ECON 3865

Environmental Economics

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This class will focus on the role of the environment in the theory and practice of economics. It will make use of microeconomic analysis at the intermediate level and will incorporate real-world examples. It examines market failure, externalities, benefit-cost analysis, nonmarket valuation techniques, and cost-effective policy instruments.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: MATH 1110, ECON 3030.

Forbidden Overlaps Forbidden Overlap: due to an overlap in content, students will receive credit for only one course in the following group: AEM 4510, ECON 3850, ECON 4820, PUBPOL 3670, PUBPOL 5970.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: undergraduate students.

Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2022SP

Outcomes

• Gain understanding of policies to deal with environmental challenges and their impacts on different players in the society.

Distribution Category (SSC-AS) (SBA-AG)

When Offered Spring.

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