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 March 2024.

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

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

Period 3 (15 ECTS) Period 4 (15 ECTS)

Semester 2

(spring)

  • Conflict, democracy and facilitation (15 ECTS)
  • Environmental assessment (15 ECTS) 1
  • Engaging critically with environmental governance practices (15 ECTS)

1) Course with prerequisites. Check the individual course web page on the SLU web

ASP-1 at UHOH: Agricultural Landscapes (Environmental Management)

30 ECTS

Semester 2

(summer)
  • Spatial Data Analysis with GIS (7.5 ECTS, Block 1) 
  • Integrated Agricultural Production Systems (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)
  • Environmental Science Project (7.5 ECTS, Block 4).


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

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

Period 1 (15 ECTS) Period 2 (15 ECTS) 
 for some courses divided into 2a and 2b

Semester 3

(fall)

  • Soils of the world and sustainable water and soil management, (15 ECTS) 1

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

  • Rurality, Livelihood and Gender (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 1
  • The Process of Research: Qualitative Methods, Data Analysis and Academic Writing, (15 ECTS) 2

  • Governance of natural resources, (15 ECTS)
  • Communication theory and strategy (15 ECTS) 1
  • Land use and watershed management to reduce eutrophication, (7.5 ECTS) 2a 1
  • Models for sustainable water management (7.5 ECTS) 2a
  • Geographic information systems for environmental and natural science studies, (7.5 ECTS) 2b

1) Course with prerequisites. Check the individual course web page on the SLU web
2) Mandatory if you want to write a MSc thesis with social science methodology



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 at least two of the semi-elective modules. Additional elective modules may be freely chosen from the module catalogue of all master courses of the Faculty of Agricultural Science and the Faculty of Natural Science so that a total of 30 credits is reached.

Module descriptions can be found in the module catalogue at UHOH