Economics
5 courses · Cuesta College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: 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)
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
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
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
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- ECON 201
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.
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- ECON 202
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.