Fall 2026

Benefit-cost Analysis

BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS presents welfare economics for evaluating social benefits and costs of government activities.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Katherine Richard

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.66 GPA, 81.8% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.61 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.80 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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Graduate/professional standing and (PUB AFFR 818 and 880), or POP HLTH/I SY E 875, orA A E 635

- - PUB AFFR 818
  - 880
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- Graduate/professional standing
- - POP HLTH/I SY E 875
  - A A E 635
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AAE/ENVIRST/POPHLTH/PUBAFFR 881

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Any of
- All of
  - PUB AFFR 818
  - 880
- Graduate/professional standing
- All of
  - POP HLTH/I SY E 875
  - A A E 635

Professors

Fall 2026

Katherine Richard

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Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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Section	Mode	Enrolled / capacity
SEM 001	Classroom Instruction	0 / 0
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SEM 001	Classroom Instruction	19 / 17

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.66 GPA, 81.8% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.61 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.80 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).

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Topics

Environmental, social policy, and agricultural case studies
Uncertainty, social discount rate, and welfare weights

Skills

Evaluating social benefits and costs
Applying uncertainty, discount rates, and welfare weights

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Selected offering source records

AAE/ENVIRST/POPHLTH/PUBAFFR 881 · Fall 2026

Benefit-Cost Analysis

Recorded 2026-09-07

AAE/ENVIRST/POPHLTH/PUBAFFR 881 · Fall 2026

Benefit-Cost Analysis

Recorded 2026-09-07

AAE/ENVIRST/POPHLTH/PUBAFFR 881 · Fall 2026

Benefit-Cost Analysis

Recorded 2026-09-07

AAE/ENVIRST/POPHLTH/PUBAFFR 881 · Fall 2026

Benefit-Cost Analysis

Recorded 2026-09-07

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