M.Sc. in Environmental Economics and Management

Scholarships and Tuition Fee Waivers for M.Sc. Students in Environmental Economics and Management at the Hebrew University

Background

The two-year Master program of the Department of Environmental Economics and Management provides the students with knowledge and training, focusing on economic problems in the areas of agriculture, food the environment and natural resources.

The teaching and research topics include theories of microeconomics and macroeconomics, public economics, governmental intervention to control environmental impacts, rational dynamic planning of production and use of natural resources, industrial organization, mechanism design, game theory, political economy, and more. Students participate in research projects conducted by the Department's faculty members as part of their master thesis.

The attached file has important information about requirements for international students who want to do an advanced degree with us.

Admission Requirements

1. Undergraduate degree from a recognized university as follows:

a. Economics degree (including Environmental Economics) – direct admission.

b. Accounting or Business Administration degrees – Direct admission if the candidate completed the following pre-requisites (some of the courses are offered on Coursera and some can be taken in Hebrew as supplementary courses in the Hebrew University):

Course number	Course name	Syllabus	Credits	Coursera  equivalent
71708	Introduction to Econometrics	Syllabus	5	Econometrics: Methods and Applications
71732	Consumer Theory	Syllabus	4
71737	Firm Theory	Syllabus	4
71742	Welfare Theory	Syllabus	4
71746	Macro Economics	Syllabus	4
71747	Linear Algebra A	Syllabus	3	Mathematics for Machine Learning: Linear Algebra

 

2. GPA of 80 or above (B on the A-to-D letter scale).

3. English language proficiency requirements: Upper Advance level, according to University requirements (as detailed in: http://info.huji.ac.il/en-overseas/english_requirements).

More information on admission requirements and registration to teaching programs of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem can be found in: http://info.huji.ac.il/en-overseas.

Teaching Program

The teaching program spans two years, and offers two tracks:

1740 – Thesis track, 32 HUJI credits^* of courses + a master thesis, supervised by a faculty member from the Department (students should submit a research program signed by the supervisor by the end of the first academic year).

1741 – Non-thesis track, 44 HUJI credits of courses, including a seminar.

* 1 HUJI credit = an academic hour (45 minutes) a week during a fourteen-week semester.

 

Courses

Course number	Course name	Syllabus	Credits
Mandatory
71124	ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS	Syllabus	3
71158	MICRO ECONOMIC THEORY	Syllabus	4
71159	MACRO ECONOMIC THEORY	Syllabus	4
71989	ECONOMETRICS A	Syllabus	4
Mandatory-Elective (at least 9 credits)
71183	SELECTED ASPECTS OF THE ECONOMICS OF NATURAL RES	Syllabus	3
71990	ECONOMETRICS B	Syllabus	3
71993	INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION	Syllabus	3
73509	GAME THEORY	syllabus	3
71163	ECONOMICS OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT	Syllabus	3
Elective (at least 6 credits for thesis, 16 for non-thesis)*
71138	EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND ADVANCED STATISTICS FOR RESEARCH STUDENTS	Syllabus	4
71965	MULTIVARIATE DATA ANALY FOR MARKETING/AGRICULTURE	Syllabus	3
71983	ADVANCED MARKETING STRATEGY	Syllabus	3
71959	STRATEGIC JUDGMENT AND DECISION MAKING	Syllabus	3
71980	NUMERICAL METHODS	Syllabus	4
71165	MULTIVARIATE DATA ANALY FOR MARKETING/AGRICULTURE	Syllabus	3
71985	OPTIMIZATION METHODS IN ECONOMICS	Syllabus	3
71100	M.SC THESIS	Syllabus	0
Seminars
71108	SEMINAR (NON THESIS)	Syllabus	4
71196	RESEARCH SEMINAR A IN ENV. ECON.& MAN. (THESIS)	Syllabus	1
71996	RESEARCH SEMINAR B IN ENV. ECON.& MAN. (THESIS)	Syllabus	1
* Undergraduate courses can be selected up to 6 and 8 credits in the Thesis and Non-thesis tracks, respectively.