| Institute of Food and Resource Economics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | BSc. 2 year to MSc. 2 year | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | One block | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | Joint BSc and MSc B.Sc. course in Agricultural Economics curriculum. Common course in other curriculums. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination written examination and oral examination Written Exam in Lecturehall No aid allowed Description of Examination: Individual presentation of learning material. Two hours written exam in curriculum Weight: Individual presentation of learning material: 25 % Two hours written exam: 75% 13-point scale, internal examiner Dates of Exam: 27 January 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Requirement For Attending Exam | Successful participation in weekly groupwork | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Lectures and Practicals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 2 Week Structure: C | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | Micro Economics, Welfare Economics and Policy Analysis | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Areas of Competence the Course Will Address | |||||||||||||||||||||
Competences obtained within basic science: Systematic understanding of the economic rationale behind the use of environmental policy instruments, economic valuation principles, and criteria for optimal use of natural resources. Competences obtained within applied science: Apply the principles of environmental and natural resource economics to understand policy issues in these fields. Competences obtained within Ethics & Values: Awareness of the ethical concepts underlying environmental and natural resource economics analyses. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The course gives a thorough introduction to the principles of environmental and natural resource economics. It is the primary aim to provide participants with the theoretical basis required to take the advanced courses in environmental and natural resource economics at the graduate level. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||||||||
Core components of the course are: (a) Externalities and the design of environmental policy instruments; (b) The economic concept of value and measurement of environmental and natural resource benefits using non-market valuation methods; and (3) optimal utilisation of renewable and non-renewable natural resources. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching is in the form of lectures, group work and practicals. Lectures will present the central themes of the curriculum while practicals will focus on exercises based on previous written exams in the various subjects addressed in the course. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Litterature | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Perman, R., Y. Ma, J. McGilvray & M. Common: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Longman, 3rd edition, 2003. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Alex Dubgaard, adu@life.ku.dk, Institute of Food and Resource Economics/Environmental Economics and Rural Development Div., Phone: 35332280 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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