# Economics (ECON) courses

Mt. San Antonio College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 5 courses

Source: https://catalog.mtsac.edu/programs/coursesaz/econ/

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Winter 2027.

### ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture: 54
- **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.
- **Formerly:** BUSC 1B
- **C-ID:** ECON 201
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 23 sections (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/econ.md); Winter 2027, 7 sections (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/winter-2027/econ.md)
- Degree Applicable

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.

### ECON C2001H — Principles of Microeconomics - Honors

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture: 54
- **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 and acceptance into the Honors Program
- **Formerly:** BUSC 1BH
- **C-ID:** ECON 201
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules
- Degree Applicable

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. This is an honors course. May not earn credit for both ECON C2001H and ECON C2001.

### ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture: 54
- **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.
- **Formerly:** BUSC 1A
- **C-ID:** ECON 202
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 16 sections (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/econ.md); Winter 2027, 7 sections (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/winter-2027/econ.md)
- Degree Applicable

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.

### ECON C2002H — Principles of Macroeconomics - Honors

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture: 54
- **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 and acceptance into the Honors Program.
- **Formerly:** BUSC 1AH
- **C-ID:** ECON 202
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules
- Degree Applicable

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 is an honors course. May not earn credit for both ECON C2002H and ECON C2002.

### ECON 17 — Applied Business Statistics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture: 54
- **Prerequisite:** MATH 71 or eligibility for (STAT C1000 or MATH 110) or (STAT C1000H or MATH 110H)
- **Formerly:** BUSC 17
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (credit limitation)
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 6 sections (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/econ.md); Winter 2027, 2 sections (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/winter-2027/econ.md)
- Degree Applicable

Statistical reasoning and application of primary statistical techniques used in solving managerial problems. Topics include collection and interpretation of data, measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability distributions, sampling and estimation, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, linear regression, and correlation and index numbers.