Economics 311 emphasizes your participation in the learning process
through a variety of activities including problem sets, extended case
studies, in-class problems, and computer simulations.
Case Study #1: Oil Scarcity
Compare the Limits to Growth and neoclassical economics
measures of oil scarcity using data from the U.S. Energy
Information Agency in this case study.
Use the theory of optimal renewable resource management and Professor Ann Carlos' data to investigate the depletion of the beaver by the Hudson's Bay Company in the 18th century.
