Environmental Economics and Policy Major [ALES]

Program Requirements (72 units)

• 9 units in Free Electives  

• AREC 214 - Applications of Quantitative Models to Food, Resources and the Environment
• AREC 365 - Natural Resource Economics
• BIOL 108 - Introduction to Biological Diversity
• BIOL 208 - Principles of Ecology
• CHEM 101 - Introductory University Chemistry I
• ECON 101 - Introduction to Microeconomics
• ENCS 299 - Special Topics in Field Skills and Their Application in the Environmental and Conservation Sciences
• ENCS 473 - Environmental and Conservation Policy
• PL SC 221 - Introduction to Plant Science
• REN R 105 - Introduction to Environmental Sciences
• REN R 110 - Natural Resource Measurement
• REN R 201 - Introduction to Geomatic Techniques in Natural Resource Management
• REN R 205 - Wildlife Biodiversity and Ecology
• REN R 210 - Introduction to Soil Science
• REN R 260 - History and Fundamentals of Environmental Protection and Conservation
• REN R 290 - Field Skills in Environmental, Conservation, and Forest Sciences
• REN R 307 - Environmental Assessment Principles and Methods
• R SOC 260 - Indigenous Foundations for Environmental and Conservation Sciences
• R SOC 375 - Public Participation and Conflict Resolution
• STAT 151 - Introduction to Applied Statistics I

Major Requirements (45 units)

• 21 units in Approved Program Electives  

• AREC 313 - Statistical Analysis
• AREC 465 - Advanced Natural Resource Economics
• ECON 102 - Introduction to Macroeconomics
• ECON 269 - Economics of the Environment
• ECON 281 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory I
• ECON 282 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory I
• ENCS 352 - Natural Resource and Environmental Law
• R SOC 355 - Rural Communities and Global Economies

Capstone Requirement (3 units)

• AREC 410 - Advanced Methods and Applications in Applied Economics