The Graduate Certificate in Environmental and Resource Economics (GCERE) offers skill-development related to the critical connections between economics and natural resources. It provides an introduction to important analytical tools, including cost-benefit analysis and models of human behavior and the environment. Students in the certificate are both mid-career professionals and students in Master's degree programs at PSU.
The GCERE offers small classes and expert faculty members. GCERE faculty have done years of research in areas such as:
- Climate change mitigation
- Economic development and the environment
- Urban forestry
- Alternative energy
- Energy conservation
- Community forest management
- Economics of land use planning
- Coral reef management
Their enthusiasm for their research specialties is evident in the classroom and GCERE faculty are always available for advising. Come discover more about how environmental and natural resource economics can be a part of your graduate education and your future!
PSU is a center for sustainability research and teaching and the Graduate Certificate in Environmental and Resource Economics is a key part of this effort. During one year, students learn the most important theories, methods and ideas at the intersection of economics and the environment. The GCERE is unique in that within one academic year mid-career and Master’s degree students can learn - and understand how to apply - the essentials of environmental and resource economics.
GCERE students are current Master’s students and mid-career professionals. Master’s students use the GCERE to add environment and resource economics to their professional skillsets. Mid-career professionals use the certificate to advance their careers or move in new directions. Both types of students combine the degree with other education and skills to get environmentally-focused jobs that require economic analysis skills. Potential positions that utilize the skills the GCERE offers are in the public, private and non-profit sectors, and include the following:
- Environmental managers
- Energy analysts
- Consultants
- Project and program analysts
- Environmental advocates