printer friendly pageCEE 323C: Infrastructure Finance and Governance
Presentation and discussion of early stage or more mature research on a variety of topics related to financing, governance and sustainability of civil infrastructure projects by researchers associated with the Global Projects Center and visiting speakers. To obtain one unit of credit, students must attend and participate in all seminars, with up to two excused absences. Seminar meets weekly during Autumn, Winter and Spring Quarters.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 2 units total)
Instructors:
Levitt, R. (PI)
EARTHSYS 106: World Food Economy (EARTHSYS 206, ECON 106, ECON 206, ESS 106, ESS 206)
The economics of food production, consumption, and trade. The micro- and macro- determinants of food supply and demand, including the interrelationship among food, income, population, and public-sector decision making. Emphasis on the role of agriculture in poverty alleviation, economic development, and environmental outcomes. (graduate students enroll in 206)
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors:
Burke, M. (PI)
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Naylor, R. (PI)
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Bieler, S. (TA)
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Instructors:
Burke, M. (PI)
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Naylor, R. (PI)
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Bieler, S. (TA)
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Budiansky, E. (TA)
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Maue, C. (TA)
EARTHSYS 288: Social and Environmental Tradeoffs in Climate Decision-Making (EARTHSYS 188)
How can we ensure that measures taken to mitigate global climate change don't create larger social and environmental problems? What metrics should be used to compare potential climate solutions beyond cost and technical feasibility, and how should these metrics be weighed against each other? How can modeling efforts and stakeholder engagement be best integrated into climate decision making? What information are we still missing to make fully informed decisions between technologies and policies? Exploration of these questions, alongside other issues related to potential negative externalities of emerging climate solutions. Evaluation of energy, land use, and geoengineering approaches in an integrated context, culminating in a climate stabilization group project.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-2
Instructors:
Matson, P. (PI)
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Monroe, I. (PI)
ECON 155: Environmental Economics and Policy
Economic sources of environmental problems and alternative policies for dealing with them (technology standards, emissions taxes, and marketable pollution permits). Evaluation of policies addressing regional air pollution, global climate change, water allocation in the western U.S., and the use of renewable resources. Connections between population growth, economic output, environmental quality, and human welfare. Prerequisite:
ECON 50. May be taken concurrently with consent of the instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Goulder, L. (PI)
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Liu, S. (TA)
ECON 250: Environmental Economics
Theoretical and empirical analysis of sources of and solutions to environmental problems, with application to local pollution challenges and global environmental issues such as climate change. Topics include: analysis of market failure, choice of environmental policy instruments, integrating environmental and distortionary taxes, environmental policy making under uncertainty, valuing environmental amenities, and measuring /promoting sustainable development.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-5
Instructors:
Goulder, L. (PI)
ECON 341: Public Economics and Environmental Economics Seminar
Issues in measuring and evaluating the economic performance of government tax, expenditure, debt, and regulatory policies; their effects on levels and distribution of income, wealth, and environmental quality; alternative policies and methods of evaluation. Workshop format combines student research, faculty presentations, and guest speakers. Prerequisite:
ECON 241 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-10
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Boskin, M. (PI)
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Chetty, R. (PI)
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Duggan, M. (PI)
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Boskin, M. (PI)
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Chetty, R. (PI)
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Duggan, M. (PI)
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Goulder, L. (PI)
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Hoxby, C. (PI)
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Persson, P. (PI)
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Scheuer, F. (PI)
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Shoven, J. (PI)
EDUC 302: Behavior Design
Students learn Behavior Design and practice applying the methods to change human behavior in measurable ways. In this particular course, all projects will focus on one theme: Designing the first step.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Fogg, B. (PI)
EDUC 332: Theory and Practice of Environmental Education
Foundational understanding of the history, theoretical underpinnings, and practice of environmental education as a tool for addressing today's pressing environmental issues. The purpose, design, and implementation of environmental education in formal and nonformal settings with youth and adult audiences. Field trip and community-based project offer opportunities for experiencing and engaging with environmental education initiatives.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Ardoin, N. (PI)
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Phukan, I. (TA)
EE 292H: Engineering, Entrepreneurship & Climate Change
The purpose of this seminar series course is to help students and professionals develop the tools to apply the engineering and entrepreneurial mindset to problems that stem from climate change, in order to consider and evaluate possible stabilizing, remedial and adaptive approaches. This course is not a crash course on climate change or policy. Instead we will focus on learning about and discussing the climate problems that seem most tractable to these approaches. Each week Dr. Field and/or a guest speaker will lead a short warm-up discussion/activity and then deliver a talk in his/her area of expertise. We¿ll wrap up with small-group and full-class discussions of related challenges/opportunities and possible engineering-oriented solutions.nClass members are asked to do background reading before each class, to submit a question before each lecture, and to do in-class brainstorming. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Field, L. (PI)
EE 293A: Solar Cells, Fuel Cells, and Batteries: Materials for the Energy Solution (ENERGY 293A, MATSCI 156, MATSCI 256)
Operating principles and applications of emerging technological solutions to the energy demands of the world. The scale of global energy usage and requirements for possible solutions. Basic physics and chemistry of solar cells, fuel cells, and batteries. Performance issues, including economics, from the ideal device to the installed system. The promise of materials research for providing next generation solutions. Undergraduates register in 156 for 4 units; graduates register in 256 for 3 units.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Clemens, B. (PI)
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