16 WEEK PLAN/COURSE DETAILS

By

Tayyaba Ashfaq
DEPARTMENT OF Environmental Sciences

UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT

Course Code:ES-205 Course Title:

Environmental Economics
Credit Hours: 03 Maximum Lectures:
32 (1.5 hours each)
Course Type: General
Year: 2021 Semester: Fall-2021
Instructor’s Name: Tayyaba Ashfaq Office (Room No):
Room #212, Environmental
sciences Dpt. BS-Block, Hafiz
Hayat Campus, UOG
E-mail: taybaashfaq22@gmail.com Students’ Contact house: Students are
welcomed any time during office hours
to visit instructor’s office; however,
sixty minutes each after every class are
Reserved for the students of this class.
Class Level: BS-3rd Department: Physics

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ATTENDANCE POLICY:

 As per University policy, a minimum of 70% attendance shall be required for a student to be

eligible to appear in the Mid and End Term examinations. All students concerned are advised

to keep in touch with their attendance records through their UOG email account.

 The students with less than 70% attendance shall not be allowed to take classes after Mid Term

Examination dates.

CLASS RULES AND REGULATIONS:

 Without registration and UOG ID card no student shall be allowed to attend the class.

Students are advised to display the UOG card in a visible position.

 The class shall be started as per given time table. No one shall be allowed after 10 Minutes of

the commencement of class unless genuine excuse.

 Students are encouraged to interrupt by asking the questions during the lecturer.

 Drinking, smoking, mobile usage, sectarian or political discussion and immoral / unethical

activities shall not be allowed during class.

 Students are welcomed any time during office hours to visit instructor’s office.

 All the communication regarding any lecture or change of class etc. (if any) shall be forwarded

directly to the students’ given email inbox; however, the hard copies for Xerox (if any) shall be

given to any responsible student to place at the photo copier shop. Thus students advised to keep

in touch with their e-box.

TEACHING & EVALUATION METHODOLOGY:

CLASS LECTURER:

 English shall be the language of instructions; however, shy or scrawny students shall be
allowed to communicate in Urdu.

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  Each lecture shall be of 1.5 hours.
 Audio video aids like Computer(s), Multimedia and White Board shall be used as teaching
tools.

STUDENT’S EVALUATION (GRADING):

The course shall be evaluated out of 100 Marks as per following division:

GRADING DETAIL:

Seasonal Work (25 Marks):

 Quiz: 12 marks
 Presentation/Project 07 marks
 Assignments 06 marks
Total: 25 Marks

Mid Term Examinations (25 Marks):

 Short and long question type questions

End Term Examination (50 Marks);

 Long, short questions,

COURSE OUT LINE:

Basic concepts in environmental economics, The Economy and the Environment, Benefits and
Costs, the equilibrium principle, marginal cost and supply, economic efficiency and market, markets
and Social Efficiency, external costs and external benefits, Pollution Control-a general model,
pollution damages and abatement costs, Valuing the environment. Measuring environmental benefits;
contingent valuation, the travel cost method and the hedonic approach, the value of life, health, risk
and safety, Economic Development and Environment. Natural resource economics
Recommended Books:

1. Field, B.C. and Field, M.K., 2002. Environmental Economics: An Introduction, 3rd Edition, New York,
McGraw-Hill.
2. Chapman, D., 2000. Environmental Economics: Theory, Application and Policy, Massachusetts: Addison-
Wesley.

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ADDITIONAL READINGS:

Environmental economics sources and relevant articles of reputed national / international Journals etc.

Students are advised to contact with UOG librarian for provision of any paid e-book or article (if
required); however, recommendation of the Instructor concerned shall be required.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
The objective of this course is to provide the students the application of natural laws and principles
in economics to develop their understanding of internalization of externalities.

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES:

1. Students will become familiar to electromagnetic theory and the new era developments in
these fields.
2. Students will be able to develop understanding related to electric and magnetic effects and
their applications in various fields.

SCHEDULE:
Course Planning for Semester Fall-2021

Week Activity
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01 Basic concepts in environmental economics
02 The Economy and the Environment
03 Benefits and Costs, the equilibrium principle
04 marginal cost and supply, economic efficiency and market
05 markets and Social Efficiency
06 external costs and external benefits
07 Pollution Control-a general model
08 Pollution damages and abatement costs
09 Mid Term Examination
10 Valuing the environment
11 Measuring environmental benefits; contingent valuation,
12 the travel cost method and the hedonic approach
13 the value of life,
14 health, risk and safety,
15 Economic Development and Environment, Natural resource economic
16 Presentations
17 End Term Examination
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Quizzes

Sr. No. Quizzes Date

1 Quiz 1 3rd Week
2 Quiz 2 6th Week
3 Quiz 3 13th Week

Assignments

Sr. No. Assignments Submission

Deadline
1 Assignment 1 3rd Week
2 Assignment 2 7th Week
3 Assignment 3 13th Week

Presentation

Sr. No. Assignments Deadline

1 Presentation 12th week

(Good Luck Dear Students)

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