Specializations Data Analytics Specialization Education Policy Specialization Energy & Environmental Policy Specialization Finance & Policy Specialization Gender and Policy Specialization Global Conflict Studies Specialization Health Policy Specialization International Policy & Development Specialization Markets & Regulation Specialization Municipal Finance Specialization Social and Economic Inequality Specialization Survey Research Specialization Certificates Outside Harris 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 Specialization 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 specialization will be able to:Understand the scientific, economic, political, and regulatory forces that govern the production and consumption of both fossil and non-fossil fuel energy resourcesArticulate when private markets and private property are likely or unlikely to safeguard environmental quality on their ownAnalyze the efficacy and trade-offs 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 specialization'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 specialization 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.Harris specializations function as areas of focus within the degree. Specializations assume knowledge of the 6-course Harris Core and build upon that foundation with coursework in specific policy areas or technical skills.Application ProcessThe specialization is open to Harris Public Policy graduate students only. Please indicate your intent to pursue this specialization using the Harris Specialization Declaration Form.For specialization registration questions, please reach out to harrisregistration@uchicago.edu.Planning for the SpecializationFor information on which quarter(s) each course will be offered see the Harris Courses page and filter by specialization.Specialization RequirementsThe specialization 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. 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. Required coursesStudents must complete two of the following courses:PPHA 38900: Environmental Science and PolicyPPHA 39925: Energy Policy and Human BehaviorPPHA 39930: International Climate PolicyPPHA 41210: Science and Technology for Future Policy WonksNot offered in 24-25 PPHA 36930: Environmental Economics: Theory and ApplicationsElective coursesIn 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 specialization:PPHA 32750: Hydropolitics: Water Policy and ConflictPPHA 33510: Nuclear Policy PPHA 34600: Program Evaluation (Energy and Environment Applications) PPHA 36150: Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Impact InvestingPPHA 36160: Sustainability Principles, ESG Risk, and Value Creation in OrganizationsPPHA 36925: Utilities and Electricity Markets: Regulation in the United StatesPPHA 60000: Policy Lab (with permission of the Specialization Director)ENSC 24400 / BIOS 20196: Ecology and ConservationGEOS 24705 / ENSC 21100: Energy: Science, Technology, and Human UsageGEOS 13300 / ENSC 13300: The AtmosphereLAWS 43282: Energy LawLAWS 46001: Environmental Law: Air, Water, and AnimalsLAWS 53297 / PPHA 39518: Law and the Economics of Natural Resources MarketsSSAD 69400: Climate Change and Human MobilitySpecialization ContactRyan Kellogg, Specialization DirectorProfessor and Deputy Dean for Academic ProgramsRyan Kellogg Ryan Kellogg's research bridges industrial organization, energy economics, and environmental policy, focusing on the economics of energy supply and energy supply transition.