May 29, 2024

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

EC 330 Natural Resource Economics

(4 Credits)
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the principles and practice of applying economic methods of analysis to issues relating to natural resources and the environment. Concepts of sustainability and the discounting of future costs and benefits are studied in depth, and these techniques are then applied to the use of nonrenewable and also renewable resources.

Prerequisite: EC 210, EC 211 or permission of the instructor.