Environmental Economics and Policy
Required Courses
| Freshman Year | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Spring | |
| ECNS 132 - Econ & the Environment1 or ECNS 101IS - Economic Way of Thinking | 3 | |
| Choose one of the following: 2 | 3 | |
BIOE 103CS - Environmental Science and Society | ||
ENSC 110 - Land Resources and Environmental Sciences | ||
GEO 103CS - Intro to Envrmntl Geology | ||
NRSM 101 - Natural Resource Conservation | ||
SFBS 146 - Introduction to Sustainable Food and Bioenergy Systems | ||
| University Core and General Electives | 9 | |
| ECNS 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics1 | 3 | |
| University Core and General Electives | 12 | |
| Year Total: | 15 | 15 |
| Sophomore Year | Credits | |
| Fall | Spring | |
| ECNS 204IS - Microeconomics1 | 3 | |
| STAT 216Q - Introduction to Statistics | 3 | |
| Directed Electives in Enrionmental Science and GIS2 | 3 | |
| University Core and General Electives | 6 | |
| M 161Q - Survey of Calculus or M 171Q - Calculus I | 4 | |
| Directed Electives in Environmental Policy and Social Science | 3 | |
| University Core and General Electives | 8 | |
| Year Total: | 15 | 15 |
| Junior Year | Credits | |
| Fall | Spring | |
| ECNS 301 - Intermediate Micro with Calc | 3 | |
| STAT 337 - Intermediate Statistics with Introduction to Statistical Computing | 3 | |
| ECNS 433 - Economics of the Environment | 3 | |
| University Core and General Electives | 6 | |
| ECNS 332 - Econ of Natural Resources | 3 | |
| Directed Electives in Environmental Policy and Social Science | 3 | |
| University Core and General Electives | 9 | |
| Year Total: | 15 | 15 |
| Senior Year | Credits | |
| Fall | Spring | |
| ECNS 432R - Economic Policy Evaluation or ECNS 403R - Introduction to Econometrics | 3 | |
| ECNS 335 - Energy Economics | 3 | |
| University Core and General Electives | 9 | |
| Directed Major 400-level Elective3 | 3 | |
| University Core and General Electives | 9 | |
| Choose one of the following: | 3 | |
AGBE 337 - Agricultural Law | ||
BGEN 361 - Principles of Business Law | ||
EENV 387 - Environmental Laws and Regulations | ||
NRSM 430 - Natural Resource Law | ||
| Year Total: | 15 | 15 |
| Total Program Credits: | 120 | |
| Directed Electives in Environmental Science and GIS: | ||
| GPHY 284 | Intro to GIS Science & Cartog | 3 |
| GPHY 384 | Adv GIS and Spatial Analysis | 3 |
| GPHY 426 | Remote Sensing | 3 |
| AGTE 330 | Alternative Power & Energy Technology | 3 |
| BIOE 370 | General Ecology | 3 |
| ECHM 205CS | Energy and Sustainability | 3 |
| ENSC 210 | Role of Plants in the Environment | 3 |
| ENSC 245IN | Soils | 3 |
| ENSC 272CS | Water Resources | 3 |
| ENSC 353 | Environmental Biogeochemistry | 3 |
| ENSC 391 | Special Topics | 1-4 |
| ENSC 407 | Environmental Risk Assessment | 3 |
| NRSM 240 | Natural Resource Ecology | 3 |
| Directed Electives in Environmental Policy and Social Science: | ||
| PSCI 240 | Introduction to Public Administration | 3 |
| PSCI 362 | Natural Resource Policy | 3 |
| SOCI 470 | Environmental Sociology | 3 |
| GPHY 326 | Geography of Energy Resources | 3 |
| GPHY 329 | Environment and Society | 3 |
| GPHY 365 | Geographical Planning | 3 |
| GPHY 402 | Water and Society | 3 |
| AGBE 315 | Ag in a Global Context | 3 |
| ECNS 317 | Economic Development | 3 |
| ECNS 320 | Public Finance | 3 |
| 400-Level Directed Major Electives | ||
| ECNS 403R | Introduction to Econometrics | 3 |
| ECNS 432R | Economic Policy Evaluation | 3 |
| ECNS 451 | Behavioral & Experimental Economics | 3 |
| ECNS 460 | Advanced Data Analytics in Economics | 3 |
| ECNS 461 | Financial Econometrics | 3 |
| AGBE 421 | Advanced Agricultural Marketing | 3 |
| AGBE 445 | Agribusiness Management | 3 |
| AGBE 451RS | Economics of Ag Policy | 3 |
| EFIN 401 | Engineering & Economic Financial Management II | 3 |
| EFIN 499R | Financial Engineering Design Capstone | 3 |
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ECNS 251IS (4 credits) may be substituted for the three-course sequence ECNS 101IS, ECNS 202, and ECNS 204IS. However, students must still complete at least 27 credits of AGBE/ECNS/EFIN courses to fulfill the major requirement.
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Any course from the below list of Directed Electives in Environmental Science and GIS may be substituted for this requirement (but not double-counted).
- 3
Cannot double-count R-designated ECNS capstone course and 400-Level Directed Major Electives.
Graduation Requirements
Economics, Agricultural Business, and Financial Engineering students seeking a second major in Environmental Economics and Policy must complete 5 upper division directed elective courses beyond the requirements for their primary major.
Economics students must receive a grade of C or better in ECNS 101IS or ECNS 132, ECNS 202, ECNS 204IS, ECNS 301, and M 161Q or M 171Q (or their equivalents) to meet departmental graduation requirements. All other courses counting toward departmental requirements must be graded C- or better.
Twenty-seven (27) credits in ECNS, AGBE, or EFIN are needed to graduate. A minimum of 120 credits is required for graduation; 42 credits must be in courses numbered 300 and above.