1	Course Title:	ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
2	Course Code:	CEV3108
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	6
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. FEZA KARAER
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr.Serkan Gürlük
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Prof.Dr.Feza KARAER BUÜ, Müh.F.,Çevre Müh.Böl., Tel: 224-2942108 Cep:0-532-4121995
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Main goals of the course are to explain how environmental problems can be integrated into the economic system. For this purpose, major principles necessary for efficient use of natural resources are defined and economical analysis of environmental quality is explained.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	The course provides the student with a basic knowledge of economics and conveys information about producer and consumer behavior. The course also provides an understanding of the mechanism of price formation in the market and helps the student with the problems that he / she will encounter in calculating the benefits and costs of the projects they will encounter in environmental engineering.

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Gain the main framework related with economy ; 2 Have knowledge about Social Welfare and external economies; 3 Learned the applications about the mathematics of finance and make cost-benefit analysis; 4 Select the most optimum project between alternative ones, benefit and cost analysis is given as an effective technique to be used in environmental resources management. ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Economics and basic concepts
2	Consumer Theory
3	Utility concept and utility maximization
4	Supply and Demand Concepts
5	Price Formation in the Market Producer and Consumer Surplus
6	Producer Theory, Producer Profit Maximization and Declining Yields Law
7	Environmental Economics, Development, Economic Growth, Sustainable Development
8	Financing Mathematics, Interest Accounts
9	Uniform Series
10	Non-Uniform Series
11	Cost Elements and Comparison
12	Cost-Benefit Analysis
13	Comparison of Project Alternatives
14	Economic Analysis of Environmental Quality

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Karpuzcu,M. (1987) Çevre Ekonomisi, İTÜ İnşaat Fak. Matbaası, İstanbul. • Eski H. (1990) Ekonomiye Giriş, Dokuz Eylül Üniv. Yayını, İzmir. • Field B.C. (1994) Environmental Economics, Mc Graw-Hill Inc., USA. ISBN: 0-07-020797-6
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	30
Quiz	1	10
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	3	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	The measurement and evaluation of the course is done through attendance, quizzes and exams.
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	2	28
Homeworks, Performances	0	12	12
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	12	12
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	10	10
Total WorkLoad			90
Total workload/ 30 hr			3
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 LO1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 LO2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 LO3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High