course-details-portlet

RFEL3081

Natural Resources Management, Interdisciplinary Project

Credits 7.5
Level Second degree level
Course start Autumn 2010
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Examination arrangement Assignment

About

About the course

Course content

The students of the masterprogram Natural Resources Management are working together in groups with different background. The aspects of the project are to be relevant to management of natural resources, first of all as a concrete case.
An alternative for the Interdisciplinary project could be a review of scientific articles concerning study of litterature dealing with aspects related to issues the student is studying at the master thesis.

Learning outcome

The major goal of this course is to place the students in a working situation where he will have to approach a problem related to the management of natural resources together with students having different qualification. The specificity of this course resides in the collaborative work and the handling of concrete problems over the wide field of natural resources including biological, geological, geographical and energy resources with the socio-economic aspect intertwined in each of them.

Learning methods and activities

Approval of the project work and oral presentation of the project.

Compulsory assignments

  • Participation of the project

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

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Biology

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Assignment
Grade: Passed/Failed

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2010

Assignment
Weighting 100/100