Recent SemestersFall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025Class Size50–55 studentsCredits3 Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4B · CSU GE Area D2DescriptionThis course provides students with an introductory knowledge of fundamental economic principles and economic data. By examining a variety of current economic issues and their historical origins, this course will prepare students to make critical evaluations of economic issues and policies. Emerging complexities involving globalization, outsourcing, challenges of new demographic patterns, international trade agreements, and labor-cost differentials, are some sample areas of interest. 