M.Sc. in Environmental Economics (CW Only)

• Магистр

  Образовательный уровень

• Английский

  Язык обучения

• 1 год

  Продолжительность обучения

• Очная

  Форма обучения

• Шри-Ланка

  Локация

The Board of Study (BS) in Agricultural Economics is the centre of teaching and research in applied economics of the Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture. The BS trains graduates who would be capable in advising and guiding policy makers, industrialists, Non Governmental Organizations, farmers and other interest parties to understand the past and present structure of agriculture. The BS offers three M.Sc. degree programmes, Agricultural Economics (AE), Environmental Economics (EE) and Natural Resource Management (NRM). The Board offers the M.Sc. programme in AE to provide students a fundamental understanding of economic principles and their application to identify and solve relevant problems in agriculture and related fields. The programmes also strives to develop appropriate analytical, methodological and communication skills to analyse agricultural problems effectively and explain findings. The objective of the M.Sc. programme in EE is to provide rigorous training in the subject to produce professional environmental economists who could conduct environmental policy analysis which is a nationally important aspect. The M.Sc. programme in NRM trains professionals for management and coordination of environmental and natural resource projects. The BS also offers a Postgraduate Diploma in Development Practices and Management (PDDPM) and M.Phil. and Ph.D. degree programmes. Those who obtain degrees and diplomas offered by the BS enter into a variety of organization such as governmental ministries, universities, NGOs, research institutes and the private sector organizations as economists, trainers, consultants and managers to use the knowledge and skills gained during their study programmes at the Institute. http://www.pgia.pdn.ac.lk/files/notice/2020/handbook_2020.pdf