# Economics (ECON) courses

Merced College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 2 courses

Source: https://catalog.mccd.edu/schools/programs/school-business-economics/courses/econ-courses

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

### 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 intermediate algebra
- **Advisory:** ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A)
- **Formerly:** ECON-01
- **C-ID:** ECON 201
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 10 sections (/c/merced-college/schedule/fall-2026/econ.md); Spring 2027, 5 sections (/c/merced-college/schedule/spring-2027/econ.md)
- (Cal-GETC area 4)
- (CSU breadth area D) (IGETC area 4) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]

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. (11/25)

### 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:** ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A), AND ECON-C2001 (formerly ECON-01), OR AGAB-05
- **Formerly:** ECON-02
- **C-ID:** ECON 202
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merced-college/schedule/fall-2026/econ.md); Spring 2027, 4 sections (/c/merced-college/schedule/spring-2027/econ.md)
- (Cal-GETC area 4)
- (CSU breadth area D) (IGETC area 4) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]

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. (11/25)