COURSE INFORMATION
Course Title: NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT ECONOMICS
Code Course Type Regular Semester Theory Practice Lab Credits ECTS
ECO 346 B 6 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: Students should be able to apply appropriate techniques for problems and should be able to interpret the analysis made by the others. Students should be able to do regression analysis with different software packages, including Microsoft Excel.
Course Objectives: Natural Resources and Environmental Economics is among the leading textbooks in the field. Being written good and rigorous in its approach, this third edition rejects previous editions and continues to provide a full account and clear the application of economic analysis to issues environment.
COURSE OUTLINE
Week Topics
1 The origin of the problem of sustainability
2 Economic and environmental ethics
3 Concepts of sustainability
4 Economic welfare and the environment
5 Objectives
6 Instruments
7 Pollution policy with imperfect information
8 Midterm Exam
9 Environment evaluation
10 Irreversibility risk and uncertainty
11 Efficient and optimal use of natural resources
12 Pollution problems
13 Renewable sources
14 Forest resources
Prerequisite(s):
Textbook:
Other References:
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:
Others: No
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1 Learning simple regression
2 Linear regression analysis (CNLRM)
3 Acquisition of two-variable regression: Estimation and Hypothesis Testing
COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES
(Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)
No Program Competencies Cont.
Bachelor in Banking and Finance (3 years) Program
COURSE EVALUATION METHOD
Method Quantity Percentage
Homework
1
20
Midterm Exam(s)
1
40
Quiz
1
20
Attendance
20
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 4 64
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) 16 2 32
Mid-terms 1 14 14
Assignments 2 5 10
Final examination 1 30 30
Other 0
Total Work Load:
150
Total Work Load/25(h):
6
ECTS Credit of the Course:
6