ECON 101 - Intro to Micro Economics

    Recent Professors
    A. Thelen, B. Silverman
    Recent Semesters
    Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025
    Class Size
    40 students
    Difficulty
    5.4Moderateout of 10
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    Prerequisite(s): 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.
    Summer 2026 Sections
    View Summer 2026 sections of ECON 101
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4B · IGETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area D2 · CSU GE Area D
    Description
    Part 1: 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. Part 2: Emphasis given to scarcity, opportunity cost, resource allocation, supply and demand, cost theory, price and output determination under various market structures, factor markets and the principles of economic analysis.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 9:40am–11:05am, Tue 6:00pm–9:10pm, Tue Thu 9:40am–11:05am