Postgraduate Course: Emission Reduction Project Development (CMSE11139)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 15 |
ECTS Credits | 7.5 |
| Summary | This course aims to provide students with practical experience in developing an emission reduction project. They will work through the project development cycle in groups, working with real-life data from either a CDM or voluntary carbon market project. Lectures will be followed by group work and feedback at each stage of the project cycle. Students will come away from the course with an understanding of the process as well as of key risks and risk mitigation options in emission reduction project development. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | For Business School PG students only, or by special permission of the School. Please contact the course secretary. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
150
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Lecture Hours 10,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
117 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Group presentations and report to class ¿ 30%; Group Project Design Documents ¿ 40%; Individual Essay of up to 2,000 words ¿ 30% |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding:
After completing this course, students should be able to:
¿ Recognise and describe a generic emission reduction project development cycle;
¿ Explain the drivers and objectives of different actors in the project development process;
¿ Compare the differences in rules and procedures between the major carbon offsetting schemes or standards;
¿ Assess the risks involved in creating and commercialising carbon credits, and describe how these risks may be mitigated.
Cognitive Skills:
After completing this course, students should be able to:
¿ Critically evaluate press coverage of carbon offsetting issues;
¿ Analyse the options available for monetising an emission reduction/carbon credit generation opportunity;
¿ Evaluate the risks to carbon credit generation from an emission reduction project and develop strategies to mitigate those risks;
¿ Cooperate with others from different professional, educational and cultural backgrounds to produce group analysis and present the results of group work.
Subject Specific Skills:
After completing this course, students should be able to:
¿ Assess the implications of changes in rules and procedures governing carbon offsetting schemes or standards, and how these will affect emission reduction project opportunities;
¿ Prepare the necessary documentation for an emission reduction project and be able to take it through the key stages of the project cycle;
¿ Understand, speak and write the language of carbon offsetting and carbon credits.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | ERDP |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Stephen Porter
Tel: (0131 6)51 4545
Email: stephen.porter@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Malgorzata Litwinska
Tel: (0131 6)51 3028
Email: Maggie.Litwinska@ed.ac.uk |
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