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ENERES 240 - Environmental Justice and Economics

Energy and Resources Group Graduate CNR - Rausser Clg Natural Resources

Subject

ENERES

Course Number

240

Department

Energy and Resources Group

Course Level

Graduate

Course Title

Environmental Justice and Economics

Course Description

This graduate course covers: one, economic frameworks for understanding environmental justice; two, empirical approaches for evaluating environmental justice outcomes; and three, challenges and approaches to causal inference in this setting. This course emphasizes empirical applications and the assignments involve working with data and evaluating data sources, metadata, selection,
and bias.

Minimum Units

4

Maximum Units

4

Grading Basis

Default Letter Grade; S/U Option

Instructors

weber

Prerequisites

Background in statistics (STAT), data science (DATA) or economics (ECON) is helpful but not
required.

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Credit Restriction Courses. Students will receive no credit for this course if following the course(s) have already been completed.

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Credit Restrictions.

Students will receive no credit for ENE,RES 240 after completing ENE,RES 140.

Credit Replacement Courses. Upon passing, students can use the following course(s) to replace a deficient grade for this course.

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Course Objectives

Use frameworks from economics to evaluate determinants of environmental inequality Understand how data sources can be used to evaluate outcomes relevant for environmental justice Gain experience working with administrative and observational data Use tools in statistics to compute environmental justice related metrics from data Understand approaches from economics and econometrics used to make causal arguments in environmental justice Evaluate the veracity of quantitative arguments relating to environmental justice

Formats

Lecture, Discussion

Term

Fall and Spring

Weeks

15 weeks

Weeks

15

Lecture Hours

3

Lecture Hours Min

3

Lecture Hours Max

3

Lecture Mode of Instruction

In Person

Discussion Hours

1

Discussion Hours Min

1

Discussion Hours Max

1

Discussion Mode of Instruction

In Person

Outside Work Hours

8

Outside Work Hours Min

8

Outside Work Hours Max

8