Environmental Economics & Law Minor

for the Minor in Environmental Economics and Law

The minor in Environmental Economics and Law is designed to provide students with basic skills in economic and legal analysis, and to teach them how to apply those tools to environmental problems. Students will emerge from this minor with in-depth knowledge about issues related to environmental protection and natural resource management and possibly sustainable development or land-use planning. The 300- and 400-level courses may have additional prerequisites not included in requirements for the minor.

Required for the Minor in Environmental Economics and Law
ACE 210Environmental Economics3
ACE 310Natural Resource Economics3
Select one of the following:3-4
ACE 100
Agr Cons and Resource Econ
ECON 102
Microeconomic Principles
Select two of the following:6
ACE 306
Food Law
ACE 403
Agricultural Law
ACE 406
Environmental Law
ACE 456
Agr and Food Policies
BADM 300
The Legal Environment of Bus
UP 211
Local Planning, Gov't and Law
Select one of the following:3
ACE 411
Environment and Development
CEE 434
Environmental Systems I
ECON 414
Urban Economics
ECON 484
Law and Economics
Total Hours18-19

A minimum of 18 hours must be completed for this minor. Courses in the minor cannot be completed Credit/No Credit.

Enrollment in the Environmental Economics and Law minor is not available to students enrolled in the Environmental Economics and Policy concentration of the Department of ACE. Enrollment is also not available to those enrolled in the Human Dimensions of the Environment concentration of the major in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences if enrolled in that concentration was prior to January, 2013.