Instructor:
John Whitehead
e-mail: [email protected]
| Date | Topic | Notes | |
| 1 | T, 8/22 | Introduction | Syllabus |
| 2 | R, 8/24 | Environmental "ethics" | |
| 3 | T, 8/29 | Micro review with environmental applications | Conservation Reconsidered -- Reconsidered, Boot camp? |
| 4 | R, 8/31 | continued | |
| 5 | T, 9/5 | Market Failure | Micro quiz due |
| 6 | R, 9/7 | Efficient pollution level | |
| 7 | T, 9/12 | No instructor today[*.ppt]: Community meetings | Project Assignment #1 [due at 2 pm] |
| 8 | R, 9/14 | Benefit estimation | Take home quiz [The "Thanks!" page is due on Tuesday 9/19 at 2 pm; click the "I do not consent to participate. However ..." button on the second page] |
| 9 | T, 9/19 | continued | Theoretical Coase and the Real World |
| 10 | R, 9/21 | continued | |
| 11 | T, 9/26 | continued | Project Assignment #2 [due at 2 pm] |
| 12 | R, 9/28 | continued | |
| 13 | T, 10/3 | Exam #1 | |
| 14 | R, 10/5 | Cost estimation | |
| 15 | T, 10/10 | continued | |
| 16 | R, 10/12 | Benefit cost analysis | |
| 17 | T, 10/17 | continued | |
| R, 10/19 | Fall Break | ||
| 18 | T, 10/24 | Regulation | |
| 19 | R, 10/26 | continued | |
| 20 | T, 10/31 | continued | |
| 21 | R, 11/2 | continued | Pollution Trading; Project Assignment #3 [due at 2 pm] |
| 22 | T, 11/7 | Exam #2 | |
| 23 | R, 11/9 | Nonrenewable natural resources | |
| 24 | T, 11/14 | Renewable natural resources | |
| 25 | R, 11/16 | ||
| 26 | T, 11/21 | No class today | Research groups (i.e., Learning Communities) physically meet (somewhere, sometime) for a thorough review and planning session. A progress report is due via email before the state holiday. The progress report should include (1) an MS Excel spreadsheet containing all data, (2) an update to the Project Assignment #3 that includes a statement of the final sample size and (3) plans for completion of tasks 5, 6 and 7 (with individual assignments [i.e., who will be doing what]) |
| R, 11/23 | State holiday - no class | ||
| 27 | T, 11/28 | Sustainability | |
| 28 | R, 11/30 | ||
| 29 | T, 12/5 | Exam #3 | |
| W, 12/6 | Reading Day | ||
| F, 12/8 | Friday, December 8, 2006 from 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM | ||