ECON 230 - Environmental Economics

Unit(s): 4

Significant changes to the world environment have been brought on by increasing levels of economic industrialization. This course studies both broad trends at the macro level in the quality of air, water, and land resources as well as the underlying causes of these changes at the micro level. Students will learn to apply basic economic theory to better understand phenomena such as the ‘tragedy of the commons’, environmental pollution and resource degradation, and how we can become better stewards of creation.

College of Arts and Sciences