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  "college": "college-of-alameda",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "code": "ECON",
  "name": "Economics",
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  "courses": [
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      "code": "ECON C2001",
      "subject": "ECON",
      "number": "C2001",
      "title": "Principles of Microeconomics",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "prerequisite": "Placement as determined by the college’s multiple measures assessment process or completion of a course taught at or above the level of elementary algebra.",
      "cid": [
        "ECON 2001 None"
      ],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "An introductory course using microeconomic models to understand individual decisions by consumers and firms, market outcomes including market failure, elasticity, market structures, labor markets, inequality, and the impact of government policies. Formerly ECON 2.",
      "notes": [
        "Peralta GE Areas 4; Cal-GETC Area 4;"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 5,
          "open": 2,
          "url": "/c/college-of-alameda/schedule/fall-2026/econ/#econ-c2001",
          "subject": "ECON"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "ECON C2002",
      "subject": "ECON",
      "number": "C2002",
      "title": "Principles of Macroeconomics",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "prerequisite": "Placement as determined by the college’s multiple measures assessment process or completion of a course taught at or above the level of elementary algebra.",
      "cid": [
        "ECON 202 None"
      ],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "An introductory course using models of the domestic and international economy to understand national income, unemployment, inflation, economic growth, inequality, the financial system, and monetary, fiscal, and other economic policies. Formerly ECON 1.",
      "notes": [
        "Peralta GE Areas 4; Cal-GETC Area 4;"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 4,
          "open": 3,
          "url": "/c/college-of-alameda/schedule/fall-2026/econ/#econ-c2002",
          "subject": "ECON"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "ECON 3",
      "subject": "ECON",
      "number": "3",
      "title": "Economics of Public Issues",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Examination of economic aspects of current public issues in the United States and our communities: Price controls, crime, education, poverty,homelessness, pollution, transportation, and taxes; analysis of the economics as a social science in understanding and implementing sound economic and public policies for addressing community public issues.",
      "notes": [
        "Peralta GE Areas 4;"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "ECON 5",
      "subject": "ECON",
      "number": "5",
      "title": "Introduction to Economics",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "An introductory course in macroeconomics and microeconomics that seeks to acquaint students with the methods and principles of economics such as understanding economic behavior, economic decision-making, and government policy.",
      "notes": [],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "ECON 6",
      "subject": "ECON",
      "number": "6",
      "title": "International Economics",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "prerequisite": "ECON C2002 and and",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "General principles, terminology, and methods of international economics:International trade, including examination of several alternative models, foreign exchange markets, currency/financial crises, globalization, unfair trade practices, regional integration, and the impact of trade on economic growth.",
      "notes": [
        "Peralta GE Areas 4;"
      ],
      "offered": []
    }
  ]
}