ECON 1 - Principles of Macroeconomics

    Recent Professors
    Julian Kearns, Madhura Mukherjee
    Recent Semesters
    Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025
    Class Size
    30–35 students
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    Placement as determined by the college’s multiple measures assessment process or completion of a course taught at or above the level of beginning algebra
    Summer 2026 Sections
    View Summer 2026 sections of ECON 1
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4B · CSU GE Area D2
    Description
    Introduction to the principles of macroeconomic analysis, economic institutions, and economic policy; supply and demand, determinants and distribution of output, income, and welfare through the market system; international trade and globalization. Measurement, determinants of, and policies relating to long-run economic growth, business cycle fluctuations, unemployment, and inflation. This course has the option of a letter grade or pass/no pass. (C-ID: ECON 202) PREREQUISITE: Placement as determined by the college’s multiple measures assessment process or completion of a course taught at or above the level of beginning algebra.
    Usually Held
    Tue 2:00pm–3:25pm