Environmental risk management
15.0 ECTS creditsInstruction is in the form of lectures, seminars, exercises, and supervised group work in which students address current issues in the environmental risk area from problem formulation to finished report. An excursion provides an overview and current examples of causal relations as well as the management of environmental risks.
The course comprises the following components:
- further study of causal relations of current environmental risks in the perspectives of natural science, social sciences, and the humanities,
- further study of technical measures and societal strategies for managing complex environmental risks,
- a method for addressing current issues in the field,
- introduction to analytical frameworks in environmental studies and risk management, and
- introduction to working professionally in teams.
The course comprises the following components:
- further study of causal relations of current environmental risks in the perspectives of natural science, social sciences, and the humanities,
- further study of technical measures and societal strategies for managing complex environmental risks,
- a method for addressing current issues in the field,
- introduction to analytical frameworks in environmental studies and risk management, and
- introduction to working professionally in teams.
Progressive specialisation:
G1F (has less than 60 credits in first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)
Education level:
Undergraduate level
Admission requirements:
Registered for 30 ECTS credits in Environmental Science or Risk and Environmental Studies, including 20 ECTS credits completed, or equivalent
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
- Environment and Safety (studied during year 1)