Section Info: ECON-219-01

Course Title: Environmental Economics
Start Date: 01/23/2024 End Date: 05/07/2024
Term: Spring Semester 2024
Description: In this class, we will use the lens of economic analysis to examine how environmental problems arise and what can be done to resolve them. This will include an assessment of relevant environmental policies (e.g., carbon tax & cap-and-trade programs), how these policies function, and what impacts they have on people and the economy. Topics include market failures and externalities, pollution, climate change, management of renewable and nonrenewable resources, sustainability, biodiversity, and others.
Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
Theodore Gilliland             tgillila@mtholyoke.edu  

Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
01/23/2024 - 05/07/2024   Lecture   Monday and Wednesday   03:15PM - 04:30PM   SKNR - Skinner Hall   210   Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses        
Prereq: ECON-110. Take previously   Required  

Comments        
Additional Comments        
Course Tags        
ENVST-SS   ENVST-SS: Env Studies pre-2024 Minor - Social Science   This course has been approved to count towards the Environmental Studies minor Social Science area.  

Cross-listed Sections        
None  

Course Availability
Section status: Open     Capacity: 18     Enrollment: 17     Available: 1     Waitlist: 0

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List         Required         Publisher Full Price        
To be determined.                    

Additional Book Comments        
This is NOT the complete book list for this class.