ECON M134
Environmental Economics
Description: (Same as Environment M134.) Lecture, three hours. Requisites: course 41 or Statistics 12 or 13, and course 101 (may be waived with consent of instructor). Introduction to major ideas in natural resources and environmental economics, with emphasis on designing incentives to protect environment. Highlights important role of using empirical data to test hypotheses about pollution's causes and consequences. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Summer 2025 - I would strongly recommend avoiding Mcdevitt. If mastery of a subject is shown by explaining concepts clearly and concisely, then he does not display mastery of this subject at all. I did very well in Econ 11, 101, and 102 and Econ 134 teaches concepts/topics that are very similar. Yet Mcdevitt goes out of his way to teach these topics in an unnecessarily convoluted way. He's clearly an intelligent person who understands the concepts well but it seems that he has taken 0 time and effort to think about how to teach these concepts with the students' best interests in mind. If you enjoy sitting through lectures where the prof seemingly talks in circles without reaching a significant conclusion, draws 25 unreadable graphs (not exaggerating, he drew 25 graphs in a single lecture), and writes extremely verbose exams to the point where the instructions are extremely unclear, then you should take this course with Mcdevitt. Mcdevitt, if you read this review and care about students' enrichment in their studies, I strongly urge you to take a step back and evaluate the manner in you instruct undergrad students and your approach in how you teach. With all due respect, your instructing abilities can improve a lot by reflecting more on how to instruct with conciseness in mind.
Summer 2025 - I would strongly recommend avoiding Mcdevitt. If mastery of a subject is shown by explaining concepts clearly and concisely, then he does not display mastery of this subject at all. I did very well in Econ 11, 101, and 102 and Econ 134 teaches concepts/topics that are very similar. Yet Mcdevitt goes out of his way to teach these topics in an unnecessarily convoluted way. He's clearly an intelligent person who understands the concepts well but it seems that he has taken 0 time and effort to think about how to teach these concepts with the students' best interests in mind. If you enjoy sitting through lectures where the prof seemingly talks in circles without reaching a significant conclusion, draws 25 unreadable graphs (not exaggerating, he drew 25 graphs in a single lecture), and writes extremely verbose exams to the point where the instructions are extremely unclear, then you should take this course with Mcdevitt. Mcdevitt, if you read this review and care about students' enrichment in their studies, I strongly urge you to take a step back and evaluate the manner in you instruct undergrad students and your approach in how you teach. With all due respect, your instructing abilities can improve a lot by reflecting more on how to instruct with conciseness in mind.
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