Course - Scientific Research Seminar in Natural Resource Management - RFEL3080
Scientific Research Seminar in Natural Resource Management
About
About the course
Course content
Scientific seminars and guest lectures based on subjects of Management of Natural Resources. Among the seminars some will be literature seminars based on scientific papers while the majority of seminars will be given as project presentations by the master students. For approval the student will have to give two presentations during the master study, the first one early in the study to discuss the scientific plan, the other one late in the study to discuss the results of the student's project. Attendance in this course is compulsory for the students.
Guest lectures will be given by senior researchers, mainly international guests. All teachers and studentadvisors involved in the program is to attain the seminars.
Learning outcome
The main goal of this course is to give the students an overview and acquaintance of current issues within the field of management of natural resources. This includes both management challenges and related research tasks. The course spans over the wide field of natural resources including biological, geological and energy resources with the socio-economic aspect intertwined in each of them.
Additonally, the course should train the students in project presentation, formulation of project goals, hypotheses and scientific argumentation.
Learning methods and activities
Seminars
Compulsory assignments
- Participation of min. 75% of all seminars and 2 presentations
Required previous knowledge
Admitted participant in Master of Science in Natural Resources Management
Course materials
To be announced
Subject areas
- Biology
- Geography
- Geology
- Chemistry
- Natural Resources Management
- Economics
- Social Anthropology
- Sociology
- Statistics
- Political Science