ECON 182A
U.S. Economic History: From Colonial Times to the Civil War
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: courses 11, 41 (or equivalent). Enforced corequisite: course 182AL. Examination of the development of the U.S. economy up to and including the Civil War. Focus on using economic models and numbers to understand what drove the evolution of the economy, why structural changes occurred, and why there was persistence. While the past persists for a long time in the form of people and institutions, there are periods of dramatic change brought on by technological change and by war. Study of the past, with its very different institutions, to inform the present. For example, there was no U.S. currency until the Civil War. Each bank printed its own notes and each state had different banking regulations. Investigation of how the system worked, whether it was effective in allocating capital, and how stability depended on banking regulations. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2024 - Professor Costa is clearly passionate about this subject. She offers extra credit and is almost always available for questions. The class was recorded and consisted of a midterm, final, group project, and some problem sets (the midterm was dropped if your final was better + it was open note). Additionally, for lab, all you had to do was attend them. Her exams were extremely fair, especially since you could bring any number of notes you wanted. If you pay attention and take notes, you should be more than okay. Additionally, this class is very interesting and by far, one of the best econ classes I've taken at UCLA. She isn't like most econ professors, who usually don't care about their students at all. Overall, I would highly recommend this class!!!
Winter 2024 - Professor Costa is clearly passionate about this subject. She offers extra credit and is almost always available for questions. The class was recorded and consisted of a midterm, final, group project, and some problem sets (the midterm was dropped if your final was better + it was open note). Additionally, for lab, all you had to do was attend them. Her exams were extremely fair, especially since you could bring any number of notes you wanted. If you pay attention and take notes, you should be more than okay. Additionally, this class is very interesting and by far, one of the best econ classes I've taken at UCLA. She isn't like most econ professors, who usually don't care about their students at all. Overall, I would highly recommend this class!!!
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