Environmental Policy and Sustainability
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Features
- Develops analytical tools relevant to careers in international environmental policy and sustainability.
- Focuses on concepts specific to environmental policy applications and sustainability issues.
- Provides knowledge of key topics with the flexibility to focus on areas of individual concern including: energy policy, sustainable development, resource management and conservation, and green technology.
- Fosters regional expertise in the Pacific, where the most pressing environmental problems persist.
Faculty
The Environmental Policy and Sustainability career track faculty include
Joshua Graff Zivin, Jennifer Burney, Gordon McCord, David Victor, and Junjie Zhang.
Core and Capstone Course Requirement
Core courses must be completed in the first fall quarter:
IRCO 401 - Managerial Economics
IRCO 481 - Politics of International and National Policymaking
The capstone course is taken in in the final spring quarter:
IRCO 484 - Environmental Policy Design & Sustainable Decision Making
Regional Electives Requirement
Two courses focusing on one or more of the IR/PS regions China, Japan, Korea, or Southeast Asia must be completed.
At least one of these courses must be selected from the following list:
IRGN 467 - Chinese Environmental and Energy Policy
IRGN 472 - Latin American Environmental and Energy Policy
The second regional elective may be chosen from courses focusing on any one of the IR/PS regions: China, Japan, Korea, Latin America, and Southeast Asia.
Career Track Requirement
The following three courses are required:
IRGN 458 - International Environmental Policy and Politics
IRGN 488 - Environmental and Regulatory Economics
IRGN 453 - Sustainable Development
Electives
Of the four required elective courses, three selections must be made from a list which includes:
IRGN 413 - Corporate Strategy and the Environment
IRGN 415 - Economics of Energy Policy
IRGN 418 - Green Technology
IRGN 428 - International Politics of Energy Policy
IRGN 457 - Cost-Benefit Analysis
IRGN 473 - Political Economy of Energy in Asia
IRGN 489 - The Economics of Non-Market Valuation
IRGN 490 - Environmental Law
ECON 133 - International Environmental Agreements **
SIO 273B - Science and Marine Environmental Policy **
SIO 286 - Marine Science, Economics, and Policy **
**Enrollment in these courses is limited and may have enrollment restrictions or require the consent of instructor.
The remaining elective may be chosen from any courses offered at IR/PS.
Student Groups
Baja Project
Environment Society
International Clean Tech Initiative
Net Impact
Strategic Community Consulting
