Environmental Economics and Policy

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ENVECON C1 Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Agricultural and Resource Economics
Terms offered: Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018
Introduction to microeconomics with emphasis on resource, agricultural, and environmental issues.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Mathematics 32

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for ECON C3 after completing ECON 1.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Environmental Economics and Policy/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Also listed as: ECON C3

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ENVECON 39D Freshman/Sophomore Seminar 1.5 - 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Agricultural and Resource Economics
Terms offered: Fall 2009, Fall 2008
Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small-seminar setting. These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Priority given to freshmen and sophomores

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5-4 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Environmental Economics and Policy/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.

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ENVECON 98 Directed Group Studies (for Lower Division Students) 1 - 3 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Agricultural and Resource Economics
Terms offered: Spring 2001
Group study (or seminar) of a selected topic or topics in Environmental Economics and Policy.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor

Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-3 hours of directed group study per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Environmental Economics and Policy/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

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ENVECON 100 Microeconomic Theory with Application to Natural Resources 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Agricultural and Resource Economics
Terms offered: Fall 2019, Summer 2019 8 Week Session, Spring 2019
Covers the basic microeconomic tools for further study of natural resource problems. Theory of consumption, production, theory of the firm, industrial organization, general equilibrium, public goods and externalities. Applications to agriculture and natural resources.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: C1 or Economics 1 or C3; and Mathematics 16A and 16B or Math 1A and 1B; or consent of instructor

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Environmental Economics 100 after completing Economics 100A, Economics 101A, or Undergraduate Business Administration 110.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Environmental Economics and Policy/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructors: Ligon, Rausser

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ENVECON C101 Environmental Economics 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Agricultural and Resource Economics
Terms offered: Summer 2019 8 Week Session, Spring 2019, Summer 2018 8 Week Session, Spring 2018, Spring 2017
Theories of externalities and public goods applied to pollution and environmental policy. Trade-off between production and environmental amenities. Assessing nonmarket value of environmental amenities. Remediation and clean-up policies. Environment and development. Biodiversity management.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 100, Mathematics 16A-16B, or Economics 100A or 101A

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Environmental Economics and Policy/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Zilberman

Also listed as: ECON C125

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ENVECON C102 Natural Resource Economics 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Agricultural and Resource Economics
Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
Introduction to the economics of natural resources. Land and the concept of economic rent. Models of optimal depletion of nonrenewable resources and optimal use of renewable resources. Application to energy, forests, fisheries, water, and climate change. Resources, growth, and sustainability.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 100, or Economics 100A or 100B

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Environmental Economics and Policy/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Sunding

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ENVECON 103 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory with Application to Natural Resources 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Agricultural and Resource Economics
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Covers intermediate microeconomic theory for further study of economic behavior as it relates to agriculture and natural resource problems. Theory of consumption, production, theory of the firm, industrial organization, general equilibrium, public goods and externalities. Applications to agriculture and natural resources.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: C1 or Economics 1 or C3 and Mathematics 16A or consent of instructor

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Environmental Economics 103 after completing Environmental Economics 100, Economics 100A, Economics 101A, or Undergraduate Business Administration 110.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Environmental Economics and Policy/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Ligon

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ENVECON C115 Modeling and Management of Biological Resources 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Agricultural and Resource Economics
Terms offered: Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
Models of population growth, chaos, life tables, and Leslie matrix theory. Harvesting and exploitation theory. Methods for analyzing population interactions, predation, competition. Fisheries, forest stands, and insect pest management. Genetic aspects of population management. Mathematical theory based on simple difference and ordinary differential equations. Use of simulation packages on microcomputers (previous experience with computers not required).
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: A course that includes differential and integral calculus

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 6.5 hours of lecture and 4 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Environmental Economics and Policy/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Getz

Also listed as: ESPM C104

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ENVECON C118 Introductory Applied Econometrics 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Agricultural and Resource Economics
Terms offered: Fall 2019, Summer 2019 8 Week Session, Spring 2019
Formulation of a research hypothesis and definition of an empirical strategy. Regression analysis with cross-sectional and time-series data; econometric methods for the analysis of qualitative information; hypothesis testing. The techniques of statistical and econometric analysis are developed through applications to a set of case studies and real data in the fields of environmental, resource, and international development economics. Students learn the use of a statistical software for economic data analysis.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Environmental Economics and Policy/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Sadoulet

Also listed as: IAS C118

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ENVECON 131 Globalization and the Natural Environment 3 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Agricultural and Resource Economics
Terms offered: Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011
An examination of the environmental effects of globalization. How has increased international trade, the integration of factor markets, and the adoption of international agreements affected the environment? Case studies include the environmental impact of GATT/WTO and NAFTA. Multi-disciplinary approach examines the actual laws and institutions and the economic theories of globalization, in addition to the empirical evidence of globalization's environmental effects.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Intermediate micro-economic theory or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Environmental Economics and Policy/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Karp

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ENVECON 140AC Economics of Race, Agriculture, and the Environment 3 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Agricultural and Resource Economics
Terms offered: Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010
This course examines whether and how economic processes explain shifting formations of race and differential experiences among racial groups in U.S. agricultural and environmental systems. It approaches economic processes as organizing dynamics of racial differentiation and integration, and uses comparative experience among different racial and ethnic groups as sources of evidence against which economic theories of differentiation and integration can be tested.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 1, or one lower division course in a social science, or consent of instructor

Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Environmental Economics and Policy/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Romm

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ENVECON 141 Agricultural and Environmental Policy 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Agricultural and Resource Economics
Terms offered: Fall 2019, Summer 2019 8 Week Session, Fall 2018
This course considers the formation, implementation, and impact of public policies affecting agriculture and the environment. Economic approaches to public lawmaking, including theories of legislation, interest group activity, and congressional control of bureaucracies. Case studies include water allocation, endangered species protection, water quality, food safety, drainage, wetlands, pesticides, and farmworker safety. Emphasis on examples from California.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 100 or Economics 100A or 101A

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Environmental Economics and Policy/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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ENVECON 142 Industrial Organization with Applications to Agriculture and Natural Resources 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Offered through: Agricultural and Resource Economics
Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
. Organization and performance of agricultural and resource markets. Conduct of firms within those markets, such as price competition, product differentiation, predatory pricing, vertical integration, dealer networks and advertising. The role of public policy in the markets. Case studies include oil cartel OPEC, agricultural cooperatives, vertical integration of food processors and franchising of fast-food chains structor: Anthoff

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