2021 Basic Semester Package (BSP) at UCPH, UHOH, SLU and BOKU

PLEASE NOTE: The below curriculum is approved by the study board at each university. Updated March 2021.

BSP at UCPH

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

1. semester

(fall)
  • Environmental Management in Europe (UCPH) (15 ECTS)
  • Soil and Water Pollution – Concepts and Theory (7.5 ECTS) C
  • Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (7.5 ECTS) B
  • Advanced Analytical Chemistry - Sampling and Sample Preparation (7.5 ECTS) A
  • Plants in Populations and Communities (7.5 ECTS) C
  • Planning Interdisciplinary Research (7.5 ECTS) C
  • Experimental Soil Analysis (7.5 ECTS) A
  • Applied Statistics: From data till Results (7.5 ECTS) B
  • Landscape and Restoration Ecology (7.5 ECTS) B
  • Applied Microbiology (7.5 ECTS) A
  • Conflict Management (7.5 ECTS) A
  • Soil and Water Pollution – Experimental Assessment (7.5 ECTS) C
  • Advanced Analytical Chemistry - Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry (7.5 ECTS) A

 
A,B,C: week structure at UCPH

NOTE: Highlighted courses are compulsory study activities while the rest are elective study activities

BSP at UHOH

30 ECTS

 1. semester

(winter term)
  • Environmental Management in Europe (UHOH)(15 ECTS)
  • Environmental Modelling (% practical work: 50%) (6 ECTS)
  • Quantitative Methods in Bioscience (Part 1: Basic Statistics) (% practical work: 50%) (3 ECTS)

  • One additional module has to be taken (6 ECTS). This may be freely chosen from the module catalogue of all master courses of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and the Faculty of Natural Sciences


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

NOTE: Highlighted courses are compulsory study activities while the rest are elective study activities
 

BSP at SLU

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

1 semester

(fall)
  • Environmental Management in Europe (SLU) (15 ECTS)
  • Rurality, Livelihood and Gender (15 ECTS)
  • Introduction to environmental communication - Society, social interaction and communicative skills (15 ECTS)
  • Ecology for Fish Management and Conservation (15 ECTS)

  • Soil water processes in agroecosystems (15 ECTS)

  • Food waste - current situation and future opportunities, (7.5 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

  • Sustainable technologies for agriculture in low- and medium income countries (7.5 ECTS) 2b

  • Principles of Fisheries Science (15 ECTS)
  • Governance of Natural Resources (15 ECTS)
  • Environmental geochemistry (15 ECTS ECTS)
  • Communication theory and strategy (15 ECTS)
  • Agricultural cropping systems (7.5 ECTS) 2b


NOTE: Highlighted courses are compulsory study activities while the rest are elective study activities

BSP at BOKU

30 ECTS

1 semester

(winter)
  • Environmental Management in Europe (BOKU) (E-Learning, European environmental law and administration) - including introduction week 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)
  • Soil physics and chemistry VO (3 ECTS)
  • Plant and environment VO (3 ECTS)
  • Meteorological Conditions and Precipitation VS (3 ECTS)

 

NOTE: Highlighted courses are compulsory study activities while the rest are elective study activities