NIFB14004U Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Bacheloruddannelsen i naturressourcer
Bacheloruddannelsen i naturvidenskab og it
Bacheloruddannelsen i jordbrugsøkonomi
MSc Programme in Agriculture
This course is an intermediate level course intended to provide
students with a comprehensive introduction to environmental and
natural resource economics. It is assumed that students
have a good grounding in basic microeconomics.
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The course gives a comprehensive introduction to the principles
of environmental and natural resource economics. It will provide
the participants with the knowledge needed to understand the
economic aspects of environmental policy issues and the theoretical
basis required to take advanced courses in environmental and
natural resource economics at the graduate level.
Having completed the course it is expected that the student is able
to:
Knowledge:
- Define externalities.
- Understand the economic principles behind the design of
environmental policy instruments.
- Understand the issues associated with regulation of international
environmental problems.
- Understand the welfare economic principles behind social
discounting.
- Understand the principles underlying non-market economic
valuation methods and cost-benefit analysis.
- Understand the principles behind optimal utilization of renewable
and non-renewable natural resources.
- Understand the ethical positions underlying environmental
sustainability concepts and discounting.
Skills:
- Identify relevant policy instruments to internalize different
types of externalities.
- Evaluate the consequences of applying a policy instrument to
address an environmental problem.
- Identify relevant project and policy appraisal methods.
- Evaluate alternative approaches to renewable and non-renewable
natural resource utilization.
Competences:
- Apply the principles of environmental and natural resource
economics to understand policy issues in these
fields.
Course literature will be announced at the course intranet Absalon
- Category
- Hours
- Exam
- 4
- Lectures
- 42
- Preparation
- 136
- Theory exercises
- 24
- Total
- 206
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- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written examination, 4 hours under invigilationThe course has been selected for ITX exam at Peter Bangs Vej
- Aid
- All aids allowed
NB: If the exam is held at the ITX, the ITX will provide you a computer. Private computer, tablet or mobile phone CANNOT be brought along to the exam. Books and notes should be brought on paper or saved on a USB key.
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
- Re-exam
If 10 or fewer register for the reexamination the examination form will be oral.
Criteria for exam assesment
Fulfilment of the specified learning outcomes
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- NIFB14004U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Bachelor
- Duration
- 1 block
- Placement
- Block 3
- Schedule
- C
- Continuing and further education
- Study board
- Study Board of Natural Resources and Environment
Contracting department
- Department of Food and Resource Economics
Course responsibles
- Peder Andersen (4-8176727f517a7783803f7c863f757c)