Economics

Effective: Fall 2024
Associate in Arts for Transfer Program Map
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This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

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Program Description
The goal of the AA-T Economics Program is to allow you to attend any four-year upper division institution of your choice. There are many alternative pathways that you may choose to satisfy this program. However, the more prestigious and selective the four year school, the more they require a strong quantitative background. I encourage those who wish to work in the field of Economics to pick up both an AA two-year degree in mathematics and computer science. Grade point averages in excess of 3.85 is highly desirable. However, those schools which have an IGETC contract with Chabot have to accept you with a GPA of 2.0 or higher.

What can I do with this major?
The Economics major prepares the student for a broad variety of careers including those in law, journalism, banking and insurance, government, teaching, and research. In addition, the study of economics has become essential in today’s dynamic and complex business environment. As of 2008, 28% of economics graduates ended up in a business, finance, or associated professions. A 2013 University of Michigan study showed that Economics professors were the second highest paid from among 27 other disciplines with a median salary of $92,070 per year that included both masters’ degrees and PhDs. The number of jobs over the next decade is expected to increase by about 14% from 2012 to 2022. Typical responsibilities of an economist are to: research and analyze economics issues; analyze data using mathematical models and statistical techniques; prepare reports, tables, and charts that present research results; interpret and forecast market trends, advice business, governments, and individuals on economic problems; write articles for publications in academic journals and other media sources.

Learning and Career Pathway
  • Business, Economics & Information Technology

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= Critical Course = Prerequisite for Other Courses = Prerequisite Required = Required for Major GE = General Education

Semester 1

14 units

ECN 1
Principles of Microeconomics

3 units
Economic analysis of market systems, price theory, including supply and demand analysis, marginal utility, elasticity, cost and revenue concepts, perfect and imperfect competition, international trade theory, pricing of the factors of production, poverty and income inequalities.
Course Details:
  1. Strongly Recommended: ENGL C1000
  2. Prerequisite: MTH 53
  3. Prerequisite: MTH 53B
  • Transfers to CSU
    • Terms Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

    Statistics Course: BUS 19 or Math 43 or PSY 5 (Choose one)

    4 units
    GE
    Also counts as General Education requirement for Math
    Terms Offered: Fall, Summer, Spring

    BUS 19
    Business Statistics

    4 units
    Introduction to concepts, methods and models employed in reasoning with numbers and in presenting cogent statistical arguments or solutions in the business field. Key topics include estimating confidence intervals, hypotheses testing, development of projections for inferential purposes in the business field, probability distributions (poisson, binomial, normal, student-t, chi-sq, F-distribution), Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), estimating simple and multiple regressions.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: MTH 53
      2. or
    2. Prerequisite: MTH 53B
      3. or
    3. Prerequisite: MTH 54
      4. or
    4. Prerequisite: MTH 54L
      5. or
    5. Prerequisite: MTH 55
      6. or
    6. Prerequisite: MTH 55B
      7. or
    7. Prerequisite: MTH 55L
      8. or
  • Transfers to CSU
    • or

    MTH 43
    Introduction to Probability and Statistics

    4 units
    Descriptive statistics, including measures of central tendency and dispersion; elements of probability; tests of statistical hypotheses (one and two populations); correlation and regression; ANOVA; applications in various fields. Introduction to the use of computer software package to complete both descriptive and inferential statistics problems. May not receive credit if Mathematics 35 has been completed.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: MTH 53
      2. or
    2. Prerequisite: MTH 55
      3. or
    3. Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1
  • Transfers to CSU
    • or

    PSY 5
    Introductory Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

    4 units
    Statistics as applied to the behavioral and social sciences. Applications using data from disciplines including psychology, social sciences, business, life science, health science, and education. The use of probability techniques, hypothesis testing, and predictive techniques to facilitate decision-making. Topics include: descriptive and inferential statistics; probability and sampling distributions; correlation and linear regression; analysis of variance (ANOVA), chi-square and t-tests; and application of technology for statistical analysis including the interpretation of the relevance of the statistical findings.
    Course Details:
    1. Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1A
    2. Prerequisite: MTH 53
      3. or
    3. Prerequisite: MTH 53B
      4. or
    4. Prerequisite: MTH 54
      5. or
    5. Prerequisite: MTH 54L
      6. or
    6. Prerequisite: MTH 55
      7. or
    7. Prerequisite: MTH 55B
      8. or
    8. Prerequisite: MTH 55L
  • Transfers to CSU

    • English 1- Critical Reading and Composition

    4 units
    GE

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    3 units
    GE

    Semester 2

    16 units

    ECN 2
    Principles of Macroeconomics

    3 units
    Economic analysis of the theory of income determination, including national income analysis, business cycles, the consumption function, the multiplier, fiscal policy, monetary policy, money and banking, the public debt, economic growth and development, comparative economic systems and international trade.
    Course Details:
    1. Strongly Recommended: ENGL C1000
    2. Prerequisite: MTH 53
      3. or
    3. Prerequisite: MTH 53B
      4. or
  • Transfers to CSU
    • Terms Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term. (ENGL 4A or 7A recommended)

    4 units
    GE

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    3 units
    GE

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    3 units
    GE

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    3 units
    GE

    Semester 3

    16-17 units

    List A Course

    3-4 units
    Take one course from List A below
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    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    3 units
    GE

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    4 units
    GE

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    3 units
    GE

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    3 units
    GE

    Semester 4

    14-16 units

    List B Course

    3-5 units
    GE
    Take one course from List B below
    See the full list: (Click here)

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    3 units
    GE

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    3 units
    GE

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    3 units
    GE

    Elective- see a counselor to choose a course that counts for elective units (can be any credit course).

    2 units

    List A

    BUS 1A
    Financial Accounting

    4 units
    Explores financial accounting, its importance and how it is used by internal and external users as a decision-making tool. Covers accounting information systems; application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to value assets, liabilities, and equity; preparation, interpretation and analysis of financial statements. Includes topics on cash flow statement, cash and accrual accounting concepts, merchandising operation, internal controls and ethics, reporting and accounting for receivables, payables, long-term assets and liabilities, inventory, depreciation, stockholders’ equity, stocks and bonds.
    Course Details:
    1. Strongly Recommended: BUS 7

    BUS 1B
    Managerial Accounting

    4 units
    Examines how managers use accounting information in decision-making, planning, directing, operating, and controlling. Emphasis on cost terms and concepts, cost structure, cost behavior, cost-volume-profit analysis, profit planning, budgeting, budgetary controls, cost controls, accounting for manufacturing costs and ethics.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: BUS 1A
  • Transfers to CSU

    • BUS 10
    Business Law

    4 units
    Fundamental legal principles pertaining to business transactions. Introduction to the legal process. Topics include sources of law and ethics, contracts, torts, criminal law, intellectual property, agency and employment law, and business organizations.
    Course Details:

    BUS 12
    Introduction to Business

    3 units
    Survey of the private enterprise system and basic business concepts, business economics, types of business ownership, ethics, globalization, and organizational functions (management, marketing, accounting, human resources, and finance). Provides a multidisciplinary examination of how culture, society, economic systems, legal, international, political, financial institutions, and human behavior interact to influence an organization's policies and practices within the U.S. and a global environments.
    Course Details:
  • Transfers to CSU

    • BUS 14
    Business Communications

    3 units
    This course applies the principles of ethical and effective communication to the creation of letters, memos, emails, and written and oral reports for a variety of business situations. The course emphasizes planning, organizing, composing, and revising business documents using word processing software for written documents and presentation-graphics software to create and deliver professional-level oral reports. This course is designed for students who already have college-level writing skills.
    Course Details:
    1. Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1

    CAS 50
    Introduction to Computer Application Systems

    3 units
    Introduction to computer applications systems as it relates to business and home use. Course introduces software topics in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, internet, World Wide Web, electronic mail, file management, data communications and an introduction to basic computer programming. Hardware topics include PC system components and troubleshooting issues. Other topics include computer-based careers and trends, electronic computing issues, terminology, electronic communication skills, ethics, security, and netiquette in today’s business computing environment.
    Course Details:

    CSCI 8
    Computer Literacy

    3 units
    Introduction to computers including: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Multimedia, the internet, browsers, World Wide Web, an awareness of types of computer software in use including programming languages, electronic mail, computer-based careers and trends, and other computing issues in today’s society. No prior computer experience necessary. Course recommended for students of any major who want to learn about computers and how to use them. Hands-on laboratory experience reinforces lecture.
    Course Details:
    1. Strongly Recommended: MTH 55
      2. or
    2. Strongly Recommended: MTH 55A
      3. or
    3. Strongly Recommended: MTH 53
      4. or
    4. Strongly Recommended: MTH 53A
      5. or

    CSCI 10
    Introduction to Programming Using Visual BASIC.NET

    4 units
    Introduction to computer programming using Microsoft’s programming language Visual BASIC.NET for Windows. The course includes programming algorithm development, Visual Studio.NET’s IDE, the language’s basic syntax and grammar, object event procedures, input/output, looping techniques, decision logic, variable data types, functions and subroutines and text file and database manipulation. Intended for a general audience with little or no prior formal programming experience.
    Course Details:
    1. Strongly Recommended: CSCI 7
      2. or
    2. Strongly Recommended: CSCI 8
      3. or

    CSCI 14
    Introduction to Structured Programming In C++

    4 units
    Introduction to structured programming and problem solving using the C++ language. Problem solving techniques, algorithm design, testing and debugging techniques, and documentation standards. C++ syntax: elementary operators, data types, control structures, user-defined and library functions, basic input/output, sequential files, arrays and structs. Appropriate for students with little or no programming experience, but comfortable using computers with modern GUI operating systems.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: MTH 55
      2. or
    2. Prerequisite: MTH 55B
      3. or
    3. Prerequisite: MTH 55L
      4. or
    4. Prerequisite: MTH 54
      5. or
    5. Prerequisite: MTH 54L
      6. or
    6. Strongly Recommended: CSCI 7
      7. or
    7. Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1A

    CSCI 19A
    Object-Oriented Programming Methods in Java

    4 units
    Object-oriented programming methods employed to design, program, test and document intermediate level problems in the Java language. Overview of Java syntax, control structures, methods, I/O, strings, single and multidimensional arrays, recursion and exception handling. Abstract Data Types and Object-Oriented Programming principles including classes, information hiding, aggregation, inheritance, method overriding and polymorphism. Introduction to graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and applets using the javax.swing package. Dynamic allocation and de-allocation of memory; comparison of Java references with pointers in C++. Implementation and use of linked lists. Designed to satisfy Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) guidelines for CSI as required for Computer Science and related transfer majors.
    Course Details:
    1. Strongly Recommended: CSCI 14
      2. and
    2. Strongly Recommended: MTH 20

    MTH 2
    Calculus II

    5 units
    Continuation of differential and integral calculus, including transcendental, and inverse functions. Techniques of integration, numerical integration, parametric equations, polar coordinates, sequences, power series and Taylor series. Primarily for mathematics, physical science, and engineering majors.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: MTH 1
  • Transfers to CSU

    • MTH 4
    Elementary Differential Equations

    3 units
    Introduction to elementary differential equations, including first and second order equations, series solutions, Laplace transforms, and applications.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: MTH 2
  • Transfers to CSU

    • MTH 16
    Applied Calculus II

    3 units
    Techniques of integration; multivariable calculus; calculus of trigonometric functions; differential equations; Taylor polynomials. Applications in business, economics and the life and social sciences. Integration includes by parts, using tables, and improper integrals. Multivariable calculus topics include partial derivatives and finding local extrema. Differential Equations includes separable equations. Applications include probability distributions.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: MTH 15
      2. or
    2. Strongly Recommended: MTH 22
      3. or
    3. Strongly Recommended: MTH 36
      4. or
    4. Strongly Recommended: MTH 37
  • Transfers to CSU

    • MTH 33
    Finite Mathematics

    4 units
    Straight lines, systems of linear equations, matrices, systems of linear inequalities, linear programming, mathematics of finance, sets and Venn diagrams, combinatorial techniques and an introduction to probability. Applications in business, economics and the social sciences.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: MTH 55
      2. or
    2. Prerequisite: MTH 53
      3. or
  • Transfers to CSU

    • List B

    Any course(s) not used in LIST A or one of the following courses: 

    MTH 3
    Multivariable Calculus

    5 units
    Vector valued functions, functions of several variables, partial differentiation, multiple integration, change of variables theorem, scalar and vector fields, gradient, divergence, curl, line integral, surface integral, Theorems of Green, Stokes and Gauss, applications.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: MTH 2
  • Transfers to CSU

    • MTH 6
    Elementary Linear Algebra

    3 units
    Introduction to linear algebra: matrices, determinants, systems of equations, vector spaces, linear transformations, eigenvalue, eigenvectors, and applications.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: MTH 2
  • Transfers to CSU
    • Total Units: 60-63 units
    This program map is not a guarantee of course availability or financial aid applicability.