ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES/ECONOMICS

This major is intended to provide students with the basic tools of economics analysis and an understanding of the mechanics of resource production, conservation, and use, in both ecological and economic terms.

A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES/ECONOMICS MAJOR
The following is the basic outline of the course requirements.

Economics Required Courses:

       *  1 Introduction to Microeconomics
    *  2 Introduction to Macroeconomics
    *  11A and 11B* Math Methods for Economists
    *  100A or (100M) Intermediate Microeconomics
    *  113 Introduction to Econometrics
    *  Applied Math & Statistics 5 Statistics

Other Required Courses (choose one from the following list):

    *  Anthropology 2
    *  Sociology 1
    *  Sociology 15
    *  Philosophy 22
    *  Philosophy 24
    *  Philosophy 28

Environmental Studies Required Courses:

    * 23 The Physical and Chemical Environment
    * 24 General Ecology
    * 25 Environmental Policy and Economics
    * 100/L Ecology and Society
    * 190 Senior Capstone

Economics Electives (choose three from the following list):

    * 100B or 100N (Intermediate Macroeconomics)
    * 101 (Managerial Economics)
    * 114 (Advanced Quantitative Methods)
    * 115 (Intro to Management Science)
    * 120 (Economic Development)
    * 128 (Poverty and Public Policy)
    * 130 (Money and Banking)
    * 131 (International Financial Markets)
    * 133 (Security Markets and Financial Institutions)
    * 135 (Corporate Finance)
    * 136 (Business Strategy)
    * 138 (The Economics and Management of Technology and Innovation)
    * 139A (The Economics of Electronic Commerce)
    * 139B (E-Commerce Strategy)
    * 140 (International Trade)
    * 141 (International Finance)
    * 142 (Advanced Topics in International Finance)
    * 150 (Public Finance)
    * 156 (Health Care and Medical Economics)
    * 160A (Industrial Organization)
    * 160B (Government and Industry)
    * 161A (Marketing)
    * 165 (Economics as an Experimental Science)
    * 169 (Economic Analysis of the Law)
    * 180 (Labor Economics)
    * 183 (Women in the Economy)

Environmental Studies Electives (choose three from the following list):

    * 104A (Introduction to Environmental Field Methods)
    * 107A-C (Natural History Field Quarter) (can only apply one toward major)
    * 108 (General Entomology
    * 109A-D (Ecology/Conservation in Practice Super-course: Ecological Field Methods) (can only apply one toward major)
    * 110 (Institutions, the Environment, and Economic Systems)
    * 115A (Geographic Information Systems and Environmental Applications)
    * 120 (Conservation Biology)
    * 122 (Tropical Ecology and Conservation)
    * 123 (Animal Ecology and Conservation)
    * 129 (Integrated Pest Management)
    * 130A/L (Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture)
    * 130B (Principles of Sustainable Agriculture)
    * 131 (Insect Ecology)
    * 133 (Agroecology Practicum)
    * 138 (Field Ethnobotany)
    * 140 (National Environmental Policy)
    * 141 (Ecological Economics)
    * 143 (Sustainable Development: Economy, Policy, and Environment)
    * 145 (Green Building Design)
    * 149 (Environmental Law and Policy)
    * 150 (Coastal and Marine Policy)
    * 151 (Environmental Assessment)
    * 152 (Science and Land Use Decisions)
    * 156 (Environmental Action through Writing)
    * 157 (Writing in the Natural Sciences)
    * 158 (Political Ecology and Social Change)
    * 159 (Nature Literature)
    * 160 (Restoration Ecology)
    * 161A (Soils and Plant Nutrition)
    * 162 (Plant Physiological Ecology)
    * 163 (Plant Disease Ecology)
    * 165 (Freshwater Issues and Policy)
    * 166 (Agroecosystem Analysis and Watershed Management)
    * 167 (Freshwater and Wetland Ecology)
    * 168 (Biogeochemistry and the Global Environment)
    * 172 (Science, Policy, and the Environment)
    * 173 (An Introduction to World Environmental History)
    * 175 (Biotechnology: Social and Environmental Dimensions)
    * 179 (Environmental Interpretation)

 One of the three environmental studies electives must be based in the natural sciences.

Comprehensive Requirement:
The comprehensive requirement can be met in one of the following ways: by completing one of the Environmental Studies senior comprehensive requirement options and the Economics Comprehensive Exam (by passing Economics 100A and 113 with grades of "C" or higher) or, with consent of instructors from both departments, completion of a senior thesis (Envs 195). Inquiries regarding this major should be directed to Maria Ruby (mruby@ucsc.edu or 831-459-5004) in the Environmental Studies Department.