ECN306 Economics of Sustainability
Credits (ECTS):5
Course responsible:Arild Einar Bjørn Angelsen
Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås
Teaching language:Engelsk
Course frequency:Annually
Nominal workload:125 hours
Teaching and exam period:This course has teaching/evaluation in Autumn parallel. The first part is lectures and some group work. The last part is group work and presentations.
About this course
Learning outcome
Upon completion of the course, the students will:
- Have an understanding of economic concepts and theories relevant to sustainability;
- Be able to apply these to specific problems or policy measures;
- Have developed skills in independently collecting relevant information and data and conducting research; and
- Have improved their skills in group work and presentation of their own work.
- The first part is will be in the form of lectures, student presentations and group discussions. The second part will be group work. The groups will do independent search and compilation of information on the chosen topic, prepare a presentation and write the final report.
- Each group will be assigned a faculty member as a mentor for their case study.
- Basic knowledge of economics, including intermediate microeconomics and preferably also basic environmental and resource economics.
Combined assessment, consisting of (i) portfolio being carried out during the teaching period, and (ii) a multiple choice exam during the teaching period. The portfolio consists of a group assignment and an oral presentation of it. All parts of a combined assessment must be passed in the same semester to pass the course.
A retake exam is not organized in this course. Those who do not pass need to retake the whole course.
Portfolio assessment Grading: Passed / Not Passed Midterm exam Grading: Passed / Not Passed Permitted aids: A1 No calculator, no other aids- External examiner will control the quality of syllabus and criteria for the examination.
- Mandatory participation in first class (lecture), and in 2/3 of the classes (which are held once per week). Mandatory participation in the group work, and in class presentation of the topic for group's report. Mandatory activities are valid only in the semester the course is being taken.
- The course is in English. Incoming students can contact student advisors at the School of Economics and Business (studieveileder-hh@nmbu.no) for admission to the course.
- Three hours per week with lectures (part 1) and group work (part 2). Presentation of cases at the end of the course.
- The course is open for all master students including from outside the School of Economics and Business and exchange students at NMBU.
- Minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway (generell studiekompetanse).