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Environmental and Resource Economics

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MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE ENVIRONMENT

Our environment is filled with scarce and finite resources — including clean air and water, fertile land, critical minerals, and energy resources — that are all impacted by human decisions. Environmental and resource economics students are trained to examine and understand relationships between producer and consumer decisions, environmental conditions, climate change, and resource availability in our changing world. Students work to answer key questions that help them identify sustainable solutions for global challenges facing society. How do human behavior and decisions affect the environment? How do resource scarcities, like water scarcity, affect our natural world and our communities? How are people responding to climate change? And how can we innovate and spearhead solutions to overcome those challenges? If you have an interest in solving these questions, building strong quantitative skills, a passion for the environment, and a curiosity to understand human decision making, our environmental and resource economics major is for you. 

AREAS OF STUDY

  • Resource Economics
  • Environmental Economics
  • Environmental Law
  • Microeconomics and Macroeconomics
  • Economics of Biotechnology and New Technologies
  • Surveys and Economic Experiments
  • Statistical Research Methods
  • Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Community Economic Development
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Natural Sciences 

CAREER OPTIONS

  • Economic Consultant
  • Environmental Consultant
  • Database Management
  • Environmental Lawyer
  • Public Policy Analyst
  • Geographic Information System Analyst
  • Peace Corps Volunteer
  • Economic Resource Service (and other U.S. government agencies)

  • Environmental Scientist
  • Environmental Protection Specialist
  • Natural Resource Educator
  • Natural Resource and Environmental Control

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

  • Economics
  • Resource Economics
  • Environmental Law
  • Urban Affairs and Public Policy
  • Statistics
  • Economic Policy Analysis

What’s special about this program?

You can choose to concentrate in either 1) economics of sustainability and policy or 2) natural resource management. Opportunities abound for hands-on undergraduate research experience with UD’s Center for Experimental and Applied Economics. Here, you engage with faculty one on one to learn about their research and how it is affecting the environment. Our environmental and resource economics faculty specialize in experimental and behavioral economics. Our team aims to nurture a diverse and inclusive community to dig into environmental challenges and conduct research that can inform environmental and agricultural policy.  After graduation, many of our environmental and resource economics majors choose to pursue graduate programs, including degrees in economics, business, environmental science, and law. Others immediately enter careers in consulting, non-profits, education and government.

“With the tools students learn in our program, they are well positioned to get a job immediately after graduation. Our graduates are ready to tackle important societal challenges, and they have the tools to identify solutions that will make a meaningful impact.” – Leah Palm-Forster, associate professor of applied economics and director of the Center for Experimental and Applied Economics

 

Get Involved

Ag Ambassadors

Agricultural College Council (AgCC)

Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity (AGR)

Alpha Zeta (AZ)

American Society of Landscape Architects Student Chapter

Animal Science Club

Beekeeping Club

Blue Hen Birding

Collegiate 4-H

Collegiate FFA

Entomology Club

Equestrian Team

Food Marketing Club

Food Recovery Network

Food Science Club

Horticulture Club

Hydroponics Club

Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANNRS)

Pre-Veterinary Club

Philadelphia Flower Show Club

Sigma Alpha Sorority (SA)

Students for the Environment

The Wildlife Society

Sample curriculum

UNIV101 

 

First Year Experience
APEC100

Sustainable Development

 

APEC135

Introduction to Data Analysis

 

APEC150

Economics of Agriculture and Natural Resources

 

MATH221

Calculus I

 

ECON101

Introduction to Microeconomics

 

ENGL110

Seminar in Composition

 

ENWC201

Wildlife Conservation Ecology

 

 

Foreign Language Course

 

 

University and College Breadth Course

 

ECON103

Introduction to Macroeconomics

 

COMM212

Oral Communications in Business

 

ENGL312

Written Communications in Business

 

ECON308

Banking and Monetary Policy

 

STAT200

Basic Statistical Practice

 

 

Physical Science Requirement

 

 

University Multicultural Requirement

 

 

University and College Breadth Requirements

 

APEC429

Community Economic Development OR

 

APEC406

Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy

 

APEC324

Introduction to Resource Economics

 

ECON300

Intermediate Microeconomic Theory OR

 

ECON301

Quantitative Microeconomic Theory

 

APEC343

Environmental Economics

 

 

Course in the College of Business and Economics

 

 

Physical Science Requirement

 

  University and College Breadth Requirements
APEC409 Research Methods II
ECON303 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
APEC480 Geographical Information Systems in Natural Resources Management
  Course in the College of Business and Economics
  Electives

Sample curriculum - Natural Resource Management Concentration

APEC135

 

Introduction to Data Analysis
APEC150  

Economics of Agriculture and Natural Resources

 

CHEM101/103 or 102/104

General Chemistry

 

ENGL110

Seminar in Composition

 

ENWC201

 

Wildlife Conservation and Ecology

MATH221

 

Calculus I
MATH222

Calculus II

 

UNIV101

 

First Year Experience

 

 

University and College Breadth Courses

 

APEC100

Sustainable Development

 

BISC207

Introductory Biology I

 

BISC208

Introductory Biology II

 

ECON101

Introduction to Microeconomics   

 

ECON103

Introduction to Macroeconomics

 

PLSC204/205

Introduction to Soil Science and lab

 

 

Group Requirement

 

  University and College Breadth Courses
APEC324

Resource Economics

 

APEC343

Environmental Economics

 

APEC480

Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resource Management

 

 

Group Requirements

 

 

University and College Breadth Courses

 

APEC450

Topics in Environmental Law

 

 

Group Requirements

 

 

Electives

 

 

University and College Breadth Courses

 

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