Recent SemestersSummer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025Class Size45–60 studentsCredits3PrerequisitePlacement 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 ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4B · CSU GE Area D2DescriptionCommon Course Numbering Language: 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. IVC Details: This course introduces the concepts and tools of microeconomic analysis. It investigates the problems that result from scarcity and how individuals and groups make decisions, given scarcity. The primary areas of focus are: markets and prices, marginal analysis, the decision-making processes of individuals and firms, industrial organization and resource markets. These principles can be used to analyze such things as government economic policies, environmental issues, the distribution of income, anti-trust policy, and international trade. Credit may be earned in either ECON C2001 or C2001H, but not both. C-ID: ECON 201. Formerly ECON 1.Usually HeldMon Wed 11:00am–12:15pm, Mon Wed 12:30pm–1:45pm, Tue Thu 11:00am–1:45pm, Tue Thu 9:30am–10:45am 