Ecological Economics is the study of the allocation of available resources among alternative desirable ends within and between generations. This ecological economics course integrates theory and application, introducing theory and background through seminal papers, books, and lectures and application through a problem-based learning approach. Through a project, students work in groups or individually on specific research problems chosen in consultation with the instructor, applying the ecological economics framework to solving these problems
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
On successful completion of this course, students will have:
- demonstrated theoretical knowledge of ecological economics, and its possible contribution to a vision of a sustainable and desirable future;
- cognitive skills to identify, to critically analyse and formulate a whole systems approach to ecosystem and economic system structure and function;
- improved skills to evaluate and design policy tools based on ecological economic principles.
Indicative Assessment
Quizzes 25%: 200 words each. Quizzes will be the form of responses to readings to ascertain understanding.
- 1 quiz – Learning Outcome 1
- 1 quiz – Learning Outcome 2
- 1 quiz – Learning Outcome 3
3 written discussions 25%: 500 words each
- 1 discussion – Learning Outcome 1
- 1 discussion – Learning Outcome 2
- 1 discussion – Learning Outcome 3
Project paper 50%: 3000 words
- The project paper should integrate all of the learning outcomes.
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Workload
30 hours lectures and seminars; 90 hours reading and writing
Prescribed Texts
Published journal articles
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 3
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $4320 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $5700 |
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