Undergraduate Course: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics (ECNM10022)
Course Outline
School | School of Economics |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
Summary | Gordon Hughes is a leading 'practitioner', who runs an economics consultancy and travels the world advising on natural resource, environmental and other issues. As he is in Edinburgh at weekends between travel commitments, the course will be taught mostly on Mondays 0900-0950. Class members are notified by email when classes will be held. Note that since there may be some irregularity of classes this places a premium on good time-management skills and flexibility/adaptability, in comparison to more standard weekly classes. The aim of this course is to provide an overview of the substantial amount of work on environmental and natural resource economics, which has been carried out over the past decade. The course covers a major area of applied welfare economics, which will build on the material introduced in Economics 2 and Topics in Economic Analysis 1 and show how economics can contribute to policy formulation on a range of topics that are generating increasing public concern. Topics covered include: renewable resources; fisheries and forests; replenishable resources; water; non-renewable resources; mining and energy; externalities and environmental policy; air pollution; water pollution; sustainable development, urban and industrial growth, rural growth and natural resource management; regional and global environmental issues. |
Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Topics in Economic Analysis 1 (ECNM10050)
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Co-requisites | |
Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
174 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
40 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
2,500 word essay (40%)
2 hour degree examination (60%)
Visiting Student Variant Assessment
Essay (40%)
Two x 1500 word essays (60%) |
Feedback |
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Exam Information |
Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | |
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Academic year 2015/16, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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Quota: None |
Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
(
Lecture Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
2,500 word essay (40%)
2 hour degree examination (60%)
Visiting Student Variant Assessment
Essay (40%)
Two x 1500 word essays (60%) |
Feedback |
Not entered |
No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- "After successful completion of this course students should have acquired an understanding of the analytical and practical foundations of the economics of natural resource and environment management with particular emphasis on policy analysis and the choices that must be made between competing objectives. They should be familiar with the techniques of evaluating non-market outcomes, the design and application of policy instruments, the relationship between local, regional and global aspects of natural resource and environment problems, and the application of economic models to complex systems. In the course assessment, students are required to demonstrate skills in understanding and using standard economic analysis together with the application of analytical concepts to practical economic problems."
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Additional Class Delivery Information |
1 x 2 hour lecture per week, students are notified by email in advance whether to attend the Friday/Monday session each week. |
Keywords | NREE |
Contacts
Course organiser | Prof Gordon Hughes
Tel: (0131 6)50 8358
Email: |
Course secretary | Ms Dawn Hutcheon
Tel: (0131 6)51 5958
Email: |
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