N-EEP-MEM - Master of Environmental Management - Environmental Economics and Policy

The Environmental Economics and Policy (EEP) Program is designed to train decision-makers, those who offer them expert advice, and those who try to influence policy through the political process. The program emphasizes the basic methods needed for analyzing how households and businesses react to existing and proposed environmental and resource policies. The program is highly analytical and is oriented toward the analysis of contemporary national and international environmental problems.

Understanding the effects of markets and institutions on people and the environment requires mastery of three broad areas of knowledge: the basic sciences pertaining to a natural resource or an environmental phenomenon; the relevant disciplines in the social sciences; and the quantitative and qualitative tools required for using knowledge from the physical, biological, and social sciences to arrive at informed decisions. Students choose one of two areas of emphasis: environmental policy analysis, or environmental and resource economics. Four major elective courses and three quantitative courses support the area of emphasis. Three science courses develop a resource area for applying social science analysis, e.g., conservation or water resources.

Prerequisites: calculus, statistics, and microeconomics (or general economics that focuses on microeconomics rather than macroeconomics) required.

For more detailed information about this program, including specific prerequisites and degree requirements, see nicholas.duke.edu/academics/masters-programs/master-environmental-management/environmental-economics-policy.