SUPR 320 Environmental Economics
This course introduces economic principles and tools used to analyze and ameliorate environmental challenges. Course content reviews how market economies and other economic systems perpetuate natural resource depletion and how students might rethink renewable and non-renewable resource issues in economic terms. Students are introduced to micro and macroeconomic theories and test them through real-world case studies in corporate accountability, uneven resource allocation, environmental injustice, scarcity, and consumer choice. The class pays particular attention to the independent and complementary roles of markets and governments in national and international contexts.