Eli Fenichel
Knobloch Family Professor of Natural Resource Economics
Environmental Policy Analysis Specialization
For students who seek to understand and employ analytical frameworks that apply to a broad range of environmental issue areas and are critical for strategic environmental policy within organizations that develop, analyze, practice and evaluate environmental and natural resource management.
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Note that a capstone course used to fulfill the MEM capstone requirement cannot also be used toward fulfilling an MEM Specialization requirement; a capstone course taken once cannot be used to fulfill multiple requirements. Learn more about YSE capstone courses by visiting the MEM Capstone page.
Environmental Policy Analysis
Core
Two courses required.Elective
Students must take at least one course from each of the following two binsEconomic and Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis
Course NameFall 2026Spring 2027Fall 2027Spring 2028ENV 730
Environmental Data Science in R: Introduction to Data Integration and Machine LearningENV 757
Data Exploration and AnalysisENV 758
Multivariate Data Analysis in the Environmental SciencesECON 132a
Econometrics and Data Analysis IIECON 136b
EconometricsECON 545a
MicroeconomicsECON 558a
Statistics and EconometricsEnvironmental and Natural Resource Law and Governance
Course NameFall 2026Spring 2027Fall 2027Spring 2028ENV 761
Negotiating International Agreements: The Case of Climate ChangeAdditional Electives
Two courses.
Environmental Policy Analysis students should also develop expertise in some specific environmental or natural resource problem or issue (e.g., renewable energy, water resources, environmental health, forest management, biological diversity, climate change, conservation, etc.). Students are encouraged to look at other specializations to develop this two-course sequence (e.g., Energy and the Environment, Ecosystem Conservation and Management, Water Resource Management, and others). The core requirements of other specializations are a natural fit here. Students may also develop the sequence based on their own interests, but should make the case that the two courses are consistent with developing an area of topical concentration. The two-course sequence must be approved by the specialization coordinator prior to the student’s last semester.
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There is a corresponding “Learning Community” for each specialization, where anyone interested in the topic can find related news, spotlights, colleagues, and events.
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