Economics
The primary mission of the economics department is to provide a transfer education curriculum in economics for students majoring in business, social sciences, and other fields. Additionally, classes provide students a chance explore the basic principles, thought, problems, and history of the American and international economies. The economics curriculum increases consumer skills and the awareness of individuals regarding consumer problems in the economy.
Students who study and major in economics often go on to pursue careers in finance, banking, consulting, and business. In addition, economics students often find careers in the public sector in various government agencies.
Department Contact Information
Daniel Kuo
dkuo@occ.cccd.edu
Jennifer Savage
jmsavage@occ.cccd.edu
Credit Courses
Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass
Provides the student with a general understanding of the concepts, principles, and methods of microeconomics and macroeconomics at the introductory level. May be taken for grades or on a pass-no pass basis.
Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass
An applied approach to the problems and possibilities confronting the consumer in today's economy. Emphasis is placed on the development of skills in personal financial planning: decision making, use of credit and principles of saving and investment. Attention is given to the problems in housing, transportation, health services, and insurance. Issues of personal taxation, government regulation, and environmental protection are considered in relation to consumer interest. May be taken for grades or on a pass-no pass basis.
Grading Mode: Standard Letter
An introduction to the principles and problems of microeconomics. Covers economic concepts and principles as applied to markets, analysis of costs, consumer behavior, determining consumer optimum conditions, behavior of producers, determining the producers optimum in the goods and services market and in the factors markets, the structure of markets and how they influence and limit competition, labor, capital, information and entrepreneurship, public goods, and international economics. This course may also be offered online. C-ID: ECON 201.
Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass
An introduction to the principles and problems of microeconomics. Covers economic concepts and principles as applied to markets, analysis of costs, consumer behavior, determining consumer optimum conditions, behavior of producers, determining the producers optimum in the goods and services market and in the factors markets, the structure of markets and how they influence and limit competition, labor, capital, information and entrepreneurship, public goods, and international economics.
Grading Mode: Standard Letter
An introduction to the principles and problems of macroeconomics. Covers economic concepts and principles as applied to markets, national income, unemployment, inflation, economic growth, fiscal and monetary policy, banking, the Federal Reserve System, and international economics. This course may also be offered online. C-ID: ECON 202.
Grading Mode: Standard Letter
An introduction to the principles and problems of macroeconomics. Covers economic concepts and principles as applied to markets, national income, unemployment, inflation, economic growth, fiscal and monetary policy, banking, the Federal Reserve System, and international economics.