ECON 121 - Principles of Microeconomics

    Recent Professors
    Mark Cullivan, Octavian Dobre, Richard Charles Clarke, Bruce Joseph Silverman
    Recent Semesters
    Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025
    Class Size
    40 students
    Difficulty
    6.3Demandingout of 10
    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
    Summer 2026 Sections
    View Summer 2026 sections of ECON 121
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4B · CSU GE Area D2
    Description
    Part 1 (Identical and Required): 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 (Optional Expanded Description, Local College Discretion): This course is an introduction to economic analysis of specific decision-making sectors in the economy (micro analysis). These sectors include households, firms, and government. Topics covered include productivity and costs for individual firms, industry types, the labor market, anti-trust issues, income distribution, and environmental externalities. This course is intended for business majors and all students interested in microeconomics.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 9:35am–11:00am, Tue Thu 11:10am–12:35pm