Economics Summer 2025 Best Bets
Summer session enrollment opens for continuing students on May 1 at 9 a.m.!
Taking advantage of courses offered in summer has multiple rewards: It is an opportunity for you to take a much smaller class than in normal quarters, it helps you get pre-requisites and major requirements out of the way, and is a great excuse to spend the summer in the woods! All UCSC undergrads will only pay for up to 10 credits in summer tuition - no matter how many more you take!
*If you are having prerequisite issues while registering for a summer class, please contact the advisers in the Economics Department Office by emailing them at econ_ugrad_coor@ucsc.edu.
For more information about Summer Sessions, visit the Summer Session site here.
Summer Session 2025 Best Bets Courses
Our economics summer courses offer an opportunity to fulfill prerequisites and major requirements. There will be a mixture of courses taught “remotely” and in person. More information can be found at summer.ucsc.edu.
Summer Session 1 (June 23 - July 25)
ECON 1-01: Introductory Microeconomics: Resource Allocation and Market Structure {GE:PE-H} [Online]
ECON 10A: Economics of Accounting I [Online]
ECON 20: Economics for Non-Majors{GE:PE-H} [Online]
ECON 100B-01: Intermediate Macroeconomics [Online]
ECON 101: Managerial Economics [Online]
ECON 113-01: Introduction to Econometrics {GE:SR} [Online]
ECON 125: Economic History of the U.S. [In Person]
ECON 197-01: Economic Rhetoric {DC} [In Person]
Summer Session 2 (July 28 - August 29)
ECON 1-02: Introductory Microeconomics {GE:PE-H} [Online]
ECON 2-02: Introductory Macroeconomics {GE:PE-H} [Online]
ECON 10B: Economics of Accounting II [Online]
ECON 100A-02: Intermediate Microeconomics [Online]
ECON 100B-02: Intermediate Macroeconomics [Online]
ECON 113-02: Introduction to Econometrics {GE:SR} [Online]
ECON 133: Security Markets and Financial Institutions [Online]
ECON 149: The Economies of East and Southeast Asia [In Person]
ECON 161A: Marketing [Online]
ECON 197-02: Economic Rhetoric {DC} [In Person]
Summer Session 10-week (June 23 - August 29)
ECON 100A-01: Intermediate Microeconomics [Online]
Economics Courses not offered during the school year:
ECON 20: Economics for Non-Majors
Session 1 (6/23-7/25); Online
Why aren’t college athletes paid? Does Uber’s surge pricing annoy you? How much does a ticket to Taylor Swift really ‘cost’? Why is the shared kitchen in your dorm a mess? Why are all of your clothes made in China? Is Tik-Tok really free? Learn about these questions and more when you take Economics for Non-Majors (ECON 20).
Instructor: Julie Gonzalez
How these courses can help you -- either with GEs or progress through the major(s)!
PE-H GEs and Qualification Courses
ECON 1
ECON 2
ECON 20
DC Requirement
ECON 197-01
ECON 197-02
These satisfy the disciplinary communication (DC) general education requirement for all of our majors with the exception of the ENVS/ECON combined.
BMEC Majors
ECON 10A
ECON 10B
These satisfy the lower-division accounting requirement for all business management economics majors.
ECON 101
ECON 133
These satisfy the business finance capstone course and/or BMEC UD electives for the business management economics majors.
ECON 161A
This course satisfies a BMEC UD elective and can be applied toward all of our majors.
ECON 100A
ECON 100B
ECON 113
These three courses satisfy the senior comprehensive requirement for our majors; they are also prerequiisites to most of our upper-division electives.
ECON Majors
ECON 125
ECON 149
These satisfy economics electives for all of our majors that we administer, ECON, BMEC, GLEC and the ECON/MATH combined major.
Incoming Fall 2025 Transfer Students - Summer Session Two
STAT 17/17L
ECON 149
These satisfy the statistics requriement and an ECON UD elective for all of our majors with the exception of the ENVS/ECON combined.
