Energy and Environmental Economics Mentorship

3 credits · Undergraduate

The course is designed to help students envision and prepare for a graduate program in energy and environmental economics by providing training, mentoring, and hands-on research experience. Students are assigned a mentor. Each mentor will have 2 - 3 students as mentees. Mentors are doctoral students who have an active research project within the energy and environmental economics field and have a desire to mentor undergraduate students interested in the field. The course includes weekly workshops for the class and weekly meetings for the mentors and mentees. The mentor meetings will be scheduled with the mentor. Mentees are also expected to spend at least 6 hours per week on assignments given by the mentors and instructors.