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 Economics (3 years) Program
1	The students are gained the ability to look at the problems of daily life from a broader perspective. They gain the needed skills not only to understand economic problems in economics but also to construct a model and defend in meaningful way.	2
2	They have knowledge about the microeconomics.	2
3	They have knowledge about the macroeconomics.	3
4	They have knowledge about the international economics and finance.
5	They have ability to use mathematical and statistical methods in economics.	5
6	They know how to use computer programs in both daily office usage and statistical data evaluations in public and private sector.	5
7	They have necessary economics skills that needed in private and public sector.
8	They are intended to be specialist in one of departmental fields that they choose from the list of general economics, growth and development, labor economics and labor market, environmental economics, agricultural economics, health economics, education economics and human development, political economics, international economics, monetary economics, finance economics, public finance, international financial markets and institutions, banking and central banking, international trade and banking, monetary economics and banking,
9	They have ability to utilize fundamental economic theories and tools to solve economic problems in economics.	4
10	They are aware of the fact that economics is a social science and they respect the social perspectives and social values of the society’s ethics.	4

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