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1. COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course aims to provide scientific knowledge about the interdependence, inter-relationships and interactions between the economy and the environment (the earth’s the life support system to ensure a stable, efficient, continuous and sustainable development on the basis of environmental protection and human-centered)
Environmental economics approaches to the environmental issues from both microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives. Environmental economics focuses primarily on how people make decisions, why they cause environmental consequences, and how they can change the ways we conduct our business and make the environment more balanced, more stable with the desires and needs of us and the ecosystem itself.
This course provides skills for analysis, critical thinking of environmental issues in terms of scientific, logical and creative manner. This course also provide the students the practical skills, decision making skills and solving the environmental problems. The students use, improve the theory and practice, necessary skills to learn, to do the research, to work independently and to effectively to meet the requirements of industrialization, modernization and international economic integration and the English working environment.
2. COURSE CONTENTS
No
Contents
Time Allocation
Contribution to CLO
Hour(s) on the class
Essays, exercise, assignments,
(3)
Self-study with teacher tutorials (4)
Lecture
(1)
Practice, Seminar
(2)
1
Introduction to Environmental Economics
- What is environmental economics
- Economic approach to environmental issues
3
0
0
6
1,2,3,4,8
2
Chapter 1: Linkages between Environment and Economy
- Environment and Environment’s functions to the economy
- Types of Environmental Change
- Waste and Pollutants
3
0
0
6
1,2,3
3
Chapter 1: Linkages between Environment and Economy
Circular Flow Models
Economic growth and the environment
Sustainability of our Environment and Economy
3
0
1.5
4.5
1,2,3,8
4
Chapter 2: Economics of Environmental Quality
Demand, Willingness to pay, Marginal Benefit, Consumer
Supply
Efficiency
Market failure
3
0
0
6
2,3
5
Chapter 2: Economics of Environmental Quality
- Environmental quality as Environmental Goods
Environmental goods as Common-property goods
Optimal level of pollution Approach
3
0
1.5
4.5
2,3
6
Chapter 2: Economics of Environmental Quality
Command and Control approach (CAC)
Pigouvian taxes
Emission charges/taxes
Subsidies
Transferable Discharge Permit/Quota
Deposit-Refund Systems
3
0
0
6
2,3
7
Chapter 3: Economic Assessment of Environmental Impacts
Introduction to Assessment of Environmental Impacts
Procedures of Assessment of Environmental Impacts
Contents of Assessment of Environmental Impacts reports
Methodology
3
0
1.5
4.5
2,4,5,6
8
Chapter 3: Economic Assessment of Environmental Impacts
Definition
Steps to CBA
3
0
1.5
4.5
4,5,6,9,10
9
Chapter 3: Economic Assessment of Environmental Impacts
Major Indicators (NPV, BCR, IRR)
Decision rule
Assumptions
Case study
3
0
1.5
4.5
4,5,6,7,11
10
Midterm exam
3
0
0
6
11
Chapter 3: Economic Assessment of Environmental Impacts
Introduction to Environmental Valuation
Total economic value
3
0
0
6
4,5,6,9,10
12
Chapter 3: Economic Assessment of Environmental Impacts Environmental Valuation Techniques
Case study
3
0
1.5
4.5
4,5,6,7,9,10
13
Chapter 4: Environmental Management
Introduction into environment management
Environmental management approaches.
Main problems and future opportunities of environmental management.
Environmental management in Vietnam
3
0
0
6.5
1,9
14
Group assignment
(presentation)
3
0
4.5
6.5
8,10
15
Group assignment
(presentation)
3
0
4.5
6.5
8,10
Total hours
45
0
22.5
82.5
3. COURSE ASSESSMENT
- Score ladder: 10
- Type of assessment
Form
Content
Criteria
CLO
Proportion
Formative
Attendance
Take responsibility to attend the class
The number of attendances and participation in lesson
5
10%
Quiz, midterm test
Examine the knowledge from first lesson to chapter 2
Quick test,60 minutes.
1,2,3,9
15%
Report
Presenting
Group or individual assignment
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, 9,10
15%
Summative
Final test
Choice question, exercise and short essay questions.
MCQ + writing (90 mins)
1, 4,5,7
60%
Total:
100%