# Economics (ECON) courses

Palo Verde College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 2 courses

Source: https://catalog.paloverde.edu/index.php?catoid=2

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

### ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 hours total, 3 hours lecture weekly
- **Prerequisite:** Placement as determined by the college's multiple measures assessment process or completion of a course taught at or above the level ofelementary algebra.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section listed as ECON-C2001 (/c/palo-verde-college/schedule/fall-2026/econ.md); Spring 2027, 1 section listed as ECON-C2001 (/c/palo-verde-college/schedule/spring-2027/econ.md)
- Student Learning Outcomes: Perform and interpret microeconomic calculations. Apply microeconomic models to analyze market outcomes, including market failures and government policies. Model how consumers and firms make decisions under a variety of market structures.
- General Education: CalGETC: Transfer General Education Requirements ( 4- Social and Behavioral Sciences )
- Course Duration (Weeks): 18

An introductory course using microeconomic models to understand individual decisions byconsumers and firms, market outcomes including market failure, elasticity, market structures, labormarkets, inequality, and the impact of government policies.

### ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 hours total, 3 hours lecture weekly
- **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
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section listed as ECON-C2002 (/c/palo-verde-college/schedule/spring-2027/econ.md)
- Student Learning Outcomes: Interpret and analyze domestic and international macroeconomic data. Apply macroeconomic models to explain economic issues and outcomes. Analyze the effects of macroeconomic policies.
- General Education: CalGETC: Transfer General Education Requirements ( 4- Social and Behavioral Sciences )
- Course Duration (Weeks): 18

An introductory course using models of the domestic and international economy to understandnational income, unemployment, inflation, economic growth, inequality, the financial system, andmonetary, fiscal, and other economic policies.