Postgraduate Course: Green Economics, Policy and Advocacy (BIME11013)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Biomedical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This course will consider important environmental issues facing policy makers in the modern world challenged by the dilemmas inherent in balancing short-term economic forces with longer-term considerations of sustainability. It will empower those interested in making an impact in biodiversity and ecosystem health through advocacy directed at policy makers in commerce, national governments and regional and international organisations.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course students will have a better understanding of the difficulties faced by policy makers in different types of organisations and how best they might be persuaded to act in a sustainable and environmentally responsible manner while remaining answerable to their various constituencies.