Environmental Policy and Economics Option
This option is available within the Environmental Sciences major at the following locations:
- Corvallis
- Ecampus
The Environmental Policy and Economics option is for students interested in environmental law, policy and advocacy.
Option Code: 844
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Demonstrate a rigorous cross-disciplinary base across the biological, physical, and social sciences.
- Articulate connections between multiple components of human and natural systems, including implications for land, air, water, climate, energy, food, biodiversity, and human health.
- Investigate and diagnose interdisciplinary, multi-stakeholder environmental issues to propose solutions.
- Apply the analysis of data to an environmental problem.
- Reflect on how identity, including one’s own, affects the perception of issues and the practice of environmental science.
- Communicate effectively with diverse audiences in writing, speech, and in graphic forms.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| AEC 351 | *NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS AND POLICY | 3 |
| or AEC 352/ECON 352 | *ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY | |
| PS 201 | *INTRODUCTION TO UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS | 4 |
| PS 475 | ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY | 4 |
| Electives | ||
| Select a minimum of 16 credits from the following courses: | 16 | |
| Economics | ||
| INTERMEDIATE APPLIED ECONOMICS I: PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS | ||
| INTERMEDIATE APPLIED ECONOMICS II: MARKETS, WELFARE & POLICY | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO COASTAL AND MARINE RESOURCE ECONOMICS | ||
| ^BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS | ||
| ADVANCED TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS | ||
| ^AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD POLICY ISSUES | ||
| INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMIC THEORY | ||
| ^INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMIC RESEARCH | ||
| PUBLIC ECONOMICS | ||
| ^PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS | ||
| ECONOMICS OF TRADITIONAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY | ||
| Policy | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL LAW | ||
| ^PUBLIC LANDS POLICY AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| ^FOREST POLICY | ||
| FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE LAW AND POLICY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO OCEAN LAW | ||
| *ENERGY, CLIMATE AND SOCIETY | ||
| THE POLICY AND LAW OF U.S. COASTAL GOVERNANCE | ||
| INTEGRATED POLICY: FOOD, ENERGY, WATER, CLIMATE | ||
| MARINE POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES | ||
| CONGRESSIONAL POLITICS | ||
| *THE POLITICS OF MEDIA | ||
| *STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS | ||
| *THE POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE | ||
| US ENERGY POLICY | ||
| SCIENCE AND POLITICS | ||
| INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY | ||
| RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY | ||
| Applications | ||
| GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: USING DATA TO INFORM DECISIONS | ||
| *GENES AND CHEMICALS IN AGRICULTURE: VALUE AND RISK | ||
| *CONSENSUS AND NATURAL RESOURCES | ||
| *MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN NATURAL RESOURCES | ||
| *ENDANGERED SPECIES, SOCIETY AND SUSTAINABILITY | ||
| *GEOGRAPHY OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION | ||
| *POPULATION, CONSUMPTION, AND ENVIRONMENT | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE | ||
| RESILIENCE-BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | ||
| CONFLICT, COOPERATION, AND CONTROL OF WATER IN THE US | ||
| THE WORLD'S WATER | ||
| LAND USE IN THE AMERICAN WEST | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES | ||
| *THE POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE | ||
| *POPULATION TRENDS AND POLICY | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY | ||
| *SOCIETY AND NATURAL RESOURCES | ||
| Total Credits | 27 | |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
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Core Education course. Applies only to students admitted to an OSU undergraduate degree from Summer 2025 onwards
Option Code: 844