Water Resources 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 March 2021.

The specialisation in Water Resources is offered by SLU and BOKU. If you choose to specialise in Water Resources there are two possible ways to combine the Basic Semester Package (BSP) and the Advanced Semester Packages (ASPs) in your Master Programme:

Option 1: SLU as Home university and BOKU as Host university

1. Semester: BSP at SLU
2. Semester: ASP-1 at SLU
3. Semester: ASP-2 at BOKU
4. Semester: Masters Thesis at BOKU 

or

Option 2: BOKU as Home university and SLU as Host university

1. Semester: BSP at BOKU
2. Semester: ASP-1 at BOKU
3. Semester: ASP-2 at SLU
4. Semester: Masters Thesis at SLU 

ASP-1 at SLU: Water Resources 1

 Block 3 (15 ECTS)  Block 4 (15 ECTS)

Semester 2

(spring)

  • Soil biology and biogeochemical cycles, (15 ECTS) 

  • Environmental assessment, (15 ECTS) 


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

ASP-1 at BOKU: Water Resources 1

You will find the BOKU courses (LV) in our teaching information system BOKUonline: https://online.boku.ac.at

Further information on how to look for courses at BOKU in general: http://www.boku.ac.at/int-in-boku-howtolookforcourses-en.html

30 ECTS

Semester 2

(summer)
  • Environmental Risk Analysis and Management VO (3 ECTS)
  • Rural water management (advanced) VO (3 ECTS)
  • Possible Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources VO (3 ECTS)
  • Planning and design in water supply and wastewater treatment UE (3 ECTS)
  • Application of GIS in hydrology and water management VO (3 ECTS)
  • Environmental chemistry SE (4.5 ECTS)*
  • Biology, chemistry and microbiology for civil engineering VU (3 ECTS)
  • Sediment regime and river morphology VO (3 ECTS)
  • Soil and water bioengineering - principle and applications VS (3 ECTS)
  • Selected methods of soil analysis PR (4 ECTS)
  • Protection and mitigation measures against natural hazards VX (3 ECTS)
  • Valuation methods for natural resources VO (3 ECTS)
  • Water resources management in developing co-operation VU (3 ECTS)
  • Industrial water management VO (3 ECTS)
  • Advanced topics on hydroclimatology US (3 ECTS)
  • Project management VU (3 ECTS)
  • Free elective course(s) (6 ECTS)


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

*Only offered every second year (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, ......)

ASP-2 at SLU: Water Resources 2

Block 1 (15 ECTS) Block 2 (15 ECTS)

Semester 3

(fall)

  • Soil water processes in agroecosystems, (15 ECTS)

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

  • Ecology for Fish Management and Conservation, (15 ECTS)
  • Research internship, (15 ECTS)
  • Environmental geochemistry, (15 ECTS)
  • Safe Nutrient Recycling, (15 ECTS)
  • Principles of fisheries science (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: No courses this semester are compulsory study activities, meaning all are elective study activities

ASP-2 at BOKU: Water Resources 2

You will find the BOKU courses (LV) in our teaching information system BOKUonline: https://online.boku.ac.at

Further information on how to look for courses at BOKU in general: http://www.boku.ac.at/int-in-boku-howtolookforcourses-en.html

30 ECTS

Semester 3

(winter)
  • Water Resources Planning and Management VO (3 ECTS)
  • On Site solutions for Water Supply and Sanitation VO (3 ECTS)
  • Master's Thesis Seminar SE (2 ECTS)**
  • Risk assessment in the aquatic environment VU (3 ECTS)
  • Integrated flood risk management VO (3 ECTS)
  • Computer based river modelling VU (3 ECTS)
  • Mountain forest climatology and headwater hydrology VU (4.5 ECTS)
  • Simulation in vadose zone environment VU (3 ECTS)
  • Irrigation design VU (3 ECTS)
  • Computing seminar on hydraulics and rural water management UE (4.5 ECTS)
  • Human impacts in riverine landscapes VO (2 ECTS)
  • Ecological river landscape management VO (2 ECTS)
  • Aquatic biomonitoring and -assessment VO (2 ECTS)
  • Development and application of water erosion models VO (2 ECTS)
  • Using water erosion models UE (3 ECTS)
  • Ecology of aquatic systems VO (3 ECTS)
  • Hydrological processes and modelling VU (3 ECTS)
  • Technology Assessment VS (3 ECTS)
  • Decision support systems SE (3 ECTS)
  • Free elective course(s) (6 ECTS)


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

** Associated with the Master's Thesis in the 4th semester -- compulsory