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ECON 455 - Environmental Economics

ECON 455: Environmental Economics (3 units) at San Diego State University. 1 section offered in Spring 2027, with meeting times, instructors, and seat counts. Prerequisites: ECON 102. Counts toward Economics Minor (2026-27), Economics Minor (2025-26).

3 units
  • Public Policy Economics
  • Minor Electives
  • Climate and Energy
  • Upper Division Major Electives
  • Public Policy Group
  • Electives
  • Required Courses
  • 12 Units Selected From
  • Requirements for Specialization
  • Nine Additional Units Selected From
  • Field A, Human-Nature Interface
  • Field C, Scientific and Analytical Thinking
  • Urban Sustainability
  • Major
  • Up to Six Units of Electives
  • 12 Additional Upper-Division Units Selected From
Offered: Offered every term

Counts toward

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Relation of environmental amenities and pollution to economic behavior and institutions. Environmental problems in externalities, public goods, and common-property resources. Environmental policy from perspective of public economics: regulation, benefit-cost analysis, valuation of non-market goods.
Prerequisites
ECON 102.
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From the catalog

Grading
LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC
Repeatable
Maximum 3 units.

1 section in Spring 2027

Class #8959· In-person · Open · Letter or CR/NC
60 of 60 seats open
Tue, Thu 2:00 PM-3:15 PM · LH 343
To be Announced