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Unit of Study ECO00202 - Ecological and Environmental Economics for Sustainable Development (2015)

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  • Anti-requisites

    ECO00201 Natural Resource Economics

  • Enrolment information

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Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 Understand the nature of the economic problem of scarcity and implications this will have for resource allocation
2 Analysing the relationship between economic activity and the natural environment and implications of the use of economics on different types of natural resources
3 Critical appreciation of the difference between environmental economics and ecological economics, and the implications of this difference
4 Ability to demonstrate presentation and discussion skills as relevant to environmental consulting and research.
5 Demonstrate understanding of a range of natural resource issues of topical relevance

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Understand the nature of the economic problem of scarcity and implications this will have for resource allocation
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  2. Analysing the relationship between economic activity and the natural environment and implications of the use of economics on different types of natural resources
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  3. Critical appreciation of the difference between environmental economics and ecological economics, and the implications of this difference
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  4. Ability to demonstrate presentation and discussion skills as relevant to environmental consulting and research.
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  5. Demonstrate understanding of a range of natural resource issues of topical relevance
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