ECON C2001 - Principles of Microeconomics

    Recent Professors
    Daniel Kuo, Ho Lee, Francis Mensah, Jennifer Savage, Dave McClure, Sierra Moussatche
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026
    Class Size
    40–150 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 elementary algebra.
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    Formerly: ECON C2001 , Microeconomics. 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: 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 C2001H; students who complete ECON C2001 may not enroll in or receive credit for ECON C2001H. C-ID: ECON 201.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 11:10am–12:35pm, Mon Wed 9:35am–11:00am, Sat 9:00am–12:10pm, Tue Thu 11:10am–12:35pm