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

 

BSP at LIFE

 

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

1  semester (fall)	Environmental Management in Europe (15 ECTS)
	Exploratory Data Analysis/Chemometrics (7.5 ECTS) C Qualitative Methods in Agricultural Development (7.5 ECTS) A Climate, Weather and Plants (7.5 ECTS) C Landscape Ecology (7.5 ECTS) B Natural Resource Sampling and Modelling (7.5 ECTS) B Research Planning (7.5 ECTS) C	Applied Statistics (7.5 ECTS) A Applied Forest and Natural Resource Economics (7.5 ECTS) C Conflict Management (7.5 ECTS) A

 

 

BSP at UHOH

 

                                                                            30 ECTS

1  semester (winter term)	Environmental Management in Europe (15 ECTS) Matter Cycling in Agroecosystems (6 ECTS) Block 3 Quantitative Methods in Biosciences (Part: Basic Statistics) (3 ECTS) unblocked*
	Global Change Issues (6 ECTS) Block 4 Land Use Economics (6 ECTS) Block 4  Crop Production Affecting the Hydrological Cycle (6 ECTS) Block 4  Inland Water Ecosystems (6 ECTS) Block 5	Remote Sensing (6 ECTS) unblocked*

 

*) unblocked modules are running throughout the whole semester with attendance times in the morning hours, blocked modules are running for a period of 3 ½ weeks each with attendance times in the afternoon hours. Blocks 1-5 are in the winter term, and blocks 6-10 in the summer term. It is not possible to take two modules within one semester that are scheduled in the same block.

 

BSP at SLU

 

                         Block 1a+1b (15 ECTS)                Block 2a+2b (15 ECTS)   

1  semester (fall)	Environmental Management in Europe (15 ECTS)
	Introduction to Ecology (5 ECTS) Society, Nature and Change (5 ECTS) Statistics for Biologists I (7.5 ECTS) Learning, perspectives and knowledge in Natural Resource Management (10 ECTS) Water and Solute Transport in the Soil-Plant system (10 ECTS) Student projects (Variable ECTS)	Governance of Natural Resources (5 ECTS) System, model and simulation (5 ECTS) Agricultural cropping systems (5 ECTS) Strategies in sustainable Natural Resource Management (10 ECTS) Soil and Water Chemistry (10 ECTS) Soil Biology (5 ECTS) Student projects (Variable ECTS)

 

 

BSP at BOKU

 

                                                                           30 ECTS

1  semester (winter)

Environmental Management in Europe (15 ECTS) Introduction to Water and Soil (1.5 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 Decisions Making in Natural Resource Management (3 ECTS) Science of Natural Mountain Disasters (4.5 ECTS) Institutions and Policies of the EU* (Introduction to the Law and Policies of the European Union) (3 ECTS) Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment (3 ECTS)** Technology Assessment (3 ECTS) Technology Assessment (1.5 ECTS) Social Studies of Risk (3 ECTS) Free elective course (3 ECTS)

*currently offered only in summer semester

**prerequisite for Planning and Design in Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment (compulsory course part of ASP1 Water Resources at BOKU)

 

Colors represent:

 

Compulsory study activities

 

Elective study activities

 

 A,B,C: week structure at LIFE