MINA250 Multi-Disciplinary Impact Assessment
Credits (ECTS):10
Course responsible:Per Kristian Kåreson Lobenz Rørstad
Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås
Teaching language:Norsk
Limits of class size:75
Course frequency:Annually
Nominal workload:50 hours lectures etc. 200 hours of self-studies (reading, writing of term papers and preparation for own presentation).
Teaching and exam period:This course starts in the January block. This course has teaching/evaluation in January block and evaluation in the Spring parallel.
About this course
Learning outcome
Knowledge:
• The student has broad knowledge of key topics in economic analyzes, knows the basis for assessments of priced and non-priced consequences, and knows important data sources.
• The student knows the societal benefits of impact assessments.
Skills:
• The student can apply professional knowledge to prepare an impact assessment.
• The student can reflect on their own work during the preparation of an impact assessment and adjust this under supervision
• The student can use relevant tools, such as GIS, and suitable databases, as well as their own data.
General competence:
• The student can plan and carry out impact assessments, alone and as a participant in a group.
• The student can convey decision-relevant information from an impact assessment, both in writing and orally, to different user groups.
- Lectures, teamwork, term paper and seminars.
- Lecture notes and other relevant information will be put on Canvas. The student´s learning is supported through academic supervision in the hours assigned for the term paper, and in the teachers' office hours.
- Basic knowledge within biology, ecology, nature- and forest management, environment and natural resources, economics, law and spatial planning
- LAD102
- Portfolio asessment that consists of two parts. A take-home exam (counts 40 %) and a term paper (counts 60 %). Both must be passed to pass the course.
- An external examiner evaluates all term papers.
- First lecture.
- Oral presentation of term paper. The presentation has to be approved.
- Students that do not get a seat in the course can meet at the first lecture. Free seats will be distributed after the first lecture.
- Lectures, teamwork and presentation of termpapers 50 hours.
- B-ØN, B-MILJØ, B-FORNY, B-SF. Then students at corresponding master´s programs.
- Letter grades
- Minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway (generell studiekompetanse)