The Environmental Economics and Sustainability Minor provides a broad understanding of how the environment and the economy are linked; to prepare students for careers in government, consulting, law and for-profit business. The program also offers the essential courses to prepare for a masters in environmental economics, agricultural economics or environmental management.
RELATED PROGRAMS
CURRICULUM
Requirements: 6 courses (18 hours); A maximum of 2 courses can count toward this minor and any other major or minor.
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Hours |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| or ECON 202 | Principles of Macroeconomics |
| ENVS 335 | Ecological Economics | 3 |
| or ECON 328 | Environmental Economics |
| 6 |
| Environmental Sustainability | |
| Food Systems Analysis | |
| Ecological Economics (if not taken as a minor Core Class) | |
| Conservation Economics | |
| Applied Environmental Statistics | |
| 6 |
| Principles of Macroeconomics (if not taken as a minor Core Class) | |
| Intermediate Microeconomics | |
| Urban Economics | |
| Economics of Growth & Development | |
| Environmental Economics (if not taken as a minor Core Class) | |
| Health Economics | |
| Econometrics | |
| Total Hours | 18 |
ENVS Prerequisites
ECON Prerequisites
Students wishing to pursue graduate study in applied economics or related field should also take intermediate microeconomics (ECON 303 Intermediate Microeconomics) and the calculus course sequence (MATH 161 Calculus I and MATH 162 Calculus II).
