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Ph.D. in Resource Management and Sustainable Development
The Division of Resource Management offers graduate studies leading to the degree of Ph.D. in Resource Management and Sustainable Development. This doctoral program offers four areas of emphasis: Natural Resource Economics (NRE), Resource Management (RM), Agricultural and Extension Education (AEE), and Human and Community Development (HCD). The objective of the degree program is to provide doctoral students the opportunity to study and conduct research with faculty in areas of excellence in the Division of Resource Management, in particular, and in other divisions in the Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Consumer Sciences, in general. All students in the program complete a core consisting of research methods, graduate seminars, and teaching practicum. Beyond the core each of the four areas of emphasis has its own specific requirements for specialization.
Students entering the NRE area of emphasis may focus on natural resource and environmental economics, commodity market analysis, modeling and forecasting, and/or economic development.
The RM area of emphasis is an interdisciplinary track with an applied economics foundation developed jointly by the student and the graduate advisory committee.
The AEE area of emphasis prepares students for leadership responsibilities in teacher education, educational administration, program development and evaluation, and research as it pertains to agriculture and Extension.
Students choosing the HCD area of emphasis may focus their studies and research in the areas of education and human resources development, social and cultural improvement of the community, governmental issues and policy, economic growth and impact, and areas related to design and landscape architecture.
 The Ph.D. program has been revised in November 2005. A handbook [PDF file] is available on the Agricultural and Resource Economics Program's website that reflects the requirements of the NRE and RM areas of emphases, but that handbook does not yet include information about the AEE and HCD areas of emphases.
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