# Economics (ECON) courses

Napa Valley College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 2 courses

Source: https://catalog.napavalley.edu/courses/econ/

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

### ECON-C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 hours lecture; 54 hours total
- **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.
- **Transfers to:** UC, CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/napa-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/econ.md); Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/napa-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/econ.md)

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. Formerly known as ECON 101.

### ECON-C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 hours lecture; 54 hours total
- **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.
- **Transfers to:** UC, CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/napa-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/econ.md); Spring 2027, 3 sections (/c/napa-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/econ.md)

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. Formerly known as ECON 100.