ARE 336
Introduction to Resource and Environmental Economics
Section: 002

Course Description

Application of basic economic tools to understand and evaluate environmental/resource policies. Concepts such as property rights, non-market goods, allocation over time, externalities, and public goods. Current policy issues such as global climate change, evaluating natural resource damages from oil spills, reducing the costs of regulations, protecting estuaries, and dealing with non-point source pollution.

GEP

Interdisciplinary Perspectives GEP Course

Fall 2025

Instructors

Meeting Patterns

Classes Start:
August 18, 2025
Classes End:
December 2, 2025
Location:
00117 Witherspoon Student Cen
Class Days:
M W
Class Start Time:
1:30pm
Class End Time:
2:45pm

Class Type:
Lecture
Credits:
3.00
Restrictions:
Prerequisite: ARE 201 or EC 201 or EC 205 Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors Only (SO, JR, SR)