Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4B · CSU GE Area D2DescriptionECON 306 Environmental Economics Units: 3 Hours: 54 hours LEC � � Economics 295 COSUMNES RIVER COLLEGE 2025-2026 Official Catalog Prerequisite: None. Transferable: CSU; UC General Education: Local GE L4; Cal-GETC Area 4 This course focuses on the application of economic principles to help understand and manage the relationship between humans and the environment. The central theme is that there are competing demands for our limited natural resources, including the waste assimilation capacity of the environment, necessitating that difficult choices be made regarding how those resources are used. The course illustrates how resources are allocated in a market economy, potential problems from a social perspective with that allocation, and alternative solutions for reallocating resources to achieve more socially desirable outcomes. Issues such as efficiency and externality, benefit- cost analysis, and alternative policy instruments for pollution control are examined. Topics related to global climate change, California water resources, and other current environmental policy issues will be discussed as time permits.Usually HeldMon Tue Sat 