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 December 2024.

The specialisation in Climate Change is offered by one partner university: 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

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 SE (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 SE (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 VU (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-1 at WU: Climate Change (preliminary list of courses)

 

Semester 3

(autumn)
  • Boundary-layer Processes, RO5 (6 ECTS)
  • Biogeochemical Cycles and Climate Change Mitigation, RO5 (6 ECTS)
  • Atmospheric Dynamics, RO5 (6 ECTS)
  • Atmospheric Composition and Air Quality, RO5 (6 ECTS)
  • Clouds in Present and Changing Climate, RO5 (6 ECTS)
  • Urban Hydrometeorology, RO5 (6 ECTS)
  • Earth System Modelling, RO5 (6 ECTS)
  • Atmospheric Practical, RO5 (6 ECTS)
  • Atmospheric Modelling, RO5 (6 ECTS)
  • Catchment and Climate Hydrology, RO5 (6 ECTS)
  • Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Composition, RO5 (6 ECTS)
  • Field Training Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Interactions, RO5 (6 ECTS)

NOTE: 18 ECTS have to be covered from above restricted elective courses. 
Ask at enveuro@wur.nl for course details

ASP-2 at BOKU: Climate change

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 VS (3 ECTS)

Master's Thesis Seminar SE (2 ECTS)**

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 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)

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

ASP-2 at WU: Climate Change (preliminary list of courses)

 

Semester 3

(autumn)
  • Academic Consultancy + modulal skills training RO1-1 (12 ECTS) 
    • or 
  • Design of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies RO1-2 (12 ECTS)
  • Interdisciplinary Topics in Earth and Environment, RO9 (6 ECTS)
  • Environmental Data Collection and Analysis, RO9 (6 ECTS)
  • Boundary-layer Processes, RO9 (6 ECTS)
  • Biogeochemical Cycles and Climate Change Mitigation, RO9 (6 ECTS)
  • Atmospheric Dynamics, RO9 (6 ECTS)
  • Atmospheric Composition and Air Quality, RO9 (6 ECTS)
  • Clouds in Present and Changing Climate, RO9 (6 ECTS)
  • Urban Hydrometeorology, RO9 (6 ECTS)
  • Earth System Modelling, RO9 (6 ECTS)
  • Atmospheric Practical, RO9 (6 ECTS)
  • Atmospheric Modelling, RO9 (6 ECTS)
  • Catchment and Climate Hydrology, RO9 (6 ECTS)
  • Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Composition, RO9 (6 ECTS)
  • Field Training Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Interactions, RO9 (6 ECTS)

NOTE: 18 ECTS have to be covered from above restricted elective courses. 
Ask at enveuro@wur.nl for course details