Providing society with affordable and reliable energy, while limiting its negative social and environmental impacts, is one of the great global challenges of the 21st century. The Harris Energy and Environmental Policy Certificate is designed to provide students with the background, concepts, and tools necessary to understand and address pressing energy and environmental policy problems. Students who complete this certificate will be able to: Understand the scientific, economic, political, and regulatory forces that govern the production and consumption of both renewable and non-renewable energy resources Articulate when private markets and private property are likely or unlikely to safeguard environmental quality on their own Analyze the efficacy of environmental policies such as pollution taxation, emissions standards, renewable subsidies and portfolio standards, technology standards, innovation subsidies, emission permit markets, conservation programs, and behavioral interventions. The certificate's menu of electives is designed to allow students to explore the multiple disciplines and fields that speak to the global energy and environmental challenge, such as industrial organization and regulation, environmental science, international development, public finance, political economy, behavioral science, and program evaluation. In addition, we encourage students pursuing this certificate to participate in events sponsored by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) and the student organization, Harris Energy and Environmental Association (HEEA) that bring industry and government practitioners to campus. Application Process The certificate is open to any University of Chicago graduate student. Harris students please indicate your intent to pursue this certificate using the Harris Certificate Application Form. If you are a non-Harris student and intend to complete the requirements for the Energy and Environmental Policy certificate please submit the Harris Certificate Application for Non-Harris Students to indicate you are pursuing this certificate. For certificate registration questions, please reach out to harrisregistration@uchicago.edu. Planning for the Certificate For information on which quarter(s) each course will be offered see the Harris Courses page and filter by certificate. For courses offered by other divisions the typical quarter a class is offered varies. Certificate Requirements The certificate requires completion of at least two courses from the “Required courses” list, along with two additional courses that come from either the “Required courses” list or the “Elective courses” list (four courses total). Students must achieve at least a B- grade in each course with the exception of the last term prior to graduation. No course may be taken on a pass/fail basis, with the exception of PPHA: 39519 Energy Law and Policy. The courses do not need to be taken in a particular order. Students should complete the formal signup process to indicate their intention to pursue the certificate. Required courses Students must complete two of the following courses: PPHA 36930: Environmental Economics: Theory and Applications PPHA 38900: Environmental Science and Policy PPHA 39925: Energy Policy and Human Behavior PPHA 39930: International Climate Policy Not offered in 2022-2023 PPHA 30810: Political Economy of Natural Resources PPHA 41210: Science and Technology for Future Policy Wonks Elective courses In addition to courses from the core list above, students must complete enough of the below courses in order to complete four total courses in the certificate: PPHA 32750: Hydropolitics: Water Policy and Conflict PPHA 33510: Nuclear Policy PPHA 34600: Program Evaluation (Energy and Environment Applications) PPHA 36150: Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Impact Investing PPHA 36921: Energy Economics and Policy PPHA 36925: Utilities and Electricity Markets: Regulation in the United States PPHA 60000: Policy Lab (with permission of the Certificate Director) PPHA 39518/LAWS 53297: Law and the Economics of Natural Resources Markets ENSC 24400 / BIOS 20196: Ecology and Conservation (Autumn) GEOS 24705 / ENSC 21100: Energy: Science, Technology, and Human Usage (Spring) GEOS 13300 / ENSC 13300: The Atmosphere (Spring) LAWS 43282: Energy Law (Winter) LAWS 46001: Environmental Law: Air, Water, and Animals (must fill out certificate substitution form) Not offered in 2022-2023 PPHA 51700: Energy Policy Practicum GEOS 24750 / ENSC 21150: Humans in the Earth System Certificate Contact Ryan Kellogg, Certificate Director Faculty Spotlight Ryan Kellogg Professor and Deputy Dean for Academic Programs Ryan Kellogg's research bridges industrial organization, energy economics, and environmental policy, focusing on the economics of resource extraction and on the transportation sector. 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