Spring 2027

Foundations of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Survey of historical and contemporary environmental and resource economics, covering human/environment interaction models, policy instruments, cost-benefit measurement, and natural resource use.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.88 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Summarize the breadth of topics that constitute the field of environmental economics.

  • Use the field’s historical canon to organize current research topics.

  • Critically read and assess research papers in the field.

  • Identify knowledge gaps in the field.

  • Demonstrate knowledge about significant research in the field by writing a literature summary.

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Prerequisites

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A A E 635 and 636

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.88 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Foundational models of human/environment interaction
  • Definition and evaluation of environmental policy instruments
  • Measuring environmental costs and benefits
  • Natural resource use
  • Historical topics and contemporary research questions in environmental and resource economics

Skills

  • Analyze foundational models of human/environment interaction and evaluate environmental policy instruments.
  • Measure environmental costs and benefits and examine natural resource use.
  • Critically read and assess research papers in the field.
  • Write a literature summary demonstrating knowledge of significant research.

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Recorded 2026-10-14

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