Provides an introduction to ecological ecocomics (an interdisciplinary approach to understanding and managing the ecology and economics of our world) and introduces/extends students' understanding of sustainability (meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs). It reviews options for economically efficient allocation of resources that also protect the stock of natural capital over spatial and temporal space; and investigates the application of tools of analysis and solutions to a regional management problem in the American West. Students may choose to take this course for credit either in Economics (EC 341) or Environmental Science (EV341) or Southwest Studies (SW341) if they meet the necessary prerequisite in the particular department/program. Prerequisite: for Economics credit: EC 150 (or 151 and 152); for Environmental Science credit: EC 151 Principles of Microeconomics plus EC141 or EV 141 or SW 141. (Fulfills one unit of the divisional requirement in the Social Sciences but NOT in the Natural Sciences) 1 unit - Hecox