Hardest ECON classes at OU

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

1. ECON 3133: Intermed Macroeconomic Theory Average GPA 2.54, 492 students
2. ECON 3213: Environmental Economics Average GPA 2.73, 198 students
3. ECON 3633: International Finance Theory Average GPA 2.80, 679 students
4. ECON 4353: Public Finance-issue/taxation Average GPA 2.80, 261 students
5. ECON 4673: Economics-money & Banking Average GPA 2.80, 209 students
6. ECON 3713: Government Relations-business Average GPA 2.96, 187 students
7. ECON 1123: Principles of Economics-micro Average GPA 2.97, 25,407 students
8. ECON 3523: Health Economics Average GPA 3.02, 208 students
9. ECON 4970: Economics of Globalization Average GPA 3.03, 537 students
10. ECON 1113: Principles of Economics-macro Average GPA 3.04, 6,421 students
11. ECON 4773: Economic Game Theory Average GPA 3.10, 340 students
12. ECON 4223: Econometric Analysis Average GPA 3.20, 609 students
13. ECON 4853: World Economic Development Average GPA 3.29, 216 students
14. ECON 3113: Intermed Microeconomic Theory Average GPA 3.33, 1,147 students
15. ECON 4453: Urban Economics Average GPA 3.33, 169 students
16. ECON 6213: Seminar-price & Welfare Theory Average GPA 3.35, 110 students
17. ECON 3513: Labor Problems Average GPA 3.37, 193 students
18. ECON 5123: Advanced Price/welfare Theory Average GPA 3.40, 111 students
19. ECON 5243: Econometrics Ii Average GPA 3.51, 116 students
20. ECON 4983: Economics as Social Science Average GPA 3.56, 115 students
21. ECON 2843: Elements of Statistics Average GPA 3.61, 4,604 students
22. ECON 4363: Sports Economics Average GPA 3.80, 134 students
23. ECON 3880: Directed Readings Average GPA 3.99, 276 students

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