Economics
2 courses · Shasta College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Fall 2026
ECON-C2001 Principles of Microeconomics
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162)
- 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
- English Placement Level 5 or higher (ECON C2001 is not a prerequisite for ECON C2002)
- Formerly
- ECON 1A
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- ECON 201
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. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
ECON-C2002 Principles of Macroeconomics
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162)
- 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
- English Placement Level 5 or higher (ECON C2001 is not a prerequisite for ECON C2002)
- Formerly
- ECON 1B
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- ECON 202
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 course may be offered in a distance education format.