EC-H103 Honors Using Big Data to Solve Economic And Social Problems
An honors version of Solving Economic and Social Problems, this course applies big data to understand and address some important economic and social problems, including equality of opportunity, education, racial disparities, innovation and entrepreneurship, health care, climate change, criminal justice, and tax policy. The course presents frontier research in a non-technical manner, making it suitable for students exploring economics as well as those who have some prior exposure. The course covers many basic concepts of microeconomics, and some statistical ideas including methods of causal inference.
Prerequisite
Student has satisfied all of the following Student has cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.300 Or Student has satisfied all of the following Student is a member of the Honors Summary All Student Cohort