MGMT 203Behavioral Economics
Management · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Behavioral economics incorporatets insights from psychology (and otherr social sciences) to improve understanding of economic markets and decision making. By relaxing or replacing simplifying assumptions of standard economic models, behavioral economics aims to describe behavior with greater psychological realism and empirical accuracy. Overview of this rapidly developing field, and illustration of its implications for business and policy decisions across variety of contexts. Use of lectures, discussion, group interactions and projects, examination, and problem set to introduce topic of behavioral economics.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
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