Undergraduate Course Catalog 2010-2011
College of Life Sciences and Agriculture
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Environmental and Resource Economics (EREC)
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Professor: Lyndon E. Goodridge, John M. Halstead, Bruce E. Lindsay
Associate Professor: Kelly L. Cullen, Alberto B. Manalo, Douglas E. Morris
Extension Professor: Michael R. Sciabarrasi
Extension Associate Professor: Charles A. French
This program offers training in environmental and resource economics, including public resource policy, resource management, natural resource and environmental economics, and community economics and finance. The curriculum emphasizes applied economics in the context of public policy. Training is also available in agricultural economics, including agribusiness, small business management, food marketing, agricultural policy, and world food supplies.
Students majoring in environmental and resource economics will normally concentrate in one of the following three areas: environmental and natural resource economics, agricultural economics, or community economics. One capstone experience, supervised and approved within the major, is required of all seniors. The capstone explores areas of interest based on the integration of prior learning. The capstone requirement may be satisfied through a course, created work or product, or some form of experiential learning (e.g., honors theses, mentored research projects, and other special student activities). Departments are responsible for certifying that graduating seniors have met the capstone requirement for their majors. In addition, students must satisfy Discovery requirements, which lead to a broad university education. Majors interested in the economic or business aspects of agriculture and natural resources will be expected to take courses in the biological sciences.
Students majoring in any of the social science, life science, and agriculture departments of the University may find it to their advantage to elect courses or a minor in environmental and resource economics or agribusiness. By doing so, their basic training can be supplemented in a specific area of interest, such as resource development and natural resource policy for social science majors, farm management and agricultural marketing for agricultural majors, and community economics and finance for students interested in local government and development.
Required Courses
All of the following:
ECON 401, Principles of Economics (Macro)
ECON 605, Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis
ECON 611, Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis, or ECON 635, Money and Banking
EREC 411, Environmental and Resource Economics Perspectives
(EREC 411 cannot be used to satisfy the Social Science Discovery program requirement)
EREC 504, Business Management for Natural Resource Firms
EREC 525, Statistical Methods and Applications
MATH 420, Finite Mathematics, or MATH 424B, Calculus for Life Sciences
At least five of the following, of which two must be 700 level:
EREC 501, Agriculture and Natural Resource Product Marketing
EREC 572, Introduction to Natural Resource Economics
EREC 606, Land Economics Perspectives: Uses, Policies, and Taxes
EREC 627, Community Economics
EREC 633, Economics of Travel and Tourism
EREC 708, Environmental Economics
EREC 715, Linear Programming and Quantitative Models
EREC 756, Rural and Regional Economic Development
TOUR 700, Marketing Communications Research: Methodological Foundations
Students who major in environmental and resource economics are qualified for a wide variety of opportunities upon graduation. Private business, public institutions, and government agencies currently have a strong demand for specialists trained in natural resource development; land and water use policy; natural resource and small business management; agricultural, fisheries, and forestry marketing; and community development. In many cases, students may wish to improve their qualifications by pursuing more specialized graduate studies in one or more of the above areas.
Departmental Honors
Honors in environmental and resource economics will be awarded to students who complete 16 credits of honors courses in environmental and resource economics (including a minimum of four credits of a senior research project), and who maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.2 in the major. Students interested in the environmental and resource economics honors program should contact the environmental and resource economics coordinator in James Hall for more information.
Students interested in a major or minor in environmental and resource economics should contact John M. Halstead, James Hall, (603) 862-3914.
