Courses

The specialisation in Climate Change is offered by all four partner universities: LIFE, UHOH, SLU and BOKU. If you choose to specialise in Climate Change there are twelve possible 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 LIFE:  

                             Block 3 (15 ECTS)                                Block 4 (15 ECTS)

Semester 2 (spring)	Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (15 ECTS)
	Global Environmental Governance (7.5 or 10 ECTS) C Thematic course: Applied environmental and natural resources economics (7.5 ECTS (15 total)) A Block 3+4 One free elective course (7.5 ECTS) in Block 3 OR 4	Rural livelihoods, vulnerability and adaptation (7.5 ECTS) A *KU-Science Studying development: ethnographic cases in relation to climate change and natural disaster (7.5 ECTS) A/C *KU-Anthropology Thematic course: Applied environmental and natural resources economics (7.5 ECTS (15 total)) A Block 3+4 One free elective course (7.5 ECTS) in Block 3 OR 4
	Global Environmental Politics (10 or 20 ECTS) in  A Block 3 + 4 *KU-Social Sciences

 

* KU-Science, *KU-Anthropology and *KU-Social Sciences: The courses are taught at other KU faculties. To register please follow these guidelines.

 

 

ASP-1 at UHOH:

 

                                                                            30 ECTS

Semester 2 (summer)	Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (15 ECTS, e-learning, unblocked) Spatial Data Analysis with GIS (6 ECTS, Block 7)
	Environmental Science Project (6 ECTS, Block 9) Biodiversity, Plant and Animal Genetic Resources (6 ECTS, block 8) Renewable Energy for Rural Areas (6 ECTS, block 9) Elective modules Up to two modules may be chosen from the module catalogue of all master courses of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences

 

  

*) 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 at the same block.

 

 

ASP-1 at BOKU:

 

                                                                                  30  ECTS

ASP-2 at LIFE:

 

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

Semester 3 (fall)	Past Climate and Sea Level - Processes and Proxies (15 ECTS) A Block 1+2 *KU-Science
	Climate , Weather and Plants – (7.5 ECTS) C Simple Climate Models – (7.5 ECTS) B *KU-Science Climate changes – causes, effects, limitations and adaptation – (7.5 ECTS) C *KU-Science One free elective course (7.5 ECTS) in Block 1 OR 2 Climate Change and the Law *KU-Law – (10 ECTS) C	Ecological climatology & climate change – (7.5 ECTS) C *KU-Science Climate Change – effects on food and feed – (7.5 ECTS) C Urban Ecosystems: Structures, Functions and Designs - (7.5 ECTS) C From Plants to Bioenergy - (7.5 ECTS) B Thematic Course: Sustainable Forest and Natural Resource Management Planning A+C (15 ECTS) One free elective course (7.5 ECTS) in Block 1 OR 2

 

  

*KU-Science, *KU-Social Sciences and *KU-Law: The courses are taught at other KU Faculties. To register please follow these guidelines.

 

ASP-2 at UHOH:

                                                                             30 ECTS

Semester 3 (winter)

Air Pollution and Air Pollution Control (6 ECTS, block 1) Natural Resource Management (6 ECTS, Block 3) Global Change Issues (6 ECTS, block 4) Crop Production Affecting the Hydrological Cycle (6 ECTS, block 4) Remote Sensing (6 ECTS, *unblocked) Inland Water Ecosystems (6 ECTS, block 5) Economics and Environmental Policy (6 ECTS, *unblocked) Elective modules One module may be chosen from the module catalogue of all master courses of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences

 *) 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 at the same block.

 

 

ASP-2 at BOKU:

 

                                                                                 30  ECTS