Last Updated: Tue, 04/14/2026
Syllabus
General Class Information
Academic year:
2026
Semester:
Summer
Course prefix:
ECON
Course number:
4440
Section:
MO1
CRN
56649
Department (you may add up to three):
Instructor first name:
Matthew
Instructor last name:
Oliver
Catalog Description

Explores how economics can address a variety of environmental issues ranging from climate change to local pollution. Topic areas include externalities and the social costs of pollution, valuation of non-market goods, climate change policy (emissions taxes and cap-and-trade), management of renewable resources (fisheries and forests), extraction of exhaustible resources (minerals and fossil fuels), and more. Focuses on global, regional, and local environmental policy.

Administrative Data
Course status
Active