This course offers a broad overview of domestic and global water policy topics. In particular, the course will explore these topics through the lens of economics. The class covers both water quality and water quantity topics. U.S. topics will include a discussion of major environmental and health statutes such as the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act. Environmental justice impacts will be discussed. Global topics will cover a range of subjects including the importance of sanitation and safe drinking water in developing countries.

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.

"No matter what type of job you get when you leave the ResEc family, you will need to be able to make good decisions using numbers. Some of you will get jobs performing analysis, while some of you will need to judge the credibility of the analysis done by others. The goal of this class is to introduce you to decision analysis. Decision Analysis covers how to best make decisions in an uncertain world. Topic include belief formation and updating, logical decision making and avoiding common decision errors, and appropriate information gathering.

This course satisfies the Junior Year Writing requirement for students in RES-ECON. The emphasis is on developing students' skills in critical thinking, writing, and effective communication.

This course satisfies the Junior Year Writing requirement for students in RES-ECON. The emphasis is on developing students' skills in critical thinking, writing, and effective communication.

This course satisfies the Junior Year Writing requirement for students in RES-ECON. The emphasis is on developing students' skills in critical thinking, writing, and effective communication.

This is a stand-alone independent study designed by the student and faculty sponsor that involves frequent interaction between instructor and student. Qualitative and quantitative enrichment must be evident on the proposed contract before consent is given to undertake the study.

Economic analysis of natural resource use and conservation. Includes analyses of the use of fuel, forest, marine and biodiversity resources. Focuses on evaluating natural resource use in terms of efficiency and sustainability, and designing regulations for correcting inefficient and unsustainable resource markets. (Gen.Ed. SB)

This course covers methods of sample-based estimation and inference. 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 (if time permits) such as moving averages and exponential smoothing. Statistical software is used for advanced computations. Basic algebra required.