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EV5003 - Environmental Economics
| Credit points: | 3 |
| Year: | 2019 |
| 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
- to develop background knowledge to understand the environmental and ecological economics literature;
- to provide sufficient knowledge of environmental economics to better understand the economic and political debate on the environment;
- to enable graduate to meaningfully engage in discussions in disciplines relevant to environmental problems but which are outside the graduates' core discipline.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: |
EC2010 EC5201 EV2003 |
Availabilities |
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| Townsville, Limited, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 29-Aug-2019 | |
| Face to face teaching (3hr Workshop: Monday 5 Aug; 4 hr Workshop Monday 16 Sept; 2 hr Workshop Monday 23 Sept; 4 hr Workshop Wednesday 23 Oct; 2 hr Workshop Monday 28 Oct) | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Diane Jarvis. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | (60%); (40%). |
| Cairns, Limited, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 29-Aug-2019 | |
| Face to face teaching (3hr Workshop: Friday 9 Aug; 4hr Workshops: 20 Sept & 25 Oct) | |
| Lecturer: | Dr Diane Jarvis. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | (60%); (40%). |
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.