Module: Environmental Management in Europe (EME) (3005-410)

Persons:

• Prof. Dr. Andreas Fangmeier (verantwortlich)
• Prof. Dr. Claudia Bieling (verantwortlich)

Degree Program:

• Environmental Science - Soil, Water, and Biodiversity (Regulations 2014) (Master, since 01.10.2014)
  1. Semester, compulsory
• Environmental Science - Soil, Water, and Biodiversity (Regulations 2019) (Master, since 01.04.2019)
  1. Semester, compulsory

Prerequisites for Attendance:

The tuition fee is 12.750 DKK for EU citizens (corresponds to approximately 1.700 euros) and 26.850 DKK for non-EU citizens (corresponds to approximately 3.600 euros). Only EnvEuro students are exempted from this fee.

Sprache:

English

ECTS:

15 credits

Frequency:

every winter semester

Length of the Module:

1 semester

Final examination:

written exam

Workload:

350-450 h

Professional competences:

After completion of the module, students are able to understand how insight and skills in natural sciences are used together with economics, law and planning in contributing to contemporary environmental management of natural resources.
Students comprehend how different tools and resources for environmental management are used to acquire knowledge about the state of the environment and solve environmental problems.
Students comprehend the background, the fundamental principles and the managerial approaches embedded in EU environental law. Students are able to apply environmental management tools and resources to analyse and discuss different EU environmental policy initatives.
The students reflect on own views on environmental ethics and on how environmental ethics and sustainability concepts of different stakeholders affect actual environmental policy in EU.
Students also reflect on different values among EU member states and between EU member states and other countries. They reflect on own learning and group discussions.

Key competences:

During the lecture the students work on environmental management across various disciplines. They work both independently and in groups. At the same time, the ability of students to work in a team as well as their communication and cooperation ability is promoted by the group work. For their group work they have to communicate with specialists from various fields. They also learn to find and communicate problem solutions tailored for Europe to stakeholders and policy makers while working on the seminar.

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For more detailed information about the course see: www.environmental-management.dk

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