Students enage in quantitative research where they actually value marine resources, by such activities as estimating demand for fishes, assessing the impact of harvesting on a marine habitat, and exploring the impact of changing technologies on sustainable habitats. Students come out of the course with both theoretical and empirical understanding of key issues in marine policy. In Leadership, the Human Side of Economics students take a humanistic look at economic behavior and motivation. The class is characterized by many small group activites, helping students understand themselves as social and economic beings. Natural Resource Economics offers students an intensive skill building experience with cost-benefit analysis.
Students conceive a major project and execute it over the semester.
They come away from the course with a powerful tool for evaluating environmental and social policy actins. Ford Apprentice Scholar Program Eckerd College is a remarkable per capita producer of students who go on to earn a Ph.D. We rank in the top 25 institutions in the country in this regard. The Ford Apprentice Program is aimed at encouraging students to consider careers in higher education. It involves a close working relation between a faculty and student in which the student produces a significant research project. While most seniors do a senior comprehensive research project, some seniors undertake a more extensive thesis, generally earning two course credits.