Course

EIE280 Land Rights

Credits (ECTS):5

Course responsible:Ida Emilie Tandberg

Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås

Teaching language:Norsk

Limits of class size:No

Course frequency:Annually

Nominal workload:125 hours

Teaching and exam period:January block

About this course

The aim is to give students insight into theoretical and principled approaches to property rights, real estate, and the management and use of common resources. The course has an international perspective with English-language literature and international terminology, and provides an introduction to key works on institutional theory, which, among other things, illustrate how institutional framework influence human, organizational, and economic behavior.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

The student has basic knowledge of:

  • Institutional theory and institutional changes
  • Common resources and collective action
  • Property as an institution, systems for property registration, systems for property registration, and how secure property rights can contribute to social and economic development.
  • The concept of property rights and property rights as a human right
  • Basic knowledge of land reforms, land markets, and land leasing

Skills:

The student can:

  • Collect, analyze and discuss relevant information about institutional frameworks for property, property rights, and the management and use of common resources
  • Assess the relevance of international course literature in a Norwegian context

General competencies:

The student can:

  • Understand the implications of institutional frameworks for property and property rights, and for the management and use of common resources
  • Exchange views and experiences with other professionals and contribute to the development of good institutional frameworks for the management and use of common resources and for resolving conflicts over common resources
  • Evaluate land rights in light of fairness and promote collective action for sustainable resource management.
  • Learning activities
    Lectures, group work, group presentations, one group submission, and a final written assignment.
  • Teaching support

    Study platform Canvas

    Timetable TimeEdit

  • Prerequisites
    EIE 100/101
  • Recommended prerequisites
    EIE 100/101, EIE200, JUS220, JUS320, JUS321
  • Assessment method

    Final individual assignment. To be submitted in Canvas at the end of the January block.

    Grade rule: Pass/Fail.

    Further information will be published on Canvas.



  • Examiner scheme
    Internal examiner are utilized in the assessment of the project assignment. The examiners evaluate the academic content, theoretical understanding, and the ability to apply institutional theory in the analysis.
  • Mandatory activity

    The course comprises the following mandatory activities:

    • Group submission and group presentation.

    The group submission and group presentation are compulsory and are evaluated as a part of the learning activities.

    Assessment:

    • The group submission is evaluated as a whole; however, individual contributions are reflected in the final assessment of the project assignment.
  • Teaching hours

    Approximately 40 hours of teaching.

    Approximately 10 hours of group work (organized by the group itself).

  • Preferential right
    M-EIE, M-BYREG, M-EUTV, M-LA
  • Reduction of credits
    Credit reduction: 5 credits for passing EDS280.
  • Admission requirements
    GSK