2025 Basic Semester Package (BSP) at WU, UHOH, SLU and BOKU

PLEASE NOTE: The below curriculum is provided for reference only, pending final approval from the relevant study board at each university. Updated November 2024.

BSP at WU

NOTE: Highlighted (green) courses are compulsory study activities while the rest are elective study activities. All courses are eligible, below we show recommended courses for the different specialisations

Block 1 (15 ECTS) Block 2 (15 ECTS)

1. semester

(fall)
  • Environmental Management in Europe (WU) (15 ECTS)
  • Course no 1 (7.5 ECTS)
  • Course no 2 (7.5 ECTS)
  • Course no 1 (7.5 ECTS)
  • Course no 2 (7.5 ECTS)

 

BSP at UHOH

NOTE: Highlighted (green) courses are compulsory study activities while the rest are elective study activities. All courses are eligible, below we show recommended courses for the different specialisations

30 ECTS

 1. semester

(winter term)
  • Environmental Management in Europe (UHOH) (15 ECTS)
  • Environmental Modelling (practical work: 50%) (6 ECTS)
  • Quantitative Methods in Bioscience (Basic Statistics) (practical work: 50%) (6 ECTS)

  • Two more elective modules have to be taken (at least 10.5 ECTS). They may be freely chosen from the module catalogue of all master courses of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences

The BSP at UHOH consists of unblocked modules (i.e. these run throughout the entire lecture period).

 

BSP at SLU

NOTE: Highlighted (green) courses are compulsory study activities while the rest are elective study activities. All courses are eligible, below we show recommended courses for the different specialisations

Recommended BSP courses for the Environmental Management specialisation at SLU
Period 1 (15 ECTS)

Period 2 (15 ECTS)
  for some courses divided into 2a and 2b

1 semester

(fall)
  • Environmental Management in Europe (SLU) (15 ECTS)
  • Rurality, Livelihood and Gender (15 ECTS)
  • Food waste - current situation and future opportunities (7.5 ECTS) 1a
  • Introduction to environmental communication - Society, social interaction and communicative skills (15 ECTS) 1
  • Sustainable technologies for low and medium income countries (7.5 ECTS, at 25% during whole semester) 
  • Land use and watershed management to reduce eutrophication (7.5 ECTS) 2a 2
  • Models for sustainable water management (7.5 ECTS) 2a

  • Geographic information systems for environmental and natural science studies (7.5 ECTS) 2b

  • Governance of natural resources (15 ECTS)
  • Communication theory and strategy (15 ECTS) 2

Recommended BSP courses for the Soil Resources and Land Use specialisation at SLU
Period 1 (15 ECTS)

Period 2 (15 ECTS)
  for some courses divided into 2a and 2b

 
  • Environmental Management in Europe (SLU) (15 ECTS)

1 semester

(fall)
  • Soil water processes in agroecosystems (15 ECTS) 2
  • Soils of the world, and sustainable water and soil management (15 ECTS) 2

  • Land use and watershed management to reduce eutrophication (7.5 ECTS) 2a 2

  • Models for sustainable water management (7.5 ECTS) 2a

  • Geographic information systems for environmental and natural science studies (7.5 ECTS) 2b

  • Environmental geochemistry (15 ECTS) 2

Recommended BSP courses for the Water Resources specialisation at SLU
Period 1 (15 ECTS) Period 2 (15 ECTS)
  for some courses divided into 2a and 2b

1 semester

(fall)
  • Environmental Management in Europe (SLU) (15 ECTS)
  • Sustainable technologies for low and medium income countries (7.5 ECTS, at 25% during whole semester)
  • Ecology for Fish Management and Conservation (15 ECTS) 2

  • Soil water processes in agroecosystems (15 ECTS) 2

  • Land use and watershed management to reduce eutrophication (7.5 ECTS) 2a 2

  • Models for sustainable water management (7.5 ECTS) 2a

  • Geographic information systems for environmental and natural science studies (7.5 ECTS) 2b

  • Principles of fisheries science (15 ECTS) 2
  • Environmental geochemistry (15 ECTS) 2

1)  Recommended if next course is Communication theory and strategy.
2) Course with prerequisites. Check the individual course web page on the SLU web

BSP at BOKU

NOTE: Highlighted (green) courses are compulsory study activities while the rest are elective study activities. All courses are eligible, below we show recommended courses for the different specialisations

30 ECTS

1 semester

(winter)
  • Environmental Management in Europe (BOKU) (E-Learning, European environmental law and administration) - including introduction days SE (15 ECTS)
  • Lecture series in Soil, Water and Atmosphere VO (3 ECTS) 
  • Remote Sensing and GIS in Natural Resource Management, VO (3 ECTS)
  • Remote Sensing and GIS in Natural Resource Management, UE (3 ECTS)
  • Multiple criteria decision making in natural resource management VS (3 ECTS)
  • Technology assessment VS (3 ECTS)
  • Mountain hazard processes VX (6 ECTS)
  • Decision support systems SE (3 ECTS)
  • International land management VS (1.5 ECTS)
  • Geo-data management VU (3 ECTS)
  • On site solutions for water supply and sanitation VO (3 ECTS)
  • Formulation of questions and experimental design in ecological research VS (4.5 ECTS)
  • Seminar in global change and ecosystems SE (2 ECTS)
  • Scientific methods and writing skills VS (1 ECTS)
  • Protection of natural resources by organic farming VS (3 ECTS)
  • Soil physics and chemistry VO (3 ECTS)
  • Plant and environment VO (3 ECTS)
  • Meteorological Conditions and Precipitation VS (3 ECTS)