Common courses

As students have a wide range of backgrounds, common courses provide a general overview of different disciplines relevant to natural resources. The aim of the common courses is to provide an overview on natural resources management, economics, project management and the regional and institutional context.

Phase  

Courses

ECTS

Year 1

Introduction to sustainable resource management

4

Research methods and scientific communication

4

Project management

3

Applied statistics and data modeling

4.5

GIS and remote sensing

4.5

Law on natural resources and environment

5

Tropical aquatic and terrestrial ecology

5

Biodiversity conservation

5

Climate change adaptation and mitigation

5

Year 2

Environmental pollution and sanitation

5

Economy and valuation of natural resources

5

Water resources management

5

Spatial planning

5

Renewable energy

5

Year 3

Integrated project natural resource management

5

Thesis preparation

5

Thesis

5