| Institute of Food and Resource Economics | |||||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | MSc. 1 year | ||||||||||||||||
| Duration | Two blocks | ||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 15 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | MSc | ||||||||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination written examination and oral examination All aids allowed Description of Examination: Assessment of the project report. One oral examination in the project report as well as the course curriculum. The examination in the course curriculum will be in subject areas which are not overlapping the content of the project report Weight: Weight: Report assessment and oral examination in the report = 75%; oral examination in curriculum = 25%) 13-point scale, external examiner | ||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Lectures, seminars, project work. | ||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 3 Week Structure: A Block 4 Week Structure: A | ||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | Economic Theory of Environmental Policy, Economic Valuation Methods and Cost Benefit Analysis, Natural Resource Economics | ||||||||||||||||
| Areas of Competence the Course Will Address | |||||||||||||||||
| Competences obtained within basic science: Extended comprehension of environmental and resource economics dependent on the theme chosen Competences obtained within applied science: Application of environmental and resource economics theory to environmental and resource issues. Application of statistical methods and other analytical techniques to economic valuation and project appraisal problems. Competences obtained within Ethics & Values: Awareness of be able to discuss ethical theories relevant to the chosen theme | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||||
| Assuming that the participants already have a comprehensive understanding of environmental and natural resource economics, it is the objective of this course to provide opportunities to apply this knowledge to specific environmental and natural resource problems. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||||
| The course will be build around a central theme, consisting of an environmental or natural resource problem that has connections to environmental regulation, economic valuation and cost-benefit analysis, natural resource economics and other elements of environmental economics. The theme of the course can be changed from year to year. Examples of possible themes are global warming, groundwater pollution, pollution of the Baltic Sea etc. The course consists of several parts. First, the overall theme will be presented. After that, students choose a specific problem within the overall theme to work on in their project group. At a later stage, the project groups present their preliminary findings. Finally, the finished projects reports are presented and evaluated in an oral exam. In the first three weeks of the course, the overall theme will be presented. To this end, several lectures will be given to provide an insight into the specific problem. Also during the first part, several sub issues within the overall theme will be presented from which the students can choose a subject for their project work. Other subjects can be chosen too, as long as they fall within the overall theme of the course. The project work is intended to familiarize students with applied analysis of environmental problems. | |||||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||
| Teaching is in the form of lectures, seminars and tutoring in relation to project work. Project work is conducted in groups of up to 4 participants. Projects are based on the analysis of subjects/cases chosen by students in collaboration with a teacher. Each group will present its findings in seminars during the semester | |||||||||||||||||
| 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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