Economics (ECON)

ECON-100 3 Units Principles of Macroeconomics

54 hours lecture; 54 hours total

Prerequisite: Completion of Intermediate Algebra, MATH-93, or MATH-232 with a minimum grade of C or appropriate placement.

An introductory course focusing on aggregate economic analysis. Topics include: aggregate measures of economic activity, macroeconomic equilibrium, money and financial institutions, monetary and fiscal policy, international economics, and economic growth.

Transfers to both UC/CSU

ECON-101 3 Units Principles of Microeconomics

54 hours lecture; 54 hours total

Prerequisite: Completion of Intermediate Algebra or MATH-93 or MATH-232 with a minimum grade of C or appropriate placement.

This is an introductory course focusing on choices of individual economic decision-makers. Topics include scarcity, specialization and trade, market equilibrium, elasticity, production and cost theory, market structures, factor markets, and market failure.

Transfers to both UC/CSU

ECON-120 3 Units Economic History of the U.S.

54 hours lecture; 54 hours total

A survey of the economic development of the United States from colonial times to the present, with emphasis on the relationship of economic activities to social and political development.

Transfers to both UC/CSU