# Economics (ECON) courses

Cuesta College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 5 courses

Source: https://cuesta.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/29980/29981/30012

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

### ECON 193 — ECONOMICS SPECIAL TOPIC

- **Units:** 0.5 to 4
- **Hours:** 0.5 to 4 hours per week: (0.50 - 4.00 lecture hours/0.00 - 0.00 lab hours)
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026 schedules
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Letter Grade or P/NP

Examines a special topic in the field of study related to the discipline offering this course.

### ECON 200 — SURVEY OF ECONOMICS

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 1 section (/c/cuesta-college/schedule/summer-2026/econ.md); Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/cuesta-college/schedule/fall-2026/econ.md)
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Letter Grade or P/NP

Introduces basic economic topics such as supply and demand, and provides an introduction to topics in both microeconomics and macroeconomics. Designed for the non-economic major, illustrating the application of basic economic principles to contemporary issues and initial understanding of public policy. CREDIT LIMITATION: No credit if taken after ECON 201A or ECON 201B.

### ECON 247 — INDEPENDENT STUDIES: ECONOMICS

- **Units:** 0.5 to 2
- **Hours:** 1.5 to 6 hours per week: (0.00 - 0.00 lecture hours/1.50 - 6.00 lab hours)
- **Prerequisite:** The student must have completed preparatory course work in the field in which the study is to be undertaken.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026 schedules
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Letter Grade or P/NP

Provides an opportunity for an in-depth study or a practicum experience by an individual student in a selected topic of Economics under the direction of an instructor.

### ECON C2001 — PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours)
- **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.
- **Advisory:** Intermediate Algebra or eligibility for transfer level math using the current college process
- **C-ID:** ECON 201
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026 schedules
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Letter Grade or P/NP

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.

### ECON C2002 — PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours)
- **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.
- **C-ID:** ECON 202
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026 schedules
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Letter Grade or P/NP

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.