| 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 Practical Examination All aids allowed Description of Examination: Written exmaination, oral examination and practical examination. During the course the participants submit three mandatory written exercises. In an oral examination the examinee presents one of the written exercises, which is randomly selected. The oral examination is judged by an external examiner. A practical examination consists of an oral presentation in class of a seleted topic based on a distributed paper. Grading is made by the teached based on the individual presentation. Weight: Written exercise and oral examination = 75%;practical examination = 25% 7-point scale, external examiner | ||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Lectures, seminars, written exercises, oral presentation. | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Restrictions | None | ||||||||||||||||
| Areas of Competence the Course Will Address | |||||||||||||||||
| Competences within basic science: Advanced environmental and natural resource economics focussing on theories relevant to the theme chosen. Competences within applied science: Analytical techniques applied to project appraisal problems dependent on the theme chosen. Competences within Ethics & Values: Awareness of an ability 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 two central themes 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 themes 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 the following parts. Lectures are given to provide insight into the theoretical and methodological background of the overall themes chosen. The participants submit three written exercises and make an oral presentation in class of a selected topic based on a distributed paper/article. | |||||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||
| Teaching is in the form of lectures and supervision in relation to exercises and the preparation of oral presentation. The student work is conducted in groups of up to 4 participants. | |||||||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||||||
| Ability to apply economic theory to environmental and natural resource utilization issues and to use analytical techniques to environmental project and policy assessments. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||
| Frank Jensen, fje@foi.dk, Institute of Food and Resource Economics/Fisheries Economics and Management Division, Phone: 35336898 | |||||||||||||||||
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