MSc, Postgraduate Diploma/Certificate in Applied Environmental Economics , University of London

C02
Economic principles
A rigorous introduction to microeconomic theory covering theories and applications of individual and market demand, as well as production economics. The final part focuses on welfare economics and its application to imperfect competition and factor markets.

C121
Economics of environmental policy
A wide-ranging, theoretically rigorous coverage of the economic concepts and principles of environmental policy. This course provides the knowledge and analytical tools to design and evaluate public policies towards the environment.

C22
Environmental valuation
Develops the theory and techniques of the valuation of non-market goods. The course focuses on the techniques and methods for putting monetary values on the environment and shows how these can be incorporated in economic decision making at both the macro and project level.

C105
Natural resource economics
Examines a number of economic models of natural resource allocation and demonstrates their application to policy making and natural resource management to provide useful insights to both policy makers and managers. The second part considers the economic dimension of sustainable economic growth and development.

C05
Applied econometrics
Provides the essential skills required for undertaking empirical work in agricultural economics. It covers the estimation, inference and diagnostic testing of linear regression models, and applies the theory using the program MICROFIT.

C100 Ecological science and management

This module provides a comprehensive understanding of temporal and spatial dynamics of interacting components of natural and semi-natural environments for their management. It deals with the theoretical and mechanistic framework for understanding ecology, and the study of interactions of organisms with each other and with their environments. It introduces key concepts in ecological theory and the functioning of natural environments, referring to the dynamics of populations and communities and the interaction of organisms with their environment at local, landscape and regional/global scales. It examines ecological theory underlying models of sustainability and conservation and explains spatial and temporal patterns observed in natural and perturbed environments. It goes on to explore ecological processes occurring over regional and global scales, as these are essential to the functioning of both natural and human-dominated ecosystems, focusing specifically on the practice of ecology in applied contexts through issues such as biodiversity conservation, human demography, land degradation and agriculture: four interrelated topics that are central to human culture and welfare and are the focus of much debate and controversy.

Please note: this module will be supplied as electronic courseware on CD Rom

C163 Ethics and Environmental Practice

Considers environmental values in relation to ethical principles and cultural traditions. Outlines the development of an environmentalist movement, the interface of science and the environment and the political impact of environmental concern.

C108 Environmental auditing

This module will show you how the environmental performance of a company or organisation can be assessed. It illustrates processes and techniques by using appropriate case studies. By studying both theory and specific examples you will learn how costs can often be offset by energy saving and waste minimisation.

C107
Environmental impact assessment
Explains the EI process and surveys its application through case studies. Shows how impacts and their mitigation can be incorporated into the process. Considers how EI can be used in a strategic role, and as a tool for achieving sustainable development.

C114
International environmental law
Outlines the international legal processes through which international environmental issues are addressed, and the underlying and guiding principles and various techniques for implementing these. The course considers the success of the international legal instruments and processes under consideration in achieving their objectives and how they might be improved.

C134
Project planning and management
Covers the planning and management of public and private investment in the agricultural sector. Students learn economic concepts for project identification, preparation, appraisal, monitoring and evaluation, and the methods of logical framework, financial and economic cost benefit analysis, and social and environmental assessment.

C126
Water resource management
Applies economics to the evaluation of water resource policy. Topics include key economic concepts, the management and sustainability of irrigation and water supply, user participation, and environmental, social and political dimensions of water use.

C117 Introduction to biodiversity and conservation management

This course provides a broad introduction to the conservation of biological diversity with an emphasis on conservation within ecosystems. It provides an outline of the major elements of global biodiversity: evolution and distribution, and examines the threats to biodiversity and the imperative to conserve. It explains some of the fundamental principles of genetic, species and ecosystem diversity, providing an overview of the techniques available to conserve biodiversity both in situ and ex situ. A further theme is the role of protected areas for conservation and management of biodiversity and the issue of conservation outside protected areas. Social, ethical and policy issues surrounding biodiversity conservation are reviewed at appropriate points in the course.

This module aims to provide an introduction to research methods for environmental studies and covers methods appropriate to environmental science and technology and social science. The principal objectives are to provide: an understanding of how to identify research problems and formulate research questions; an understanding of the various types of data; an understanding of how to review literature; knowledge of how to choose an appropriate experimental or survey design; familiarity with a number of quantitative and qualitative data collection methods; familiarity with methods of data collation and storage; an understanding of the most important uses of statistics in you own field; the ability to appropriately choose basic statistical methods and apply them; basic familiarity with the operation of a spreadsheet package and the ability to use it to do statistics; basic familiarity with the operation of one software package for statistical analysis; understanding of how to interpret statistics from environmental studies; competency in writing-up the results; knowledge of how to write a research proposal.

Please note: this module will be supplied as electronic courseware on CD Rom

Postgraduate

MSc, Postgraduate Diploma/Certificate in Applied Environmental Economics

Syllabus

C100 Ecological science and management

C163 Ethics and Environmental Practice

C108 Environmental auditing

C117 Introduction to biodiversity and conservation management