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ECO 304KLower division3 credit hours

ECO 304K Introduction to Microeconomics

Since 2011, ECO 304K has averaged 3.01 with 27% A’s. In Spring 2026 it averaged 3.24, above the 3.18 average for undergraduate ECO classes that term.

Registration details

Before you register

Catalog edition
2026–27
Class hours a week
3
Grading
Letter grade or pass/fail, your choice
Repeat for credit
No
Core curriculum
Social and behavioral sciences (080)
Texas common number
ECON 2302

Grade distribution

Spring 2026: 703 letter grades, 3.24 average GPA, 38% A’s, 4 sections

Bars show the selected term. Short lines show all terms combined.

Grade counts
Grade distribution
GradeStudentsShareAll terms
A26738.0%27.0%
A−9313.2%12.4%
B+7210.2%10.8%
B8411.9%13.9%
B−659.2%9.0%
C+324.6%7.0%
C324.6%8.4%
C−162.3%5.6%
D+152.1%0.8%
D142.0%2.6%
D−10.1%0.6%
F121.7%2.0%
Q, W, CR, and others56Not in the average

How have grades changed?

UT’s grade reports show 46 terms from Summer 2011 to Summer 2026 (15 falls, 15 springs, and 16 summers).

Spring 2026 3.24 average · 38% A’s · 703 grades
ECO 304K average GPAAll undergraduate ECO classesLetter grades each term
Grades by term
How have grades changed?
TermSectionsLetter gradesAverage GPAA’s
Summer 20261783.6774.4%
Spring 202647033.2438.0%
Fall 202551,8953.4245.5%
Summer 20251793.6762.0%
Spring 202536603.4151.1%
Fall 202451,8613.4044.2%
Summer 20241903.6143.3%
Spring 202436263.2242.0%
Fall 202341,8683.4952.5%
Summer 20231943.2628.7%
Spring 202325182.9733.2%
Fall 202221,6363.0127.3%
Summer 20221803.2232.5%
Spring 202225303.2234.5%
Fall 202121,3592.9429.5%
Summer 20211642.707.8%
Spring 202113063.1018.6%
Fall 202031,1473.0526.9%
Summer 20201853.4952.9%
Spring 202011203.3426.7%
Fall 201931,1052.8720.8%
Summer 20191493.7446.9%
Spring 201922462.7413.0%
Fall 201831,2392.8718.4%
Summer 20181632.7815.9%
Spring 201822382.7314.7%
Fall 201761,3222.8922.0%
Summer 20171722.6512.5%
Spring 201724932.7819.5%
Fall 201661,7622.9724.1%
Summer 201611063.1833.0%
Spring 201625042.7815.1%
Fall 201561,7312.7713.6%
Summer 20151422.9214.3%
Spring 201524352.7315.9%
Fall 201461,8622.9020.2%
Summer 20141422.8626.2%
Spring 201424942.7613.8%
Fall 201371,8672.7914.2%
Summer 20131332.7315.2%
Spring 201324672.7515.6%
Fall 201271,9392.8316.9%
Summer 20122832.6222.9%
Spring 201235462.6914.7%
Fall 201171,8652.8918.3%
Summer 20112702.6912.9%

What’s ECO 304K about?

Analysis of the economic behavior of individual consumers, firms, and workers. Demand, supply, and market equilibrium. Impact of taxes, externalities, and market power on equilibrium. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with additional hours to be arranged.

Prepare for class

  • Supply and demand
  • Market equilibrium
  • Externalities
  • Market power

Review · Practice reading a supply-and-demand graph.

Self-check · The price of bicycles falls while buyers' preferences stay the same. Do buyers move along the demand curve or shift it?

Show the answer

They move along it. A price change changes the quantity demanded at that price.

Source for the course topics

Instructor evaluations

UT posts its course evaluation results as one public list per term. Open a term and look for ECO 304K in it: Spring 2026 · Fall 2025 · Summer 2025 · Spring 2025.

UT’s CES ratings search · Results before Fall 2022 · Syllabi and evaluations for ECO 304K

What comes before and after?

Sources

The Spring 2027 listing comes from UT’s printed schedule, checked November 9, 2026.

Class details come from UT’s Economics catalog page, 2026–27 edition, checked October 27, 2026. Match requirements to your own catalog and degree plan.

Grades come from UT’s grade dashboard, updated October 27, 2026. UT leaves out some small classes to protect students’ privacy.

Each letter grade counts once. A− has its own bar. Subject averages cover the same subject, level, and term, including this class. How the averages are calculated.

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