ECON 164Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics: Theory of Economic Growth

Economics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Use of neoclassical growth model to address various issues, with emphasis on quantitative analysis. Development of economic theory and application to study of long-run growth, industrial revolution, and Great Depression.

P/NP or letter grading.

When it runs

Winter 2026
Spring 2026
Winter 2027
Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

Requisites

Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 102. Enforced corequisite: course 164L.

BruinTree reads · Prerequisite

confidence 1.00 · from text

ECON 102

BruinTree reads · Corequisite

confidence 1.00 · from text

ECON 164L

Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

ECON 164

ECON 102Macroeconomic Theory
- ECON 2Principles of Economics
  - ECON 1Principles of Economics
- ECON 101Microeconomic Theory
  - ECON 11Microeconomic Theory2 more beneath
ECON 164LAdvanced Topics in Macroeconomics: Theory of Economic Growth Laboratory
- ECON 102Macroeconomic Theoryanother path to it
- ECON 164Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics: Theory of Economic Growthanother path to it

2 direct requisites. Showing 8 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

ECON 164

ECON 164LAdvanced Topics in Macroeconomics: Theory of Economic Growth Laboratory
- ECON 164Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics: Theory of Economic Growthanother path to it

1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 2 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

ECON 164Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics: Theory of Economic Growth

Economics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

See tree View official UCLA course listing ↗Find on Bruinwalk ↗

P/NP or letter grading.

When it runs

Winter 2026
Spring 2026
Winter 2027
Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

Requisites

Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 102. Enforced corequisite: course 164L.

BruinTree reads · Prerequisite

confidence 1.00 · from text

ECON 102

BruinTree reads · Corequisite

confidence 1.00 · from text

ECON 164L

Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

ECON 164

ECON 102Macroeconomic Theory
- ECON 2Principles of Economics
  - ECON 1Principles of Economics
- ECON 101Microeconomic Theory
  - ECON 11Microeconomic Theory2 more beneath
ECON 164LAdvanced Topics in Macroeconomics: Theory of Economic Growth Laboratory
- ECON 102Macroeconomic Theoryanother path to it
- ECON 164Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics: Theory of Economic Growthanother path to it

2 direct requisites. Showing 8 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

Unlocks

What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

ECON 164

ECON 164LAdvanced Topics in Macroeconomics: Theory of Economic Growth Laboratory
- ECON 164Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics: Theory of Economic Growthanother path to it

1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 2 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.