Economics ECON

ECON C2001 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.

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

ECON 2001 None

Peralta GE Areas 4; Cal-GETC Area 4;

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.

Offered: Fall 2026 (5 sections)

ECON C2002 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.

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

ECON 202 None

Peralta GE Areas 4; Cal-GETC Area 4;

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.

Offered: Fall 2026 (4 sections)

ECON 3 Economics of Public Issues

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 4;

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.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ECON 5 Introduction to Economics

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

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.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ECON 6 International Economics

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

ECON C2002 and and

Peralta GE Areas 4;

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.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.