Sessions A and C
11. Microeconomic Theory. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisites: courses 1, 2, Mathematics 31A, 31B. Laws of demand, supply, returns, and costs; price and output determination in different market situations. P/NP or letter grading. Sessions A and C
41. Statistics for Economists. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisites: Mathematics 31A, 31B. Not open to students with credit for former Statistics 11. Introduction to probability and statistics for economists, with emphasis on rigorous arguments. Letter grading. Sessions A and C
101. Microeconomic Theory. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: course 11. Theory of factor pricing and income distribution, general equilibrium, implications of pricing process for optimum allocation of resources, game theory, and interest and capital. P/NP or letter grading. Sessions A and C
102. Macroeconomic Theory. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: course 101. Theory of income, employment, and price level. Analysis of secular growth and business fluctuations; introduction to monetary and fiscal policy. P/NP or letter grading. Sessions A and C
103. Introduction to Econometrics. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisites: courses 11, and 41 or Mathematics 170A or Statistics 100A. Enforced corequisite: course 103L. Introduction to theory and practice of econometrics, with goal to make students effective consumers and producers of empirical research in economics. Emphasis on intuitive understanding rather than on rigorous arguments; concepts illustrated with applications in economics. P/NP or letter grading. Sessions A and C
103L. Econometrics Laboratory. (1) Lecture, one hour; laboratory, one hour. Requisites: courses 11, and 41 or Mathematics 170A or Statistics 100A. Enforced corequisite: course 103. Econometric analysis of case-based studies. Hands-on data collection and problem solving. Use of econometric software. P/NP or letter grading. Sessions A and C
104. Data Science for Economists. (4) Lecture, three hours; laboratory, one hour. Enforced requisites: courses 11, 103. Enforced corequisite: course 104L. In-depth discussion of multivariate regression. Introduction to estimation of multivariate regression, and confidence intervals and hypothesis tests in context of multivariate regression. Discussion of instrumental variables and binary choice models. Emphasis on hands-on experience on data analytics and real data applications. P/NP or letter grading. Session A only.
104L. Data Science for Economists Laboratory. (1) Lecture, one hour; laboratory, one hour. Enforced requisites: courses 11, 103. Enforced corequisite: course 104. Econometric analysis of case-based studies. Hands-on data collection and problem solving. Use of econometric software. P/NP or letter grading. Session A only
106F. Finance. (1) Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 102. Enforced corequisite: course 106FB. Not open for credit to students with credit for Management 130A. Only one course from Economics 106F and Management 130A may be applied toward Economics and Business Economics majors. Enrollment priority to Business Economics majors. Introduction to principles of asset valuation and role of financial markets in market economy. Basic topics include time value of money, discounted cash flow analysis, CAPM model, and applications to public policy. P/NP or letter grading. Session C only
165. History of Capitalism in American Economy. (4) Lecture, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 102. How capitalism–what economists call market economy with well-defined and protected civil rights and property rights–has contributed to America’s economic growth. Quantitative course, with analysis of how different features of capitalist economies impact economic growth, investment, consumption, and technical change, using computer simulations based on prominent historical examples. P/NP or letter grading. Session A only
