ECON 3 Principles of Microeconomics

Units: 3
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Grade Options: Letter Grade
General Education: Delta Area 5; CSU Area D; IGETC Area 4
Term Typically Offered: Every term
Prerequisites: Successful completion of Beginning Algebra or appropriate placement as determined by the college’s multiple measures assessment process.
Advisories: Successful completion of Intermediate Algebra, and ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E with a grade of “C” or better.
This is an introductory course focusing on choices of individual economic decision-makers. Topics include scarcity, specialization and trade, market equilibrium, elasticity, production and cost theory, market structures, factor markets, and market failure. (HBCU, UC, CSU, C-ID ECON 201)