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Program of Study

JD/MS degree with graduate certificate in economics, law, and the environment: 4-year plan of study

* = course is required
• A minimum of 80 credits
• A total of 33 AREC credits
• A total of 30 LAW credits
• 50% of LAW/AREC credits must be LAW/AREC listed courses

Year 1 – LAW [this schedule is required]
Fall: (16 credits)
*LAW 600 – Contracts (5)
*LAW 601a – Introduction to Legal Process and Civil Procedure (4)
*LAW 604c – Torts (3)
*LAW 606 – Constitutional Law I (3)
*LAW 603c-e – Practice Labs (1)
Spring: (16 credits)
*LAW 601b – Introduction to Legal Process and Civil Procedure (2)
*LAW 602 – Criminal Procedure (3)
*LAW 604d – Torts (2)
*LAW 605 – Property (5)
*LAW 603h – Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research (3)
*AREC/LAW 697s – ELE Workshop (1)

Year 2 – AREC [this schedule is required]
Fall: (13 credits)
*AREC 580 – Mathematics for Economists (2)
*ECON 518 – Introduction to Econometrics (3)
*AREC 504 – Production Economics (3)
*AREC 577 – Advanced Topics in the Economics of Environmental Regulation (3)
Spring: (14 credits)
*AREC 513 – Consumption Economics and Price Analysis (3)
*AREC 549a – Applied Econometric Analysis I (3)
*AREC 660 – Natural Resource Law (3)
*AREC/LAW 697s – ELE Workshop (1)

Year 3 – LAW & AREC
Fall: (Minimum 10 credits)

*LAW 608 – Evidence (4)
*LAW 641 – Water Law (3)
*LAW 669 – Environmental Law (3)
Spring: (Minimum 10 credits)
*LAW 609 – The Legal Profession (3)
*LAW 696n – Substantial Paper Seminar (3)
*LAW 621 – Administrative Law (3)
*LAW 697h – Law and Economics (3) or LAW– Regulation
*AREC/LAW 697s – ELE Workshop (1)

Year 4 – LAW & AREC
Fall: (Minimum 10 credits)

LAW 640 – Mining and Public Land Law (2)
AREC 575 – Economic Evaluation of Water and Environmental Policy (3)
AREC 517 – Introductory Mathematical Statistics for Economists (3)
LAW 696i– International Environmental Law (3)
Spring: (Minimum 10 credits)
*AREC/LAW 697s – ELE Workshop (1)
LAW 596b – Arizona Water Policy (3)
LAW 603j – Sustainability and Environmental Policy (3)
LAW 627 – Oil and Gas Law (3)
LAW 643c – Property, Social Justice and the Environment (2–3)
LAW 651 – Environmental Justice (3)
LAW 660 – Land Use Planning (3)
AREC 576 – Natural Resource Law & Economics (3)
AREC 514 – Cost Benefit Analysis (3)
AREC 512 – Economic Policy of Developing Countries (3)

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