Environmental Management Courses

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PLEASE NOTE: The below curriculum is provided for reference only, pending final approval from the relevant study board at each university. Updated May 2020.

The specialisation in Environmental Management is offered by  UHOH and SLU . You just have to take the BSP and the ASP-1 at one of the universities (the Home university), and the ASP-2 at another of the universities (the Host university). The Masters thesis must be conducted at your Host university. 

ASP-1 at SLU: Environmental Management 1

Block  3 (15 ECTS) Block 4 (15 ECTS)

Semester 2

(spring)

  • Conflict, democracy and facilitation (15 ECTS)
  • Environmental assessment (15 ECTS)
  • Field course in collaboration and learning in natural resource management (15 ECTS)


NOTE: No courses this semester are compulsory study activities, meaning all are elective study activities

ASP-1 at UHOH: Environmental Management - Agricultural Landscapes

30 ECTS

Semester 2

(summer)
  • Spatial Data Analysis with GIS (% practical work: 60%) (7.5 ECTS, Block 1) 
  • Integrated Agricultural Production Systems (7.5 ECTS, Block 2)
  • Biodiversity, and Genetic Resources (7.5 ECTS, Block 2)
  • Renewable Energy for Rural Areas (7.5 ECTS, Block 3)
  • Landscape Change, Resilience, and Ecosystem Services (7.5 ECTS, Block 3)
  • Irrigation and drainage technology (7.5 ECTS, Block 4)
  • Fertilisation and Soil Fertility Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (7.5 ECTS, e-learning, by arrangement)


ASP 1 consists of Blocked Modules - these run for four weeks in either of the block periods (1, 2, 3, 4).  No two blocked modules can be taken during the same block period.

NOTE: Highlighted courses are compulsory study activities, in addition students have to select two of the semi-elective modules plus one elective module. The elective module may be freely chosen from the module catalogue of all master courses of the Faculty of Agricultural Science and the Faculty of Natural Science.

Module descriptions can be found in the module catalogue at UHOH

ASP-2 at SLU: Environmental Management 2

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

Semester 3

(fall)

  • Soils of the world and sustainable water and soil management, (15 ECTS)

  • Introduction to environmental communication - Society, social interaction and communicative skills, (15 ECTS)

  • The Context and Process of Research I: Theories and Methods, (7.5 ECTS) 1a
  • The Context and Process of Research II: Theories and Methods, (7.5 ECTS) 1b
  • The Process of Research: Qualitative Methods, Data Analysis and Academic Writing, (15 ECTS) *
  • Governance of Natural Resources, (15 ECTS)
  • Communication theory and strategy (15 ECTS)
  • Land use and watershed management to reduce eutrophication, (7.5 ECTS) 2a
  • Geographic information systems for environmental and natural science studies, (7.5 ECTS) 2b


NOTE: *The course The Process of Research: Qualitative Methods, Data Analysis and Academic Writing is mandatory if you want to write a MSc thesis with social science methodology. Otherwise, courses are free elective

ASP-2 at UHOH: Modeling and real world application (Environmental management)

30 ECTS

Semester 3

(winter)
  • Farm System Modeling* (6 ECTS)
  • Poverty and Development Strategies* (6 ECTS)
  • Economics and Environmental Policy (6 ECTS)
  • Waste Management and Waste Techniques  (6 ECTS)
  • Ethical Reflection on Food and Agriculture (6 ECTS)


*Courses marked with an asterisk are to be taken together.

ASP2 at UHOH consists of unblocked modules (i.e. i.e. these run throughout the entire lecture period).

NOTE: Courses listed above are semi-elective. Students have to select four of the semi-elective modules plus one elective module. The elective module may be freely chosen from the module catalogue of all master courses of the Faculty of Agricultural Science and the Faculty of Natural Science.

Module descriptions can be found in the module catalogue at UHOH