ECON 345L - Natural Resources & Sustainable Development

3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded (includes P/F option)
Not repeatable for credit

Description:
This class introduces the economic approach to sustainable growth and economic development by, among other things, examining questions surrounding natural resource management. The first third of the course focuses on the role economics can and cannot play in examining natural resources issues, schools of thought concerning the extent to which natural resources are scarce, and what sustainable economic growth means. The second third of the class focuses on exposing you to the tools economists and policy decision makers use to examine natural resource issues. Finally, the final third of the course focuses on applying the concepts you have learned to specific natural resource issues.

Course Note
ECON 345L and ENVSCI 345L are the same course.

This course is cross-listed as ENVSCI 345L

Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENVSCI 122 or ECON 100 or ECON 101 or permission of instructor

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