AEM 2500

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AEM 2500
Environmental and Resource Economics

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

This course uses microeconomics to understand the causes and how to devise solutions to environmental and natural resource problems. Subjects include valuation, benefit-cost analysis, policy design and property rights. The course relies on these concepts to explore major current policy issues such as economic incentives in environmental policy, air and water pollution, depletion of renewable and nonrenewable resources, and global warming. Students are evaluated based on problems sets, short essays, 3 quizzes and 3 prelims.

When Offered Fall.

Permission Note Enrollment preference given to: Dyson students and E&S majors.
Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: ECON 1110.
Forbidden Overlaps Forbidden Overlap: due to an overlap in content, students will not receive credit for both AEM 1500 and AEM 2500.

Distribution Category (SBA-AG)
Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9379 AEM 2500   LEC 001

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    • MW Warren Hall 175
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Zhang, W

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisites: ECON 1110, MATH 1110; or equivalents.
    Enrollment preference given to: students in EERE concentration (Dyson) and Environmental Economics (E&S). The waitlist is managed by the Dyson registrar's office.