AEM 2500

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AEM 2500
Environmental and Resource Economics

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 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 ECON 1110.

Forbidden Overlaps AEM 1500, AEM 2500, ENVS 1500, ENVS 2500

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

Distribution Requirements (SBA-AG), (OCE-IL)

Exploratory Studies (CU-SBY)

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENVS 2500

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4237 AEM 2500   LEC 001

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Ortiz Bobea, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENVS 2500

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4238 AEM 2500   LEC 002

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Ortiz Bobea, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person