Academic Programs - Butte College

Associate in Arts for Transfer Degree in Economics

Total Units: 60 - 70

14.00 - 15.00 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	ECON 4: Principles of Microeconomics	3.00	Meets CSU Area D.
Prerequisite(s): Elementary Algebra or equivalent Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU/UC Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 102.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 This is an introductory course focusing on choices of individual economic decision-makers. Topics include scarcity, specialization and trade, market equilibrium, elasticity, production and cost theory, market structures, factor markets, and market failure. (C-ID ECON 201).
	Required Core (Select One): Meets CSU Area B4	4.00 - 5.00
MATH-13: Survey of Calculus (4.00 units) MATH-13s: Survey of Calculus- Support (4.00 units) MATH-30: Analytic Geom/Calc I (5.00 units)
	CSU Area A2 Choice (Select One)	4.00

	CSU Area E Choice (Select One)	3.00

16.00 - 18.00 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	ECON 2: Principles of Macroeconomics	3.00	Meets CSU Area D.
Prerequisite(s): Elementary Algebra or equivalent Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU/UC Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 102.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 An introductory course focusing on aggregate economic analysis. Topics include: market systems, aggregate measures of economic activity, macroeconomic equilibrium, money and financial institutions, monetary and fiscal policy, international economics, and economic growth. (C-ID ECON 202).
	Required Core (Select One): Meets CSU Area B4	4.00
MATH-18: Intro to Statistics (4.00 units) MATH-18s: Intro Statistics w/ Support (4.00 units)
	List A (Select One)	3.00 - 4.00
ACCT-2: Financial Accounting (4.00 units) ACCT-4: Managerial Accounting (4.00 units) MATH-12: Finite Mth-Bus Decision (3.00 units) MATH-12s: Math Business Decision Support (3.00 units) MATH-31: Analytic Geom/Calc II (4.00 units)
	CSU Area A1 Choice (Select One)	3.00

	CSU Area C1 Choice (Select One)	3.00 - 4.00

15.00 - 19.00 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	List B (Select One or any List A course not already used)	3.00 - 4.00
ECON-20: Econ History of U.S. (3.00 units) MATH-32: Analytic Geom/Calc III (4.00 units) MATH-42: Linear Algebra (3.00 units)
	CSU Area A3 Choice (Select One)	3.00

	CSU Area B1/B3 Choice (Select One)	3.00 - 5.00

	CSU Area C2 Choice (Select One)	3.00 - 4.00	Taking ECON 20, ECON 20H, HIST 8, HIST 10, HIST 18, or HIST 26 is recommended to meet the US-1 graduation requirement for CSU.

	Elective (any course numbered 1-99)	3.00	Only necessary if the 60 units needed to graduate have not been completed. Consider taking a CSU or IGETC General Education course. Visit www.assist.org to see CSU options.

15.00 - 18.00 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

Course Name	Units	Notes
CSU Area B2/B3 Choice (Select One)	3.00 - 5.00	Must have B3 Lab component if not taken in B1/B3.

CSU Area C1/C2 Choice (Select One)	3.00 - 4.00	Only necessary if ECON 20 not completed.

CSU Area F Choice (Select One)	3.00

Elective (any course numbered 1-99)	6.00	Only necessary if the 60 units needed to graduate have not been completed. Consider taking a CSU or IGETC General Education course. Visit www.assist.org to see CSU options.