EPOKA UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE INFORMATIONCourse Title: ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS |
Code | Course Type | Regular Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credits | ECTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ECO 441 | B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) | NA |
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: | Eglantina Hysa |
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: | NA |
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours: | NA |
Language: | English |
Compulsory/Elective: | Elective |
Classroom and Meeting Time: | |
Course Description: | - |
Course Objectives: | The objective of this course is to develop basic knowledge in environmental economic and provide them with an understanding of environmental issues from an economic perspective. |
COURSE OUTLINE
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Week | Topics |
1 | Overview of environmental government issues |
2 | Economic perspectives on the environment |
3 | Environmental externalities |
4 | Environmental valuation |
5 | Resource allocation over time |
6 | Common property and public goods |
7 | Managing renewable resources |
8 | Midterm/Energy and the environment |
9 | Global climate change |
10 | Pollution analysis and policy |
11 | Environmental regulation |
12 | International Environmental Issues and Treaties |
13 | Domestic and International Environmental Institutions |
14 | Sustainable development |
Prerequisite(s): | |
Textbook: | Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: A Contemporary Approach, Second Edition by Jonathan M. Harris, Houghton Mifflin (2006) |
Other References: | |
Laboratory Work: | |
Computer Usage: | |
Others: | No |
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
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1 | Have a detailed understanding on the field of environmental economics. |
2 | Students will be able develop written and verbal skills in communicating an environmental economic perspective. |
3 | They will be able to use economic theory to analyze environmental issues form the economic perspective. |
4 | Students will learn how markets allocate resources and why they sometimes fail to allocates them optimally. |
COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES
(Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution) |
No | Program Competencies | Cont. |
Master of Science in Banking and Finance Program |
COURSE EVALUATION METHOD
|
Method | Quantity | Percentage |
Midterm Exam(s) |
1
|
40
|
Presentation |
1
|
10
|
Final Exam |
1
|
40
|
Attendance |
10
|
|
Total Percent: | 100% |
ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)
|
Activities | Quantity | Duration(Hours) | Total Workload(Hours) |
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Mid-terms | 1 | 12 | 12 |
Assignments | 0 | ||
Final examination | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Other | 2 | 11 | 22 |
Total Work Load:
|
150 | ||
Total Work Load/25(h):
|
6 | ||
ECTS Credit of the Course:
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6 |