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EV5003 - Environmental Economics

Credit points: 3
Year: 2022
Student Contribution Band: Band 2
Administered by: College of Business, Law & Governance

The natural environment in the development of economic theory; basic economic concepts relevant to environmental matters including cost-benefit analysis; environmental evaluation techniques and pricing of resources; economic implications of changing environmental practice; the development of global economic interdependence and it's implication for natural environments.

Learning Outcomes

  • synthesise research to critically evaluate, through the adoption of an economics lens, alternate solutions to real world environmental issues;
  • recommend and adapt policy solutions for application for local and global environmental challenges.

Subject Assessment

  • Written > Examination (centrally administered) - (35%) - Individual
  • Written > Test/Quiz 1 - (10%) - Individual
  • Oral > Presentation 1 - (25%) - Individual
  • Written > Essay (including multi-draft) 1 - (30%) - Individual.
Inadmissible
Subject
Combinations: 		EC2010 EC5201 EV2003

Availabilities
Cairns, Study Period 2, Mixed attendance
Census Date 25-Aug-2022
Face to face teaching (1 hour weekly face to face classes for weeks 1-8 and 2 hours for weeks 9-13)
Coordinator: Dr Diane Jarvis
Lecturers: Dr Diane Jarvis, Mr Phil Lignier.
Workload expectations:

The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.

  • 39 hours - Combined suite of short content topic videos; suite of online learning activities, face-to-face tutorials. Assessment and self-directed study
  • assessment and self-directed study

Townsville, Study Period 2, Mixed attendance
Census Date 25-Aug-2022
Face to face teaching (1 hour weekly face to face classes for weeks 1-8 and 2 hours for weeks 9-13)
Coordinator: Dr Diane Jarvis
Lecturers: Dr Diane Jarvis, Mr Phil Lignier.
Workload expectations:

The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.

  • 39 hours - Combined suite of short content topic videos; suite of online learning activities, face-to-face tutorials. Assessment and self-directed study
  • assessment and self-directed study

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.