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Academic Year 2005/2006

Economics of the Environment
ECON 210 SP

This course features an analytical study of the major theoretical and applied issues of environmental economics and resource management. Topics will include the fundamental underpinnings of externalities, alternative control strategies, uncertainties, long-term environmental concerns and resource utilization across a finite globe. Applications will be gleaned from a vast array of issues including clean air and water legislation, acid rain, carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons, global warming and other global environmental change phenomena.

MAJOR READINGS

Readings in literature.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Occasional problem sets, paper or research project, midterm exam, oral presentations of research.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

ECON271 or 301 or equivalent recommended but not necessarily required. In place of MATH118, any calculus course numbered 121 or above or advance placement in calculus will be acceptable. Please note that if you do not match one of the prerequisite listings EXACTLY, then you need a prerequisite override.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS ECON    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: ECON101 OR ECON110 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006

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