AEM 2500

Last Updated

  • Schedule of Classes - January 5, 2026 3:59PM EST
  • Course Catalog - May 29, 2024 10:20AM EDT

AEM 2500
Environmental and Resource Economics

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course uses microeconomics to understand the causes and how to devise solutions to environmental and natural resource problems. Subjects include valuation, benefit-cost analysis, policy design and property rights. The course relies on these concepts to explore major current policy issues such as economic incentives in environmental policy, air and water pollution, depletion of renewable and nonrenewable resources, and global warming. Students are evaluated based on problems sets, short essays, 3 quizzes and 3 prelims.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: ECON 1110.

Forbidden Overlaps Forbidden Overlap: due to an overlap in content, students will not receive credit for both AEM 1500 and AEM 2500.

Permission Note Enrollment preference given to: Dyson students and E&S majors.

Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2024FA, 2023FA, 2022FA

Distribution Category (SBA-AG)

When Offered Fall.

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENVS 2500

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5579 AEM 2500   LEC 001

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Ortiz Bobea, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENVS 2500

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8237 AEM 2500   LEC 002

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Ortiz Bobea, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person