Cross Listing Course Form (4/9/14)
I: Criteria
To qualify for consideration for cross listing, all courses must:
- be requested by both departments or programs;
- count as credit toward an existing major, minor, or certificate program;
- not be experimental or have a reserved variable content course number (x90-X99)
- carry the same title (both parent and sibling courses) and, if possible, carry the same course
number;
- be implemented within comparable course levels, e.g., (U), (UG), or (G);
- be offered under an existing rubric.
Under no circumstances will a course have more than three crosslistings.
II: Summary of courses requested for crosslisting
Requesting Dept / Program (must be
Economics
department of parent course)
Parent Course Prefix and Number
ECNS 445(UG)
Sibling Course(s) Prefix (Pre CCN) and
Number
Course Title
CCS 445
International Environmental Economics & Climate Change
II. Endorsement/Approvals
Complete the form and obtain signatures before submitting to Faculty Senate Office
Please type / print name Signature
Date
Requestor:
Derek Kellenberg
Phone/ email :
X5612 /
derek.kellenberg@mso.umt.edu
Parent Program
Jeff Bookwalter
Chair/Director:
Sibling Program
Steve Running
Chair(s)
/ Director(s)
Dean(s):
Chris Comer; James Burchfield
Approve *
X Yes  No
XYes  No
 Yes  No
X Yes  No
 Yes  No
*Signatory Comments (required for disapproval):
IV. Rationale
Do these courses need to be cross listed to fill an external requirement?
If YES, define external requirement and attach
documentation.
If NO, complete narrative: In 500 words or less explain why only cross-listing this course serves the
need for delivering academic content. You must identify how both the parent and sibling units
contribute to the cross-listed course’s content and how cross listing contributes to the respective
units’ missions of serving students. The narrative must also identify additional reasons for cross
listing such as a specialized need for advertising to prospective students, sharing resources across
departments (equipment, space, instructors, etc.), or mutual contribution to course content.
ECNS 445 International Environmental Economics & Climate Change serves an important need within the
Climate Change Studies minor program. It is one of only several society-area course offerings, and the only
course that covers economics and climate change. Identifying this course within the listing of courses within
the Climate Change Studies minor will help student recognize it as a possible course to meet their minor
requirements. The ASCRC has previously approved this course for crosslisting with CCS.
V. Syllabus

Class Syllabus
for
International Environmental Economics and Climate Change--ECNS 445
The University of Montana
Instructor: Derek Kellenberg
Office: LA 403
Phone: 243-5612
Email: Derek.Kellenberg@mso.umt.edu
Note: The following syllabus defines the rules and important dates for the semester. However, I reserve the right to
make changes if the need arises.
Course Prerequisite: ECNS 201S
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the economics and policy issues related to the
international environment and climate change. The first part of the course will be devoted to reviewing the
standard competitive market equilibrium and how public goods and negative externalities, such as pollution,
can lead to market failure. We will then spend a good portion of the course exploring how various types of
environmental policies such as standards, emission taxes, subsidies, and tradable permits can be used to
address both domestic and international market failure. In that later half of the semester we will explore
issues related to renewable resources and energy efficient technologies, climate change and developing
countries, trade and investment policy, and the pollution haven hypothesis.
Texts and Readings: There are four required paperback texts for the course. In addition, there will be
journal articles (to be announced) throughout the semester that I will assign for you to read. The four
required texts are:
Environmental Economics: An Introduction, 4th ed., by Barry Field and Martha Field, McGraw-Hill, 2006.
Climate Change Economics and Policy: An RFF Anthology, edited by Michael A. Toman, Resources for the
Future, 2001.
International Trade and Climate Change: Economic, Legal, and Institutional Perspectives, The World Bank,
2008.
The Economics of Climate Change, edited by Anthony D. Owen and Nick Hanley, Routledge, 2004.
Grading: Grading for the course will consist of a participation grade, two online homework assignments, and
two exams. The breakdown of the grades and dates for each homework and exam are as follows:
Exam/Assignment
Participation
Homework 1
Exam 1
Homework 2
Exam 2
Optional Comp. Final Exam
Overall Grade %
10%
15%
30%
15%
30%
30%
Homework and Participation
During the term I will occasionally present in-class problems or topics for you to work on. These will
typically be problems or discussion questions that you can work on in groups. Your participation grade will
be based on your presence and performance on these problems/questions. Homework 1 and Homework 2
will be posted on our Blackboard class website and must be completed and turned into me by 5 PM on the
respective due dates. Late homework assignments will NOT be accepted. If you cannot turn in your
homework on the respective due dates then you should plan to turn them in early.
Exams
There will be two midterm exams, each worth 30% of your overall class grade. THERE WILL BE NO
MAKE-UP EXAMS. There will be no exceptions to this rule. If you miss a midterm exam or are unsatisfied
with a midterm performance, for whatever reason, you may take an Optional Comprehensive Final Exam to
substitute for the midterm exam that you missed or would like to replace.
Exam Drop Policy
Please be aware that I do not allow you to replace one of your midterm exams with the optional
comprehensive final exam simply to be “nice”. Over the course of the semester there are always people who
will unfortunately experience some sort of illness or personal or family hardship. As such, I allow each of
you to replace one midterm exam as a form of insurance policy against unforeseen events so that you can
tend to any personal or family matters without it affecting your overall grade. DO NOT make the mistake of
slacking off early in the semester thinking you can simply take the optional comprehensive final exam to
make up for a poor early performance. If something comes up later in the semester that causes you to miss
one of the other midterm exams or the Optional Comprehensive Final Exam, then you will have to accept the
poor performance on the midterm you missed/failed as part of your overall class score.
Graduate Student Increment (For Graduate Students only)
Graduate Students taking the course are required to complete an additional assignment for successful
completion of the course. Each graduate student must choose a current international environmental or
climate change topic of their choice for my approval. Upon my approval, each student will write a literature
review paper that fully describes the topic and the literature to date and makes suggestions for future
research. The idea is to move students toward a well thought out potential thesis topic. Successful
completion of this project will constitute a polished paper complete with references. The paper will be scored
on a pass/fail basis, with a pass grade necessary for a passing grade in the course. The paper will be due on
the last day of class.
A Word on Cheating and Plagiarism: Do not do it! All students are expected to abide by the University of
Montana Student Conduct Code. Any violators of the Student Code of Conduct will be subject to
punishment as outlined in the Student Code. For more information on the Student Code of Conduct please
consult the following website:
http://ordway.umt.edu/sa/documents/fromWeb/StudentConductCode1.pdf
NOTE (For students with disabilities): Students with physical, psychiatric or learning disabilities that require
specific accommodations should let me know the first week of class so that your learning needs may be
appropriately met.
Lecture Notes: Lecture notes will be made available on the Blackboard class webpage prior to each class
period. Keep in mind that the posted lecture notes are not complete. I suggest that you print out a copy of the
slides before each class period so that you can fill in notes during lecture.
Course Outline: The following is an approximate roadmap of where we are headed. How far and how fast
we proceed through each topic will depend on how quickly the class is picking up the material. As
mentioned above, there will be journal articles (to be determined) assigned to complement the book chapters
outlined below. The exam dates are set but the material covered on each exam will depend on our pace. I will
let you know at least one week prior to each exam exactly which topics will be covered.
Weeks 1 & 2
Field and Field, Chapters 1-4
 Review of Supply, Demand, and Market Equilibrium
 Public Goods and Market Failure
 Externalities and Market Failure
Weeks 3 & 4
Field and Field, Chapters 11-13
 Command and Control Strategies: The Case of Standards
 Incentive Based Strategies: Emission Charges and Subsidies
 Incentive Based Strategies: Tradable Permits
Weeks 5 & 6
Field and Field, Chapters 7 & 8
Toman, Chapters 1-4, 11, 12, & 19
Hanley and Owen, Chapters 2, 4, 5, & 7
 An Overview of Climate Change Economics & Policies
 How Much Climate Change is Too Much?
 The Economics of the Kyoto Protocol
 Evaluating Climate Change Policy Costs and Benefits
Midterm Exam 1
Weeks 7 & 8
Toman, Chapters 9, 10, 20 & 22
Owen and Hanley, Chapter 6
 Policy Design for International Greenhouse Gas Control
 Price or Quantity Controls for Greenhouse Gases?
 Emission Trading to Regulate Greenhouse Gases
 Liability in International Greenhouse Gas Trading
Weeks 9 & 10
Owen and Hanley, Chapter 9
Toman, Chapters 16-18
 The Role of Energy Prices in Global Climate Change
 The Role of Renewable Resources in Energy Policy
 Energy Efficient Technologies and Climate Change Policy
Week 11 & 12
Owen and Hanley, Chapter 11
Toman, Chapters 18 & 24
 Developing Countries and Climate Change
 Climate Change Policies and Technical Innovation
 Technology Diffusion to Developing Countries
Weeks 13, 14, & 15
Field and Field, Chapters 20 & 21
The World Bank, Chapters 2 & 4
 Comparative Advantage and Trade
 Foreign Direct Investment, Multinational Firms, and Environment
 The Environmental Kuznets Curve
 Pollution Havens
 Climate Change Policy and Trade
 Liberalizing Trade in Environmental Goods and Services
 International Environmental Agreements
Midterm Exam II
Optional Comprehensive Final Exam
VI. Justification for third crosslisting:
In 500 words or less describe the extenuating circumstances making a third course necessary.
VII Copies and Electronic Submission. After approval, submit signed original, and electronic file to
the Faculty Senate Office, UH 221, camie.foos@mso.umt.edu.