Minor details

Environmental Economics minor

This minor addresses humanity's greatest challenge—how to balance the need for economic wellbeing with the pressing need to protect the environment. Environmental economics is about analysing this challenge and finding solutions to problems like climate change, air pollution and biodiversity loss.

The Minor will enhance work-readiness of STEM and non-STEM students as emerging professionals by broadening discipline specific knowledge and skills in contexts they might otherwise not encounter. Furthermore, the structure of this multidisciplinary Minor will prepare students to be adaptable and socially engaged citizens

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) Employ the framework of microeconomics to analyse environmental problems.; (2) Appreciate the scientific basis of environmental problems.; and (3) Communicate the results of environmental economic research to fellow economists as well as a range of potential stakeholders including
policymakers in government, scientists and the public at large..

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