ENVIRON 250

Tools for Sustainability Assessment

Environment · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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Public discourse about implications of current patterns of production and consumption of energy and various goods and services suggests such patterns are unsustainable. What is meant by sustainability and how is it quantified? Focus on concepts and tools to assess sustainability at micro-level of individuals, products, or firms using various techniques, including lifecycle assessment, input-output analysis, and cost-benefit analysis. Exploration of sustainability at macro-level for one entire economy or nation. Discussion of usefulness and limitations of various metrics as guide for public and private decision making.

S/U or letter grading.

When it runs

Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.

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Requisites

Official UCLA wording
Recommended preparation: introductory course in industrial ecology, ecological economics, environmental economics, business and management, or public policy analysis.

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· could not read "ecological economics" (no course number found)
· could not read "environmental economics" (no course number found)
· could not read "business" (no course number found)
· could not read "management" (no course number found)
· could not read "public policy analysis" (no course number found)
· mixed comma-level AND/OR in "introductory course in industrial ecology, ecological economics, environmental economics, business and management, or public policy analysis" — grouping is a best reading
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Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

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Unlocks

What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

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