Economics
Division: Business, Workforce and Athletics
Bldg. 13-105
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Phone: (650) 306-3201
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Schedule an appointment to meet with a counselor at the Counseling
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Ecnomics Department Web site
Associate in Arts Degree - Economics
Two of the most concise definitions of economics are as follows: Economics is the study of production, consumption and allocation decisions under conditions of scarcity, or as economist Steven Landsburg says, “People respond to incentives.” Everything else is noise. Economics is usually broken down into two sub-disciplines:
Macroeconomics looks at the performance of the economy as a whole. Many macroeconomic issues appear in the news daily. Economic students study topics such as economic growth; inflation; changes in employment and unemployment, our trade performance with other countries and the relative success or failure of government economic policies and the policies made by the Federal Reserve.
Microeconomics looks at economics at the level of individual consumers, groups of consumers, or firms. The general concern of microeconomics is the efficient allocation of scarce resources between alternative uses. Microeconomics looks at the determination of price through the optimizing behavior of consumers and firms; with consumers seeking to maximize happiness and firms, profit.
ASSOCIATE IN ARTS - ECONOMICS
| Complete Core Courses, 6 units | Units |
| Course Descriptions: ECON | ACTG | ANTH | HIST | MATH | PHIL | PSYC | |
| ECON 100 Principles of Macro Economics | 3 |
| ECON 102 Principles of Micro Economics | 3 |
| Selective courses: choose a minimum of 12 units from the following list: | |
| ACTG 121 Financial Accounting | 4-5 |
| ACTG 131 Managerial Accounting | 4-5 |
| ANTH 110 Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ECON 230 Economic History of the United States | 3 |
| HIST 101 History of Western Civilization II | 3 |
| HIST 201 United States History I or HIST 202 United States History II |
3 |
| MATH 200 Elementary Probability and Statistics | 4 |
| MATH 241, 242 Applied Calculus I, II or MATH 251, 252 Analytical Geometry & Calculus I/II |
5/5 |
| PHIL 100 Introduction to Philosophy | 3 |
| PSYC 100 General Psychology | 3 |
| Associate Degree Unit Requirements Total | 18* |
| General Education Requirements | 18* |
*and additional Cañada College AA/AS Degree Requirements (pdf 122k)
Cañada College offers lower division coursework required for transfer in Economics. Students should use PROJECT ASSIST (www.assist.org) to research lower division major requirements at the transfer destination(s) of their choice. Also, work with a Counselor/Advisor to determine appropriate transfer coursework.
