PUB AFF 40Microeconomics for Public Affairs
Public Affairs · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Introduction to principles of microeconomics with focus on social and policy problems. Study of decisions by firms and individuals, and implications for allocation of resources. Application of economic models to public issues such as social safety net, minimum wage, education, inequality, and poverty.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Summer 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
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.
PUB AFF 40
- PUB AFF 111Microeconomics: Market Failures and Inequality
- PUB AFF M153Parking and City
- URBN PL CM151Parking and City
3 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 3 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.