Fundamentals of Green Economics
Course: Educational and professional program "Business Economics"
Structural unit: Faculty of Economics
Title
Fundamentals of Green Economics
Code
ОK.02
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2025/2026
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO 4. Understand the principles of economics and the specifics of how economic systems function.
PLO 7. Explain models of socio-economic phenomena in terms of fundamental principles and knowledge, based on an understanding of the main directions in the development of economics.
PLO 14. Identify and plan opportunities for personal professional development.
PLO 15. Demonstrate basic creative and critical thinking skills in research and professional communication.
PLO 18. Apply regulatory and legal acts governing professional activities.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Know: conceptual principles of environmental education, basic natural sciences.
2. Have the skills of analysis, synthesis, processing and visualization of statistics data, work with the regulatory framework.
Course content
The discipline consists of the following content modules:
- "Tasks and scientific foundations of the" green "economy" - topics 1-4 - study of the nature, types and features of the ecological and economic system, the principles of sustainable development, the formation of a model of sustainable consumption and environmentally responsible business. - "Practical aspects of the implementation of the concept of" green "economy in Ukraine" - topics 5-8 - approaches to the formation of climate-friendly urban infrastructure, regulations to ensure a green course at the global level.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Bondar O. I., Halushkina T. P., Unhurian P. Ya. “Green” Economy as the Basis for Greening Local Development. Kherson: OLDI-PLUS, 2022.
Melnyk L. H. “Green” Economy (EU Experience and Ukrainian Practice in Light of the 3rd and 4th Industrial Revolutions). Sumy: Univ. Knyha, 2021.
“Green” Investments in Sustainable Development: Global Experience and the Ukrainian Context. Kyiv: Zapovit, 2023.
Hatska L. P., Kharchenko T. B., Sahaidak Yu. A. Fundamentals of the “Green” Economy. Kyiv: Interservis, 2024.
Sustainable Development of Domestic Logistics Systems amid European Integration Transformations. Mariupol: PSTU, 2020.
Markina L. M. et al. Environmental Sustainable Development. Mykolaiv: NUS, 2021.
Sustainable Development: Theory, Methodology, Practice / ed. by L. H. Melnyk. 2nd ed. Sumy: Univ. Knyha, 2024.
Krysovatyi A. I. et al. Sustainable Development of Ukraine in the Context of Forming a New Global Economic and Financial Order. Ternopil: WUNU, 2022.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, organization of students’ independent work.
Assessment methods and criteria
Testing, oral questioning, completion of a case assignment (LO 1.1–1.3, 2.1–2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2): 60 points / 36 points.
Module test (LO 2.3, 4.1): 20 points / 12 points.
Final written test (LO 1.2, 2.2, 4.2): 20 points / 12 points.
Final Assessment
The final assessment takes the form of a written test. It is worth a maximum of 20 points and is held during one of the last seminar classes of the course. The student’s final grade for the course is the sum of points earned during the semester.
The pass/fail credit is awarded based on the student’s work throughout the entire semester.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Department of environmental management and entrepreneurship
Faculty of Economics
Faculty of Economics
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Department of environmental management and entrepreneurship
Faculty of Economics