Easiest ECON classes at UIUC

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

  1. ECON 567: Microeconomics for Business Average GPA 3.74, 213 students
  2. ECON 568: Macroeconomics for Business Average GPA 3.73, 301 students
  3. ECON 504: Time Series Analysis in Econ Average GPA 3.73, 186 students
  4. ECON 460: Financial Economics Average GPA 3.71, 272 students
  5. ECON 590: Labor Econ: Theory & Practice Average GPA 3.70, 884 students
  6. ECON 510: Economics of Taxation Average GPA 3.70, 132 students
  7. ECON 529: Macroeconomics for Business Average GPA 3.69, 6,219 students
  8. ECON 199: Introduction to Game Theory Average GPA 3.68, 167 students
  9. ECON 472: Financial Econometrics Average GPA 3.67, 392 students
  10. ECON 564: The Theory of Monetary Policy Average GPA 3.67, 278 students
  11. ECON 532: Econometric Analysis I Average GPA 3.65, 360 students
  12. ECON 535: Econometric Analysis II Average GPA 3.65, 279 students
  13. ECON 516: Monetary Theory Average GPA 3.64, 445 students
  14. ECON 501: Macroeconomics Average GPA 3.63, 733 students
  15. ECON 505: Introduction to Game Theory Average GPA 3.63, 451 students
  16. ECON 528: Microeconomics for Business Average GPA 3.62, 8,130 students
  17. ECON 509: General Macroeconomic Theory Average GPA 3.62, 401 students
  18. ECON 508: Applied Econometrics Average GPA 3.59, 412 students
  19. ECON 503: Econometrics Average GPA 3.58, 795 students
  20. ECON 517: Monetary Policy Average GPA 3.55, 485 students
  21. ECON 563: Monetary Theory Average GPA 3.55, 136 students
  22. ECON 520: International Trade Theory Average GPA 3.55, 130 students
  23. ECON 530: Microeconomic Theory I Average GPA 3.54, 103 students
  24. ECON 512: Economics of Taxation Average GPA 3.53, 124 students
  25. ECON 522: International Financial Econ Average GPA 3.52, 145 students
  26. ECON 483: Econ of Innovation and Tech Average GPA 3.51, 887 students
  27. ECON 514: International Financial Average GPA 3.51, 187 students
  28. ECON 491: Intermediate Econometrics Average GPA 3.49, 629 students
  29. ECON 506: Economic Statistics Average GPA 3.48, 544 students
  30. ECON 437: Game Theory Average GPA 3.46, 1,262 students
  31. ECON 500: Microeconomics Average GPA 3.45, 1,231 students
  32. ECON 511: Public Goods Theory Average GPA 3.43, 162 students
  33. ECON 482: Economics of Digital Economy Average GPA 3.42, 557 students
  34. ECON 455: Economics: Poverty Alleviation Average GPA 3.42, 199 students
  35. ECON 102: Microeconomic Principles Average GPA 3.41, 47,612 students
  36. ECON 484: Law and Economics Average GPA 3.40, 1,190 students
  37. ECON 452: The Latin American Economies Average GPA 3.38, 1,626 students
  38. ECON 481: Govt Reg of Economic Activity Average GPA 3.38, 460 students
  39. ECON 440: Economics of Labor Markets Average GPA 3.37, 1,302 students
  40. ECON 469: Economics of Risk Average GPA 3.36, 342 students
  41. ECON 513: International Trade Average GPA 3.36, 153 students
  42. ECON 502: Economic Statistics Average GPA 3.35, 819 students
  43. ECON 490: International Trade Average GPA 3.33, 7,023 students
  44. ECON 475: Economic Forecasting Average GPA 3.33, 754 students
  45. ECON 465: Mathematical Economics Average GPA 3.33, 131 students
  46. ECON 474: Econometrics of Policy Eval Average GPA 3.32, 285 students
  47. ECON 420: International Economics Average GPA 3.26, 2,924 students
  48. ECON 418: Health Economics Average GPA 3.26, 529 students
  49. ECON 414: Urban Economics Average GPA 3.24, 850 students
  50. ECON 448: Employee Comp & Incentives Average GPA 3.24, 777 students
  51. ECON 415: Environmental Economics Average GPA 3.20, 671 students
  52. ECON 450: Development Economics Average GPA 3.18, 1,242 students
  53. ECON 103: Macroeconomic Principles Average GPA 3.17, 30,411 students
  54. ECON 426: Monetary Economics and Policy Average GPA 3.17, 646 students
  55. ECON 447: Economics of the Workplace Average GPA 3.15, 744 students
  56. ECON 462: Macroeconomic Policy Average GPA 3.15, 273 students
  57. ECON 480: Industrial Comp and Monopoly Average GPA 3.11, 1,171 students
  58. ECON 303: Inter Macroeconomic Theory Average GPA 3.06, 7,181 students
  59. ECON 442: Women in the Economy Average GPA 3.02, 111 students
  60. ECON 425: Macroeconomic Policy Average GPA 3.01, 210 students
  61. ECON 422: International Macroeconomics Average GPA 2.94, 124 students
  62. ECON 202: Economic Statistics I Average GPA 2.92, 11,621 students
  63. ECON 471: Intro to Applied Econometrics Average GPA 2.91, 2,288 students
  64. ECON 411: Public Sector Economics Average GPA 2.91, 1,494 students
  65. ECON 402: American Economic History Average GPA 2.86, 523 students
  66. ECON 302: Inter Microeconomic Theory Average GPA 2.84, 21,365 students
  67. ECON 220: Intl Economic Principles Average GPA 2.80, 106 students
  68. ECON 203: Economic Statistics II Average GPA 2.78, 16,960 students

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