COURSE INFORMATION Course 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

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

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:			6