# Economics (ECON) courses

El Camino College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 4 courses

Source: http://catalog.elcamino.edu/index.php?catoid=13

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027.

### ECON 100 — Fundamentals of Economics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Advisory:** ENGL 1 or eligibility for ENGL 1A (now ENGL C1000) or qualification by appropriate assessment
- **Formerly:** Economics 5
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section listed as ECON-100 (/c/el-camino-college/schedule/fall-2026/econ.md)
- Credit Status: Credit, degree applicable
- Transfer: CSU, UC*
- Note: Students will not receive UC credit for Economics 100 if taken after ECON 101 (now ECON C2002) or ECON 102 (now ECON C2001).

In this course, students are introduced to the study of how a market economy solves the problem that the scarcity of resources and goods imposes on a society. Supply and demand concepts, the effects of controls on the economy, unemployment and inflation, and the principles of international trade and finance are also discussed.

### 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.
- **Advisory:** ECON C2002 or ECON C2002H
- **Formerly:** ECON 102
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 11 sections listed as ECON-C2001 (/c/el-camino-college/schedule/fall-2026/econ.md); Winter 2027, 3 sections listed as ECON-C2001 (/c/el-camino-college/schedule/winter-2027/econ.md); Spring 2027, 9 sections listed as ECON-C2001 (/c/el-camino-college/schedule/spring-2027/econ.md)
- Credit Status: Credit, degree applicable

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 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.
- **Advisory:** Eligibility for English C1000 or equivalent
- **Formerly:** ECON 101
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section listed as ECON-C2002H (/c/el-camino-college/schedule/fall-2026/econ.md); Spring 2027, 1 section listed as ECON-C2002H (/c/el-camino-college/schedule/spring-2027/econ.md)
- Credit Status: Credit, degree applicable

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.

### ECON C2002H — Principles of Macroeconomics - Honors

- **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.
- **Advisory:** Eligibility for English C1000 or equivalent
- **Formerly:** ECON 101H
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules
- Credit Status: Credit, degree applicable

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. This is an honors course. Note: Students may take either Economics C2002 or Economics C2002H. Duplicate credit will not be awarded.