BSc Environmental Studies
Location: Bø
Duration: 3 years
ECTS Credits:180
Study abroad: Exchange agreements in Sweden, Baltic countries, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Greece and in several other universities in Europe.
Entrance requirements: General admissions requirements for Norwegian colleges and universities apply, with addition requirements in Mathematics (2MX/3MZ), Physics (3FY), Chemistry (3KJ) & Biology (3BI). There is a course for those applicants that do not have the scientific subjects.
Qualification: BSc Environmental Studies
Programme Code: SO 220 388
Content:
This programme covers ecological and management conditions regarding vegetation, fresh water fish and game, and how various landscapes and conservation areas in Norway should be cared for in accordance with the relevant legislation. The programme will enable students to use computer-based maps in land use planning and managing natural resources. In the first year the course in Landscape Foundation can be replaced by Mathematics for Ecologists.
Year 1
Biology and Environment (20 ECTS). Man and Environment (10 ECTS). Outdoor Life, Hunting and Fishing (10 ECTS). Man and Nature (10 ECTS). Landscape Foundation (10 ECTS)/Mathematics for Ecologists (10 ECTS). Year 1 is equivalent to Nature and Outdoor Life, 1 year programme.
Year 2
Land-Use Management and Municipal Planning (10 ECTS). General Chemistry (10 ECTS). Chemistry of Living Organisms (5 ECTS). Mathematics for Ecologists (10 ECTS). Statistics I (5 ECTS). Water Resources (20 ECTS).
Year 3
Vegetation Ecology (10 ECTS). Fresh Water Fisheries and Water Resource Management (10 ECTS). Game Ecology and Management (10 ECTS). Conservation Biology (10 ECTS). Geographical Analysis (10 ECTS), Elective course (10 ECTS).
Careers / further study
Graduates may find positions in public management, the private sector, schools and in organisations such as the Norwegian Tourist Board. Fields of work may include development, biological mapping, protection of natural areas, outdoor activities management, eco-tourism, hunting-quota administration, cultural landscape management, drinking water pollution, waste management and noise pollution.
In addition, graduates will be particularly well qualified for management and planning positions within the sphere of environmental protection and nature conservation. The programme qualifies students for admission to the Masters programme in Environmental Health.