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Course Info for ECON - 370 - 01, Spring 2026
Class number: 2974 Title: Economics of Family Planning Department: Economics
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 25 Current enrollment: 24 Available seats: 1
Start date: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 End date: Friday, May 8, 2026 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM, LIB - B03 Instructor(s): Cragun, Randy
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C+ or better in Economics 301.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Social Sciences Requirement
Course Description:
This course covers the choices people make about fertility, birth control, childcare and the policy and social environments that shape those choices. Topics include reasons for and effects of long-term decreases in fertility rates; the impacts of access to abortion and other birth control on education, careers, domestic violence, and the timing of births; the baby boom; how sensitive people are to the price of birth control; what we know about insurance coverage of birth control; and effects of pro-natalist and anti-fertility policies.