# Economics (ECON) courses

MiraCosta College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 4 courses

Source: https://catalog.miracosta.edu/disciplines/economics/

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture 3 hours
- **Prerequisite:** Placement as determined by the colleges multiple measures assessment process or completion of a course taught at or above the level of elementary algebra
- **C-ID:** ECON 201
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 10 sections (/c/miracosta-college/schedule/fall-2026/econ.md)
- Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in ECON 102.
- Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

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. Topics include scarcity, opportunity cost, comparative advantage, supply and demand, utility theory, production and cost analysis, and international economics. Formerly ECON 102. C-ID ECON 201.

### ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture 3 hours
- **Prerequisite:** Placement as determined by the colleges multiple measures assessment process or completion of a course taught at or above the level of elementary algebra
- **C-ID:** ECON-202
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 10 sections (/c/miracosta-college/schedule/fall-2026/econ.md)
- Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in ECON 101.
- Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

An 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 study of the aggregate economy. Students examine macroeconomic indicators, analyze debates surrounding business cycle fluctuations, and explore issues related to international economics. Formerly ECON 101. C-ID ECON-202.

### ECON 100 — Survey of Economics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture 3 hours
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (with credit limitation)
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/miracosta-college/schedule/fall-2026/econ.md)
- Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course provides a non-technical introduction to economics. Designed for the non-major, it shows the application of basic economic principles to contemporary social issues and public policy. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: No credit if taken after ECON 101, ECON 102, ECON C2001, or ECON C2002.

### ECON 292 — Internship Studies

- **Units:** 0.5-14
- **Corequisite:** Complete 54 hours of work per unit, paid or unpaid
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/miracosta-college/schedule/fall-2026/econ.md)
- Enrollment Limitation: Instructor, dept chair, and Career Center approval. Fourteen unit maximum in any combination of work experience education and/or internship studies per semester.
- Course Typically Offered: To be arranged

This course provides students the opportunity to apply the theories and techniques of their discipline in an internship position in a professional setting under the instruction of a faculty-mentor and site supervisor. It introduces students to aspects of the roles and responsibilities of professionals employed in the field of study. Topics include goal-setting, employability skills development, and examination of the world of work as it relates to the student's career plans. Students must develop new learning objectives and/or work/intern at a new site upon each enrollment.