IEM 443 - Energy Policy

Description:
Legal, institutional, and economic frameworks for regional, national, and international energy decisions. Formerly GEOG 443, students may not receive credit for both.

Credits: (5)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Describe the policy process in the US and identify the variables that influence energy policy outcomes.
Identify the steps in a rational-comprehensive policy analysis framework.
Identify a range of environmental/energy policy instruments (e.g., regulation, tradable permits, taxes, subsidies, legal instruments) and articulate their strengths and limitations as applied to environmental problems.
Identify and describe the multifaceted dimensions of a variety of energy “problems” (e.g., climate change, new energy resource development, energy transportation).
Follow the steps in policy formulation to develop an energy policy that attempts to resolve an environmental/energy problem.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
1/23/20

Anticipated Course Offering Terms and Locations:
Fall Locations: Ellensburg