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ECON 120AEconometrics A

4 units · ECON · UC San Diego

Probability and statistics used in economics. Probability and sampling theory, statistical inference, and use of spreadsheets. Credit not allowed for ECON 120A after ECE 109, MAE 108, MATH 180A, MATH 183, or MATH 186.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “ECON 1; and MATH 10C or 20C or 31BH.”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 2 · Fall (4 programs).

Required in (3)

  • Business Economics
  • Economics (B.A.)
  • Economics (B.S.)

One of the options in (5)

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Business Psychology (B.S.)
  • Clinical Psychology (B.S.)
  • Computer Science (B.S.)
  • Data Science (B.S.)
What it opens up

Courses that list ECON 120A as a prerequisite (34)

  • COGS 118B Introduction to Machine Learning
  • COGS 118D Computational Modeling and Analysis of Human Behavior
  • CSE 150A Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Probabilistic Reasoning and Decision-Making
  • CSE 150B Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Search and Reasoning
  • CSE 151A Machine Learning: Learning Algorithms
  • CSE 151B Deep Learning
  • CSE 153 Machine Learning for Music
  • CSE 153R Machine Learning for Music
  • CSE 156 Statistical Natural Language Processing
  • CSE 158 Recommender Systems and Web Mining
  • CSE 158R Recommender Systems and Web Mining
  • DSC 140A Probabilistic Modeling and Machine Learning
  • DSC 140B Representation Learning
  • DSC 148 Introduction to Data Mining
  • ECE 155 Digital Communications Theory
  • ECE 157A Communications Systems Laboratory I
  • ECON 120B Econometrics B
  • ECON 125 The Science of Population
  • ECON 129 Cities, Inequality, Innovation
  • ECON 171 Decisions Under Uncertainty
  • ECON 172A Operations Research A
  • ECON 190 An Introduction to Research in Economics
  • HDS 181 Experimental Projects in Human Development Research
  • MAE 146 Introduction to Machine Learning Algorithms
  • MATH 181D Statistical Learning
  • MATH 181F Sampling Surveys and Experimental Design
  • MATH 189 Exploratory Data Analysis and Inference
  • MATH 194 The Mathematics of Finance
  • MGT 100 Customer Analytics
  • MGT 151R Business Analytics
  • MGT 153 Information Technology in Business Analytics
  • MGT 160 Experiments in Firms
  • MGT 180 Business Finance
  • MGT 180R Business Finance