Environmental Energy and Resource Economics (EERE) Concentration
The Environmental, Energy, and Resource Economics (EERE) concentration has a long history of conducting applied research, teaching, and outreach on contemporary environmental and resource-policy issues and methods, including:
- Bio-economic modeling
- Energy economics
- Experimental economics
- Non-market valuation
- Computational sustainability
- Policy analysis
General Program Structure – 30 credits
Core/pre-requirements
- Statistics or BTRY 6010 – Statistical Methods I (4 credits)
- Intermediate microeconomics or AEM 5600 – Managerial Economics (4 credits)
- Undergraduate calculus or “Math camp for MBA’s” (or Khan Academy)
Required Coursework
- Quantitative and computational methods (6 credits)
-Econometrics/marketing research and computational methods
- Global Citizenship AEM 5305 and Management Communications AEM 6940(2.5 credits)
- Core coursework specific to each concentration (9 credits)
- Problem-solving project (6 credits)
Elective Coursework (3-6 credits)
- Courses must be relevant and approved by your concentration leader
Concentration Requirements:
- Field courses (select 2):
- AEM 4500 – Resource Economics (spring)
- AEM 4510 – Environmental Economics (spring)
- AEM 4515 – Business and Economics of Energy (fall)
- AEM 6510 – Environmental and Resource Economics (fall)
2. Econometrics/data analysis courses (select 1):
- AEM 4110 – Intro to Econometrics
- AEM 6120 – Applied Econometrics
- BTRY 6020 – Statistical Methods II
In addition to the general MPS requirements, students can choose from a range of electives taken from appropriate courses numbered 4000 or higher, as approved by the student’s advisor.