Economics

Learn the models and theoretical fundamentals of economics along with in-demand skills that can be applied to a variety of professional fields. Our program, which satisfies the first two years of a four-year program, is geared toward students interested in pursuing a liberal arts degree in economics from a university.

Students at any Maricopa Community College may need to complete courses at more than one of our colleges.

SCC Program Description

Economics is a science which studies human behavior as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses. Economics is a word made up from two Greek words "oikos" and "nomos". The first means a household and the second is derived from "nemein", to distribute, manage. Economics focuses on the behavior and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Economists study the production and distribution of resources, goods, and services by collecting and analyzing data, researching trends, and evaluating economic issues.

Students in the Economics program earn the Associate of Arts, which prepares them for transfer to a four-year program. If students follow the correct transfer path, they enter transfer partner universities as junior. Courses are available in-person (day and evening) and online. Most students take a combination of in-person and online or hybrid courses to complete their Economics Courses.

Course Format/Textbooks

Classes are offered in various formats: in-person, online, hybrid, day, evening, full-time and part-time.


 

Most of our courses use low-cost textbooks or no-cost material your instructors provide. General education courses may have textbooks that cost more.