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ENERES 140 - Environmental Justice and Economics

Energy and Resources Group Undergraduate CNR - Rausser Clg Natural Resources

Subject

ENERES

Course Number

140

Department

Energy and Resources Group

Course Level

Undergraduate

Course Title

Environmental Justice and Economics

Course Description

This course covers: one, economic frameworks for understanding environmental justice, and two, empirical approaches for evaluating environmental justice outcomes. This course emphasizes empirical applications and the assignments involve working with data and evaluating data sources and metadata.

Minimum Units

4

Maximum Units

4

Grading Basis

Default Letter Grade; P/NP Option

Method of Assessment

Written Exam

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.

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

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