Explores the causes of hunger (chronic undernutrition) from an economic perspective. Focus on how population growth and economic development are increasing demand for food and on the prospects for food production to supply those needs at affordable prices, while sustaining the environment. Discussion in the context of the global economy in which increased trade links even the poorest urban and rural residents in developing countries to market forces. (Gen.Ed. SB, G)

Microeconomic theory for majors and non-majors. Concepts of supply, demand, markets, natural resource management, economic policy. Applications to business and government decision-making emphasized. (Gen.Ed. SB)

Students will reflect on and integrate their learning and experience through the following activities: 1) Update a personal Reflective Portfolio and complete a series of activities in which they inventory and map courses taken, work experience, and extracurricular activities and identify skills they have attained through this experience; develop an updated resume, a networking website profile, and presentations of themselves as Resource Economists; and explore careers in Resource Economics and identify the skills needed to succeed in those career paths, and 2) Participate in weekly team activi

Topics may include: the design of environmental and natural resource policies, particularly incentive-based policies; the analysis and control of environmental risks; cost-benefit analyses of specific environmental policies; critiques of cost-benefit analysis, international environmental cooperation; environmental and natural resource policy in the developing world; sustainability, and the conservation of biodiversity. BS-ResEc majors can satisfy their Integrative Experience requirement by taking this course plus Res-Econ 394LI and 471.

Students will reflect on and integrate their learning and experience through the following activities: 1) Update a personal Reflective Portfolio and complete a series of activities in which they inventory and map courses taken, work experience, and extracurricular activities and identify skills they have attained through this experience; develop an updated resume, a networking website profile, and presentations of themselves as Resource Economists; and explore careers in Resource Economics and identify the skills needed to succeed in those career paths, and 2) Participate in weekly team activi

The second course in the graduate environmental and natural resource economics sequence. Covers advanced topics in the theory of environmental regulation, including dynamic regulation, regulation under asymmetric information, and second-best environmental regulation. Current empirical topics include the analyses of voluntary and information-based approaches to environmental management and emerging approaches to energy conservation.

This is a full year seminar course for our first year graduate students. It includes discussion of resources available on campus for research, grant finding, and career preparation. Additionally we discuss the research process and writing as well as what you need to be doing at each stage of your program in order to be successful.

Foundations of interest rate theory and fundamentals of finance. A problem-solving approach to selected financial applications as they affect microeconomic units such as the individuals, households, and small businesses. Financial planning, spending, credit and saving, investing, taxes, insurance, retirement, and estate planning are examples of the topics that will be examined.

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Topics include hypothesis testing for two populations, analysis of variance for comparing three or more populations, simple linear regression, topics in multiple regression, and univariate time-series techniques like moving averages and exponential smoothing. Statistical software is used for advanced computations. Basic algebra required.