Economics
Associate in Arts for Transfer
Program Details
An Economics education provides the student with a logical way of approaching various and sundry problems all of which provides qualitative and quantitative skills valued highly by employers. The student learns techniques for analyzing contemporary economic problems and develops the ability to exercise sound judgment in evaluating public policy issues. Many of these skills are useful in daily decision-making irrespective of career choice. The broad background developed as result of pursuing the Economics major encourages the student to become an interested and understanding observer of the events of today's and tomorrow's world. The AA-T in Economics requires the following: Complete 60 semester units of CSU degree-applicable courses, earn a minimum overall grade point average of 2.0 in those CSU degree-applicable courses, earn a minimum grade of “C” (or “P”) for each course in the major, and the Cal-GETC general education pattern. Students are strongly advised to meet with a counselor to discuss transfer requirements and lower division major preparation that are needed for their intended transfer school.
Economics Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2026-2027.
Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Demonstrate an understanding of microeconomic and macroeconomics principles by answering both qualitative and quantitative questions and problems presented to the students on a daily basis.
- Demonstrate an ability to evaluate and reframe the interaction that takes place among households and firms in a modern economic setting.
- Demonstrate clearly the major differences between microeconomic and macroeconomics principles and how the solutions vary between these disparate courses.