ENVS 220Ecological Economics

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• This course is quite boring if you don't like econ and especially boring if you don't like learning about other types of social sciences mixed with econ (feminist theories, gender and class divide etc.). This was especially hard to get through at 8:30am in the morning. Unfortunately what the professor (Moreno-Cruz) was saying was not 100% clear most times due to microphone and voice projection issues. The concepts themselves can be interesting and have some relevance to international development as well. Class consists of best 2/3 midterm exams (MCQ + short answer) worth 25% each and then a weekly participation quiz totaling to 25% at the end of the term, no final which is nice. Just go to…

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• This class is super interesting and Professor Moreno-Cruz is great! He is knowledgable about the subject and actually puts effort into teaching. He is also super approachable and understanding which is always a nice benefit compared to having stressful and intense instructors so you're lucky if you get him. The content was easy to understand as long as you take the time to study it, 3 midterms in total and towards the end of our course the prof decided to use only the two best scored ones which was awesome. Definitely recommend if you can take as an elective or if you are taking as a mandatory class!

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• Was scared going in because I'm not great at Econs, but you really don't need to have much in-depth background knowledge. Lectures were late at night, but the prof was very engaging. Enjoyed how he started every lecture applying our learnings to current events. Discussions and assignments are easy enough, but you still need to put in time and effort to write them.

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• I absolutely loved this class- favourite so far for my entire undergraduate degree. Assignments reinforced practical applications of ecological economics, though more abstract ideas were also discussed. As someone who did not have a strong econ background I felt comfortable in this class, though I'm sure it would also have benefit to econ or non-environmental business students with a more concrete understanding of economics. Challenged how I see the world in many ways and had implications on me outside of the classroom.

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• Unfortunately, mainly theory based and you need to do your readings in order to understand ANYTHING. It wasn't very interesting to me but there were a few individuals in my class who were really into it. Course consists of top-hat participation, midterm, policy brief and exam. Questions/topics for midterm and exam reviews are EXACTLY like on the tests. The review will give 10 topics and 5 of them will show up on the test. So don't be stupid and not prepare ahead of time. Expect to write a lot during tests....like minimum 4 pages PER question (but there's only like 5 questions anyway).

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