Recent ProfessorsNot yet assignedRecent SemestersNo scheduled sections on recordClass SizeNot publishedCredits3PrerequisiteCourse taught at the level of elementary algebra or placement as determined by the college's multiple measures assessment process Transfers ToCSUDescriptionAn introductory course using models of the domestic and international economy to understand national income, unemployment, inflation, economic growth, inequality, the financial system, and monetary, fiscal, and other economic policies. This course introduces the student to the functioning of the national economy in a global environment, its economic institutions, and to the issues of economic policy related to levels of employment, prices, economic growth, national income accounting and international trade and exchange rates. It examines alternate economic systems, the interplay between the government and the private sector, and the determination of public policy. Credit will not be awarded for both the honors and the regular versions of a course. Credit will be awarded only for the first course completed with a grade of "C" or better or "P". 