Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Economics

Meeting: 4:00PM - 5:15PM MW (25-AUG-2025 - 5-DEC-2025) 

Part of Term: Full Term

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Language of Instruction: Taught in English

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Method of Instruction: Face to Face

Credit Hours: 3

 

Prerequisites: ECON 100

Section Max Enrollment: 50

Section Enrolled: 2

Enrollment data as of: 1-JUL-2025 10:11AM

 

 

Final Exam: Scheduled Final Exam-OTR Room

 

Description: The course uses a policy-oriented approach to study some of the major environmental and natural resource issues. We use economic theory and empirical work from the field to understand the causes and consequences of these issues and explore how economics can provide potential solutions. Some of the topics covered include: the problem of externalities and property rights, static and dynamic efficiency, depletable resource allocation, recycling resources, fishery, forestry, and climate change. Students will leave the course with a global perspective of both environmental and natural resource economics and how they interact. Various techniques in Excel for general calculations, optimization, present value analysis, regression, and graphs are taught and used in the course. No previous knowledge of excel is required.