Hardest ECON classes at UCR

Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.

  1. ECON 173: Global Poverty Average GPA 2.40, 108 students
  2. ECON 151: Econmics of Education Average GPA 2.60, 220 students
  3. ECON 152: Cost Benefit Analysis Average GPA 2.62, 129 students
  4. ECON 181: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: THEORY AND POLICY Average GPA 2.66, 1,582 students
  5. ECON 134: INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Average GPA 2.69, 268 students
  6. ECON 123: AMERICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY Average GPA 2.69, 210 students
  7. ECON 148: Land&resource Economics Average GPA 2.70, 629 students
  8. ECON 132: PUBLIC ECONOMICS Average GPA 2.71, 796 students
  9. ECON 129: Health Economics Average GPA 2.74, 901 students
  10. ECON 107: INTRODUCTORY ECONOMETRICS Average GPA 2.75, 3,890 students
  11. ECON 173S: Global Poverty Average GPA 2.79, 208 students
  12. ECON 006: Intro: Environmental Economics Average GPA 2.80, 485 students
  13. ECON 101: STATISTICS FOR ECONOMICS Average GPA 2.82, 4,443 students
  14. ECON 104B: INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMIC THEORY Average GPA 2.83, 4,082 students
  15. ECON 119: LAW AND ECONOMICS Average GPA 2.83, 1,360 students
  16. ECON 105A: INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMIC THEORY Average GPA 2.85, 4,132 students
  17. ECON 108: INTRODUCTORY ECONOMETRICS Average GPA 2.85, 261 students
  18. ECON 104A: INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMIC THEORY Average GPA 2.86, 4,387 students
  19. ECON 186: POLICY EVALUATION IN DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS Average GPA 2.89, 177 students
  20. ECON 103: INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS Average GPA 2.91, 6,850 students
  21. ECON 164: BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS Average GPA 2.93, 281 students
  22. ECON 137: Econ Growth and Unemployment Average GPA 2.93, 232 students
  23. ECON 130: INTRODUCTION TO MONEY, BANKING, AND CREDIT Average GPA 2.97, 1,406 students
  24. ECON 155: Women's Labor and the Economy Average GPA 3.00, 276 students
  25. ECON 153: LABOR ECONOMICS Average GPA 3.03, 1,046 students
  26. ECON 162: Managerial Economics Average GPA 3.03, 462 students
  27. ECON 106: DATA ANALYSIS IN ECONOMICS Average GPA 3.03, 256 students
  28. ECON 158: Economic Mobility Average GPA 3.03, 193 students
  29. ECON 160: Industrial Organization Average GPA 3.04, 876 students
  30. ECON 146: URBAN ECONOMICS Average GPA 3.04, 523 students
  31. ECON 125: HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT Average GPA 3.05, 268 students
  32. ECON 178: INTERNATIONAL TRADE Average GPA 3.10, 1,485 students
  33. ECON 171: INTERNATIONAL FINANCE Average GPA 3.12, 1,761 students
  34. ECON 002: INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS Average GPA 3.13, 25,177 students
  35. ECON 105B: INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMIC THEORY Average GPA 3.14, 3,495 students
  36. ECON 175: COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS Average GPA 3.17, 1,071 students
  37. ECON 003: INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS Average GPA 3.18, 24,377 students
  38. ECON 205A: ECONOMETRIC METHODS 1 Average GPA 3.22, 112 students
  39. ECON 124: WORLD ECONOMIC HISTORY Average GPA 3.23, 982 students
  40. ECON 138: ECONOMICS OF FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS Average GPA 3.25, 377 students
  41. ECON 163: INTRODUCTION TO GAME THEORY Average GPA 3.28, 653 students
  42. ECON 150: Rockonomics Average GPA 3.29, 201 students
  43. ECON 143: ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS Average GPA 3.36, 1,290 students
  44. ECON 102: INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS Average GPA 3.37, 3,571 students
  45. ECON 109: Forecstng in Business&economcs Average GPA 3.39, 122 students
  46. ECON 116: FOUNDATNS-POLITCL ECONMY Average GPA 3.42, 490 students
  47. ECON 135: THE STOCK MARKET Average GPA 3.54, 4,036 students
  48. ECON 188: THE CHINESE ECONOMY Average GPA 3.59, 223 students
  49. ECON 136: Empirical Financial Economics Average GPA 3.61, 429 students
  50. ECON 200A: MICROECONOMIC THEORY Average GPA 3.77, 106 students
  51. ECON 002H: Honors Intro to Macroeconomics Average GPA 3.85, 101 students
  52. ECON 003H: Honors:intro to Microecon Average GPA 3.90, 143 students

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