Resource Economics and Commerce (REC) is an undergraduate major in which students are trained to address many of the challenging issues that people face today in yielding sustainable economic returns from natural resources and the environment. Students study in areas such as management of our international fisheries and other marine resources, optimal use of land and water resources, and how the market can be used to increase returns for natural resources.

Graduates of this program are well trained for jobs in both the public and private sectors. In recent years, graduates have accepted policy positions with state and national environmental agencies, technical positions with natural resource conservation groups, marketing positions with firms that produce or market natural resource commodities (such as seafood and aquaculture products, lumber, and minerals), and management positions in companies in the food and recreation industries.

This program provides excellent training for students planning to do graduate work in natural resource economics or management fields, and for students planning to go to law school, with an interest in environmental law or international disputes involving natural resources.

Visit the links below for more detailed information regarding this major.

• REC Course Checksheet and List of Supporting Electives
• REC Advising Sheet

Interested students can also contact Dr. Cathy Roheim for additional information. We are located on the second floor of the Kingston Coastal Institute, just off Flagg Road on the North Side of Campus.

Dr. Cathy Roheim
Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
1 Greenhouse Road
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881 USA
Tel: (401) 874-2471
FAX: (401) 782-4766
E-mail: crw@uri.edu