Minor in Environmental & Resource Economics
University of New Hampshire
Date Posted: Feb. 25, 2016
Submitted by: Monika Urbanski
Sustainability Topic:
Curriculum
Content Type:
Academic Programs
Program Type: Minor
Distance: Local Only
Commitment: Full-Time
Description
The EREC minor aims to provide students majoring in other disciplines an understanding of environmental and resource economics,and their uses in personal, social, business and government discision-making. Students learn how to apply economic analyses inevaluating environmental and resource problems, identifying their causes and examining alternative solutions. The minor alsooffers courses that teach techniques useful for decision making by local and regional communities. Students obtain skills in themanagement of agricultural and natural resource business firms.