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Economics, Technology And Sustainability
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ECON-4250
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This course explores the relationships between the economy and the material world. It identifies the most critical challenges to sustainable economic development on local to global scales and ways of addressing them. The course examines options surrounding material and energy flows, technological alternatives, livelihoods, consumption behavior, public policy, civil society institutions, and social movements as avenues for meeting the major challenges to sustainability.
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4 credits
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Communication Intensive
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PDII Option for Engr Majors
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< a class = "course-pill" href = "STSO-4960" > STSO-4960 Topics in STSO< / a >
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< a class = "course-pill" href = "ECON-1200" > ECON-1200 Introductory Economics< / a >
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< a href = "https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=201701&subj_in=ECON&crse_in=4250&schd_in=" > Economics, Technology And Sustainability (4c) [CI] [PDII]< / a >
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< li > Faye Duchin< / li >
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Seats Taken: 21/0
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< a href = "https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=201709&subj_in=ECON&crse_in=4250&schd_in=" > Economics, Technology And Sustainability (4c) [CI] [PDII]< / a >
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< li > Faye Duchin< / li >
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Seats Taken: 14/19
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< a href = "https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=201601&subj_in=ECON&crse_in=4250&schd_in=" > Economics, Technology And Sustainability (4c) [CI] [PDII]< / a >
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< li > Faye Duchin< / li >
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Seats Taken: 19/19
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< a href = "https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=201501&subj_in=ECON&crse_in=4250&schd_in=" > Economics, Technology And Sustainability (4c) [CI] [PDII]< / a >
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< li > Faye Duchin< / li >
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Seats Taken: 18/0
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< a href = "https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=201509&subj_in=ECON&crse_in=4250&schd_in=" > Economics, Technology And Sustainability (4c) [CI] [PDII]< / a >
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< li > Faye Duchin< / li >
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Seats Taken: 20/0
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< th class = "year" > 2014< / th >
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< a href = "https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=201401&subj_in=ECON&crse_in=4250&schd_in=" > Economics, Technology And Sustainability (4c) [CI] [PDII]< / a >
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< li > Faye Duchin< / li >
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Seats Taken: 8/0
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< th class = "year" > 2013< / th >
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< a href = "https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=201301&subj_in=ECON&crse_in=4250&schd_in=" > Ecological Economics (4c) [PDII]< / a >
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< li > Faye Duchin< / li >
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Seats Taken: 4/5
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< th class = "year" > 2011< / th >
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< a href = "https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=201101&subj_in=ECON&crse_in=4250&schd_in=" > Ecological Economics (4c) [PDII]< / a >
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< li > Faye Duchin< / li >
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Seats Taken: 4/10
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< th class = "year" > 2010< / th >
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< th class = "year" > 2009< / th >
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< a href = "https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=200901&subj_in=ECON&crse_in=4250&schd_in=" > Ecological Economics (4c) [WI]< / a >
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< li > Faye Duchin< / li >
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Seats Taken: 8/30
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< th class = "year" > 2008< / th >
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< a href = "https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=200801&subj_in=ECON&crse_in=4250&schd_in=" > Ecological Economics (4c) [WI]< / a >
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< li > Faye Duchin< / li >
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Seats Taken: 9/25
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< th class = "year" > 2007< / th >
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< a href = "https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=200701&subj_in=ECON&crse_in=4250&schd_in=" > Ecological Economics (4c)< / a >
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< li > Faye Duchin< / li >
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Seats Taken: 9/20
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< a href = "https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=200601&subj_in=ECON&crse_in=4250&schd_in=" > Ecological Economics (4c)< / a >
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< li > David I. Stern< / li >
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Seats Taken: 15/40
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< a href = "https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=200401&subj_in=ECON&crse_in=4250&schd_in=" > Ecological Economics (4c)< / a >
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< li > David I. Stern< / li >
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Seats Taken: 8/30
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< a href = "https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=200201&subj_in=ECON&crse_in=4250&schd_in=" > Ecological Economics (4c)< / a >
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< li > John M Gowdy< / li >
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Seats Taken: 34/50
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< a href = "https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=200001&subj_in=ECON&crse_in=4250&schd_in=" > Ecological Economics (4c)< / a >
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< li > Jon Erickson< / li >
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Seats Taken: 10/45
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