Word: ec
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...umpteenth year in a row Economics 10, "Principles of Economics," led the list of largest courses. Nine hundred and ninety-three undergraduates--not including those laggards who didn't file their study cards on time--have signed up for a year's worth of supply and demand curves, giving Ec 10 almost 300 more students than any other course in the College...
Otto Eckstein, Warburg Professor of Economics and chief lecturer in Ec 10, credited the nation's poor economic health with spurring this latest surge of interest in the course. "When the economy is going bad, our enrollment jumps," he said...
...course figures seem to testify to the Carter administration's problems with inflation and the balance of payments: this year, Ec 10's enrollment increased by 73 students...
...real story, though, appears to lie in the popularity of courses below Ec 10 on the popularity list. Of the remaining nine, at least five have the reputation of being less than academically rigorous, while another--Chemistry 20a, "Organic Chemistry"--is considered quite tough, but can't be sidestepped by students with dreams of medical school...
Albert B. Lord '34, Porter Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature who teaches Hum 9a, said he doubted his course would ever grow as big as Ec 10. "I'm delighted to have 628 students," he said...