本Curriculum概述了围绕人类相互作用和环境利用评估的主题, 对气候的影响, assessment of long term sustainability. Using environmental and economics concepts and methods, the course will cover topics such as means to value natural resources, methods for appropriately mitigating externalities (such as 污染), assessing development activities. The course will also evaluate the availability and use of natural resources, 耗竭和可再生, 比如能源, 水, 土地, 和森林. 最后, the course will assess relevant topics surrounding 气候 change, including its measurement, 原因, effects (magnitude and geographic distribution), 以及潜在的反应. 在整个Curriculum中,学生将学习与环境相关的政府机构和法律程序, 气候, 和可持续性. Recommended Prerequisite: ECO 201 or ECO 202.