# Economics (ECON) courses

Lake Tahoe Community College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 2 courses

Source: https://ltcc.elumenapp.com/catalog/2026-2027/department/economics

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

### ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 4 hours lecture weekly, 48 contact hours total
- **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 201
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections listed as ECON-C2001 (/c/lake-tahoe-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/econ.md); Winter 2027, 1 section listed as ECON-C2001 (/c/lake-tahoe-community-college/schedule/winter-2027/econ.md); Spring 2027, 1 section listed as ECON-C2001 (/c/lake-tahoe-community-college/schedule/spring-2027/econ.md)
- LTCC- Local General Education Curriculum: Area 4: Social Science
- CSU General Education Curriculum: Area D: Social, Political, and Economic Institutions and Behaviors; Historical Background
- IGETC Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum: Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences
- 25/26 - Local General Education Curriculum: Area 4: Social Sciences
- Cal-GETC: Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences

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:** 4
- **Hours:** 4 hours lecture weekly, 48 contact hours total
- **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:** Fall 2026, 1 section listed as ECON-C2002 (/c/lake-tahoe-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/econ.md); Winter 2027, 2 sections listed as ECON-C2002 (/c/lake-tahoe-community-college/schedule/winter-2027/econ.md); Spring 2027, 1 section listed as ECON-C2002 (/c/lake-tahoe-community-college/schedule/spring-2027/econ.md)
- LTCC- Local General Education Curriculum: Area 4: Social Science
- CSU General Education Curriculum: Area D: Social, Political, and Economic Institutions and Behaviors; Historical Background
- IGETC Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum: Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences
- 25/26 - Local General Education Curriculum: Area 4: Social Sciences
- Cal-GETC: Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences

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.