Economics
Certificate of Achievement Mathematics · San Diego City College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Summary
This Certificate of Achievement in Economics provides students the opportunity to learn core concepts and gain insight into the field of economics as well as serves as a steppingstone toward higher academic degrees in the field of economics. This award provides students with a pathway towards completing the Associate in Arts in Economics for Transfer Degree.
Learning Outcome(s): Students who complete the Economics Program will be able to:
- Define scarcity, and show how it relates to the concepts of choice and cost.
- Explain the role of prices in allocating goods, services and factors of production.
- Outline the role of comparative advantage in exchange.
- Utilize the demand and supply model and use the model to critically analyze real world examples.
- Analyze the impacts of economics on social values and policy.
Requirements
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| COURSES REQUIRED FOR THE MAJOR: | 12 | |
| ECON C2001 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON C2002 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| STAT C1000 | Introduction to Statistics | 3 |
| MATH 121 | Basic Techniques of Applied Calculus I | 3 |
| Complete one of the following courses (3 - 5 units): | 3-5 | |
| ACCT 116A | Financial Accounting | 4 |
| ACCT 116B | Managerial Accounting | 4 |
| BUSE 119 | Business Communications | 3 |
| CISC 181 | Principles of Information Systems | 4 |
| MATH 116 | College and Matrix Algebra | 3 |
| MATH 122 | Basic Techniques of Calculus II | 3 |
| MATH 150 | Calculus with Analytic Geometry I | 5 |
| MATH 151 | Calculus with Analytic Geometry II | 4 |
| Complete one of the following courses not already completed above (3 - 4 units): | 3-4 | |
| ACCT 116A | Financial Accounting | 4 |
| ACCT 116B | Managerial Accounting | 4 |
| BUSE 119 | Business Communications | 3 |
| CISC 181 | Principles of Information Systems | 4 |
| MATH 116 | College and Matrix Algebra | 3 |
| MATH 122 | Basic Techniques of Calculus II | 3 |
| MATH 151 | Calculus with Analytic Geometry II | 4 |