ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
Microeconomic principles underlying the use of natural resources such as air, water, forests, fisheries, minerals and energy. These principles are applied in the examination of pollution control, preservation vs. development, deforestation, and other environmental issues.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: A A E 101 (215 prior to Fall 2024), ECON 101 , or 111 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand why environmental problems occur in a market-based economy. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify market-based environmental policies to address market failures. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenge(s) of pollution control. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply sustainability principles and/or frameworks to addressing the challenge of optimizing the use of scarce resources over time. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand why environmental problems occur in a market-based economy. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify market-based environmental policies to address market failures. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenge(s) of pollution control. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply sustainability principles and/or frameworks to addressing the challenge of optimizing the use of scarce resources over time. Audience: Undergraduate
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- ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS · 3-4 credits.