12/18/2025 12:37:16 PM	ECON 10 Course Outline as of Fall 1981	New Course (First Version)
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ECON 10	Title:  MAKING OF ECONOMICS
Full Title:  The Making of Economics
Last Reviewed:5/19/2003

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		13 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Catalog Description:

Introduction to economic thought and analysis from Old Testament to present day; survey of lives, times and ideas of great economic thinkers; their impact on development of modern economic society.  Economic ideas and events placed in the context of the Western intellectual tradition. An introduction to economic thinking for general education.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Completion of ENGL 100B or ENGL 100.

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

A non-technical, non-analytical, descriptive & historical introduction to economic thinking & thought for general education. Lives, times & ideas of the great economic thinkers; their impact on the development of modern economic society.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Completion of ENGL 100B or ENGL 100.
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:	Summer 2010
Area:	D	Social and Behavioral Sciences
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	D	Social Science		Fall 1981	Summer 2010
	D3	Ethnic Studies
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	4	Social and Behavioral Science		Fall 1981	Summer 2010
	4B	Economics
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:	Summer 2010
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:	Summer 2010
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

The course is designed to enable students to:

- evaluate basic concepts, ideas and tools of analysis used by

 the economist to describe and interpret modern economic life;

- analyze the importance of economic forces influencing history

 and the events of the day;

- delineate the historic evolution of Western economic society and its

 underlying economic philosophy;

- describe the speed with which economic society is evolving, and   its

 implications for the future;

- explain the economic realities of today - the conditions, problems,

 ideas - in historical perspective and thereby better understand the

 present, and have insight into the future.

Topics and Scope

I.      The Role of Ideas in History

II.     The Eighteenth Century:  the Worldview of Economics

III.    The Age of Classical Economics

IV.     Reactions to Classical Thought

V.      Neo-Classical Economics

VI.     Keynesian Economics

VII.    The Post-Keynesian World

VIII.   Into the Future

Assignments:

Reading Assignments:  Two texts,approx, 50 pages per week

Written Assignments:  One 1,000 word critique paper, typewritten and

in proper term paper format.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 10 - 20%
Term papers
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 4 - 50%
Quizzes
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0%
None
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 10 - 80%
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Heilbroner, R., THE WORLDLY PHILOSOPHERS, 6th ed.  Simon & Shuster, 1986.

Galbraith, J.K., HISTORY OF ECONOMICS, Penguin Books, 1989.

Fussfeldt, AGE OF THE ECONOMIST, Harper-Collins, 1994.

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