BSc Environmental Health

• Starting 2006/2007
• Starting before 2006/2007

About the Study Programme

Subject:

Environmental Studies

Location:

Bø

Duration:

3 year(s)

ECTS:

180

Stay abroad:

Sweden, Baltic countries, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Greece and several other universities in Europe.

Programme code:

220448

Application:

Application form

Language of instruction:

Read more in the curriculum

• Starting 2006/2007
• Starting before 2006/2007

Content:

This programme focuses on how various environmental conditions affect people’s health, emphasising the reduction of the risks involved. Themes include: infection risk, protection of water supply and waste management. 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 Foundations 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
Microbiology (10 ECTS). Water Supply, Drainage and Waste (10 ECTS). Noise Pollution and Air Hygiene (10 ECTS). Internal Controls, Health and Environmental Protection (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, ecotourism, hunting-quota administration, cultural landscape management, drinking water pollution, waste management and noise pollution.
In addition, graduates will be particularly well-qualified for consultancy positions concerned with environmentally focused health-protection, internal-control and foodstuffs control, Organisations of interest in this context include the Norwegian Food Safety Authority, the Ministry of Health, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, and the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority. The programme qualifies students for admission to the Masters programme in Environmental Health.