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Undergraduate Catalog 2017-2018 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ECO 303 - (S) The Economics of Environmental Issues

3 cr.


(Formerly ECO 103)  (Prerequisite: ECO 153  or permission of the instructor.)

This course provides students with a framework for viewing environmental issues as economic issues.  Alternative methods for addressing environmental problems are examined, including “command and control” regulatory policies and “market-based” policies.  The evolution of public policies toward the environment is discussed.