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Dibs Fall 2026

ECON 5

Economics for Everyone

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to models and tools used by economists in practical real-world context. Study of important topical issues such as inequality, health care, and environmental policies. Students learn about available data sources and become better equipped to understand current events. May not be used to fulfill entrance requirements for any Economics Department major. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.10
n = 186 · 2 terms · ± 0.039
A range
33%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
13%
96% of those passed
D / F / W
1.6%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Not offered in Fall 2026.

Enrollment history

Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.

  • 10322S
  • 11523S
Enrolment by term: 22S 103, 23S 115
Peak 115 Most recent 115 in 23S 2 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 11 · 5.0%
  • A 27 · 12.4%
  • A- 23 · 10.6%
  • B+ 26 · 11.9%
  • B 40 · 18.3%
  • B- 24 · 11.0%
  • C+ 13 · 6.0%
  • C 14 · 6.4%
  • C- 5 · 2.3%
  • F 3 · 1.4%
  • P 27 · 12.4%
  • NP 1 · 0.5%
  • S 1 · 0.5%
  • I 3 · 1.4%

Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.

By instructor

Instructor Predicted Raw n Terms A range
OSEI TWUMASI, OLIVIA IRENA 3.09 3.09 186 2 33%

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department — so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.

By term