With a focus on environmental stewardship and sustainability, students in this course examine the principles of economics, natural resource limitations and management, and the role of science in public policy decision making.
Students apply economic theory and analysis to evaluate environmental problems.
This course emphasizes problems and policies that impact marine and coastal ecosystems and an integrated or earth systems approach. The environmental problems emphasized span local, national and global scales including fisheries management, biodiversity, and global warming. Students with Disabilities Students with disabilities who may need accomodations please make arrangements with your instructor as soon as possible. Human components of the earth system including the social, economic, and political structures that shape our interactions with our environment. Homework consists of problem sets, computer exercises, and short papers.