Environmental Impact Assesment
7.5 ECTS creditsThe course comprises the following components:
- presentation of the purpose and role of EIA in environmental politics,
- presentation of Swedish and European legislation regulating the use of EIA,
- presentation and problematisation of the components in the EIA-process (screening, scoping, choosing an option, investigating consequences and mitigating circumstances, assessment),
- presentation of the participatory aspect of the EIA-process,
- a specialisation assignment in an area chosen by the student in consultation with the supervisor.
The topic of the assignment must be related to the content described above.
- presentation of the purpose and role of EIA in environmental politics,
- presentation of Swedish and European legislation regulating the use of EIA,
- presentation and problematisation of the components in the EIA-process (screening, scoping, choosing an option, investigating consequences and mitigating circumstances, assessment),
- presentation of the participatory aspect of the EIA-process,
- a specialisation assignment in an area chosen by the student in consultation with the supervisor.
The topic of the assignment must be related to the content described above.
Progressive specialisation:
G1N (has only upper‐secondary level entry requirements)
Education level:
Undergraduate level
Admission requirements
General admission requirements
Selection:
Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.
This course is included in the following programme
- Master Programme in Biology: Ecology and Conservation Biology (studied during year 2)
- Biology programme (studied during year 3)
- Master of Science in Energy and Environmental Engineering (studied during year 4)
- Master of Science in Engineering, Degree Programme in Environmental and Energy Engineering (studied during year 1)