Environmental Economic graduate programs?

Question

I asked this over at the College section and didn't get an answer, so I though I'd try over here.

Does anyone know of an environmental economic graduate program? I'm looking into the International Studies and Pacific Studies major at UCSD. I have a background in China, so I'd like to be able to keep that going, but it's secondary. If anyone knows about this program or any others (location doesn't matter), I would be much appreciative for any information.

Answer 1

I see what you are driving at--but you are looking at it as if it were an undergratuate program. At the graduate level, things work differently.

What you need to do is look at graduate programs in Economics that have professors who are interested in the same (or similar) topics--or, convrsly, in any of the environment-related programs that have people (faculty) doing research in the topic from that direction.

The catch, of curse--how to find them?  First--yu need to look for people--not programs.  The way to do this is get on the university library databases and search for (recent) journal articles that touch on yur area o finterest. Then make a note of the author(s) and their universities.

Then go to their webpage on their university department website and look at their bio (especially publicatios, research interests). After a while, you'll have a handful of names.

Then just e-mail them--tell them who you are, what your interests are, and that you want to see if their graduate program would fit your needs/interests.

Now--doing this is something that many undergraduates are nervious about. However--I am a doctoral student myslelf--so I'm telling you what I know from experience. Professors will be delighted to hear from a prospective student  who shares their interests--and they will give you honest and supportive feedback.

Forget about trying to find a program you can fit into--find a program that fits you.  That's the advice my Department chair gave me when I was an undergratuate thinking about grad school--and taking that advice was one of the smartest things I ever did!

Good luck to you--and feel free to go to my Profile page and e-mail me if you hae any questions.

Crabby :)