ECON A170 - Microeconomics

    Recent Professors
    Daniel Kuo, Jennifer Savage, Ho Lee, Dave McClure, Sasha Safarzadeh, Francis Mensah
    Recent Semesters
    Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025
    Class Size
    40–150 students
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    Successful completion of a course at the level of elementary algebra or Appropriate OCC math placement.
    Summer 2026 Sections
    View Summer 2026 sections of ECON A170
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4B · CSU GE Area D2
    Description
    An introduction to the principles and problems of microeconomics. Covers economic concepts and principles as applied to markets, analysis of costs, consumer behavior, determining consumer optimum conditions, behavior of producers, determining the producers optimum in the goods and services market and in the factors markets, the structure of markets and how they influence and limit competition, labor, capital, information and entrepreneurship, public goods, and international economics. Enrollment Limitation: ECON A170H ; students who complete ECON A170 may not enroll in or receive credit for ECON A170H . C-ID: ECON 201.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 11:10am–12:35pm, Mon Wed 12:45pm–2:10pm, Sat 9:00am–12:10pm, Wed 6:00pm–9:10pm