Environmental Policy & Economics (Certificate)
Rowan University
Description
The CUGS in Environmental Policy & Economics is a program our department shares with the Department of Political Science and Economics at Rowan. This program provides students with an interdisciplinary approach to create and develop efficient ways to protect and enhance the world's economic and environmental resources. Students will learn how to design and assess the impact of environmental regulations and policies through an interdisciplinary approach using economics, geography, planning, public policy and sociology. Students will demonstrate particular knowledge of cost-benefit analysis, policy formulation and analysis, land use planning and sustainable economic development, and be able to address such questions as "What is the role of government in regulating the environment?"; "What tools exist to estimate the impact of environmental policies?", "How does geography/location determine economic development?", and "Are economic growth and environmental sustainability compatible?" Although this program is available to all students, it is primarily targeted to students in majoring in Economics, Political Science, Geography, Planning, Sociology and Environmental & Sustainability Studies.