Course Name | Environmental Economics |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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ECON 330 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
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Course Language | English | |||||||||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||||||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||||||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||||||||
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Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | Scarcity and choice are basic economic conditions that are inevitably present when determining environmental goals and implementing environmental policies. The purpose of this course is to understand the role of economics in environmental issues and, especially, in the formation of environmental policy. The course will emphasize applications to environmental problems in air, water, land use, and natural environments. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | The nature and significance of threats to the environment will be examined. Externalities and market failure will be discussed. Tools of economic analysis will be used to compare and contrast various legal and market oriented approaches to dealing with environmental problems. Air and water pollution problems will be analyzed. Carbon taxes, pollution quotas and permits and other environmental regulation tools will be reviewed. |
| Core Courses | |
Major Area Courses | X | |
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Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
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Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction | |
2 | Foundations of Environmental Policy | Chapter 1 |
3 | Markets and Prices | Chapter 4 |
4 | Valuing the Environment | Chapter 3 |
5 | Externalities | Chapter 4 |
6 | Regulations and Market Solutions | Chapter 5 |
7 | Environmental Risks | Chapter 6 |
8 | Environmental Risks | Chapter 6 |
9 | Midterm Exam | |
10 | Benefits and Costs | Chapter 7 |
11 | Air Quality | Chapter 16, 17, 18 |
12 | Water Quality | Chapter 19 |
13 | Sustainable Economic Development | Chapter 21 |
14 | Sustainable Economic Development | Chapter 22, 23 |
15 | Review of the Semester | |
16 | Review of the Semester |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, 8th Edition by Tom Tietenberg and Lynne Lewis. (2009) |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Environmental Economics & Policy (6th Edition) by Tom Tietenberg and Lynne Lewis (2009) |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 16 | 5 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 10 |
Presentation / Jury | ||
Project | 1 | 25 |
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 1 | 25 |
Final Exam | 1 | 35 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 19 | 65 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 35 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 2 | 32 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 10 | |
Presentation / Jury | |||
Project | 1 | 25 | |
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 1 | 25 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 35 | |
Total | 175 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to acquire a sound knowledge of fundamental concepts, theories, principles and methods of investigation specific to the economic field. | X | ||||
2 | To be able to apply adequate mathematical, econometric, statistical and data analysis models to process economic data and to implement scientific research for development of economic policies. | |||||
3 | To be able to participate in academic, professional, regional, and global networks and to utilize these networks efficiently. | |||||
4 | To be able to have adequate social responsibility with regards to the needs of the society and to organize the activities to influence social dynamics in line with social goals. | X | ||||
5 | To be able to integrate the knowledge and training acquired during the university education with personal education and produce a synthesis of knowledge one requires. | |||||
6 | To be able to evaluate his/her advance level educational needs and do necessary planning to fulfill those needs through the acquired capability to think analytically and critically. | X | ||||
7 | To be able to acquire necessary skills to integrate social dynamics into economic process both as an input and an output. | X | ||||
8 | To be able to link accumulated knowledge acquired during the university education with historical and cultural qualities of the society and be able to convey it to different strata of society. | X | ||||
9 | To be able to take the responsibility as an individual and as a team member. | |||||
10 | To be able to attain social, scientific and ethical values at the data collection, interpretation and dissemination stages of economic analysis. | X | ||||
11 | To be able to collect data in economics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1) | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to their field of economics. |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest