# Economics (ECON) courses

College of the Desert · 2026-2027 Catalog · 4 courses

Source: https://catalog.collegeofthedesert.edu/courses/econ/

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### ECON 011 — International Economics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 54
- **Prerequisite:** MATH 054.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: Letter
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS
- COD GE: A4
- CalGETC: 4

This course examines the international economy and globalization, international trade relations and international monetary relations. Topics of discussion include: sources of comparative advantage, tariffs and nontariff trade barriers, trade regulations, balance of payment problems, trade policies for developing nations and regional trading agreements. In addition, foreign exchange and macroeconomic policy in an open market are discussed.

### ECON 012 — Understanding Econ Principles & Applications

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 54
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: Student Option
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS
- COD GE: A4
- CalGETC: 4

This course provides students with an introductory knowledge of fundamental economic principles and economic data. It prepares students to make critical evaluations of economic issues and policies in order to make more informed decisions as income earner, taxpayer, and voter. It will acquaint students with the methods and principles of economics such as understanding economic behavior, economic decision-making,government policy, and domestic and international economic issues.

### ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 54
- **Prerequisite:** MATH 054 or 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.
- **Formerly:** ECON 002
- **C-ID:** ECON 201
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 7 sections (/c/college-of-the-desert/schedule/fall-2026/econ.md)
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: Letter
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS
- COD GE: A4
- CalGETC: 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 002). (C-ID ECON 201)

### ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 54
- **Prerequisite:** MATH 054 or 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.
- **Formerly:** ECON 001
- **C-ID:** ECON 202
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 6 sections (/c/college-of-the-desert/schedule/fall-2026/econ.md)
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: Letter
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS
- COD GE: A4
- CalGETC: 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 001). (C-ID: ECON 202)