Climate Change 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 November 2022.

The specialisation in Climate Change is offered by two partner universities: UHOH (ASP-2 only) and BOKU. If you choose to specialise in Climate Change there are a number of ways to combine the Basic Semester Package (BSP) and the Advanced Semester Packages (ASPs) in your Master Programme. 

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 the Host university.

ASP-1 at BOKU: Climate change (preliminary course list)

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) 
  • Possible Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources VO (3 ECTS)
  • Meteorological Hazards and Climate Extremes VU (3 ECTS)
  • Grand challenges in climate research VS (3 ECTS)
  • Urban Climate and Environmental Meteorology VS (3 ECTS)
  • Urban Climate and Environmental Meteorology UE (3 ECTS)
  • Mountain risk engineering VX (6 ECTS)
  • Advanced topics on hydrology US (3 ECTS)
  • Environmental risk analysis and management VO (3 ECTS)
  • Protection and mitigation measures against natural hazards VX (3 ECTS)
  • Globalisation and rural development VO (3 ECTS)
  • Valuation methods for natural resources VO (3 ECTS)
  • Ecologically oriented methods and monitoring in river engineering VU (3 ECTS)
  • Remote sensing and image processing VU (6 ECTS)
  • Resource and environmental economics VO (3 ECTS)
  • Application of GIS in hydrology and water management VO (3 ECTS)
  • Flood forecasting and flood protection SE (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

ASP-2 at UHOH: The Science of Climate Change

30 ECTS

Semester 3

(winter)
  • Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation  (15 ECTS, e-learning)
  • Weather and Climate Physics (6 ECTS)
  • Global Change Issues (6 ECTS)
  • Environmental Modelling (6 ECTS)


ASP2 at UHOH consists of unblocked modules - these are running throughout the entire lecture 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 BOKU: Climate change (preliminary course list)

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)
  • Meteorological Conditions and Precipitation VS (3 ECTS)
  • Climate change scenarios and regional impact VO (3 ECTS)
  • Master's Thesis Seminar SE (2 ECTS)**
  • Interdisciplinary seminar on agriculture, climate change and transition SE (3 ECTS)
  • Interfacing climate and climate models VU (2 ECTS)
  • Meteorological data analysis and visualization VU (3 ECTS)
  • Selected projects in meteorology UE (3 ECTS)
  • Weather, climate and society VU (3 ECTS)
  • Ethnopedology, ethnometeorology and ethnoclimatology: Local knowledge about soil, weather and climate change VS (3 ECTS)
  • Modelling of mountain forest ecosystems VS (2.5 ECTS)
  • Seminar in global change and ecosystems SE (2 ECTS)
  • Integrated flood risk management VO (3 ECTS)
  • Adapting forest management to climate change VS (2 ECTS)
  • Risk assessment in the aquatic environment VU (3 ECTS)
  • Mountain forest climatology and headwater hydrology VU (4.5 ECTS)
  • Technology assessment VS (3 ECTS)
  • Risk management and vulnerability assessment VS (3 ECTS)
  • Soil conservation and soil protection VU (3 ECTS)
  • Disaster management VO (2 ECTS)
  • Innovations for sustainable forest management VS (4 ECTS)
  • Gender, food systems and natural resources VS (6 ECTS)
  • Social ecology and sustainable development VO (3 ECTS)
  • Remote sensing and GIS in natural resource management UE (3 ECTS)
  • Statistics of extreme events and geostatistics VS (3 ECTS)
  • Foresights – what future to expect? (Late lessons from early warnings) VO (2 ECTS)
  • Climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation SE (15 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