MASTER’S IN ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT

Master's in Environmental Change: Analysis and Management Price: 30 € pre-enrolment + 48,8 €/credit + rates Admission: Graduate, architect or engineer Number of places: 40 Organized: Institute of the Environtment (UdG) University Master’s Programme (officially titled recognized by the Governments of Catalonia and Spain)

The Master’s is intended for university graduates who wish to specialise as professional analysts and managers of environmental problems, in private industry or public institutions and organisations. Master's in Environmental Change: Analysis and Management

The programme focuses on training professionals and researchers Aims to broaden the scientific, methodological and technical knowledge they need to analyse, diagnose and manage environmental change. Master's in Environmental Change: Analysis and Management

OBJECTIVES: Acquiring basic knowledge to analyse, diagnose and manage global environmental change. Acquiring basic knowledge to mitigate the impacts on society and the environment. Develop the skills, abilities and knowledge of instruments needed to respond to the problems created by environmental change and to facilitate adaptation to it. Master's in Environmental Change: Analysis and Management

Work on the analysis and the management of environmental changes from the a multiscalar approach It also seeks to identify adaptation processes and instruments for sustainable management based on the evaluation of adaptive strategies Master's in Environmental Change: Analysis and Management

One academic year Lessons in the afternoon Anual (from October to June) 60 ECTS-credits Languages: Catalan Spanish English Master's in Environmental Change: Analysis and Management

Places where the lessons will be done: Faculty of Arts (Campus Barri Vell) Faculty of Sciences (Campus Montilivi) Polytechnic School (Campus Montilivi) Master's in Environmental Change: Analysis and Management

TEACHERS OF THE MASTER Biology Environmental Sciences Phyisics Teachers of the different departments of UdG: Geography Mechanical Engineering Computer science, maths and stadistics Relations with teachers from other universities: Oregon State University (USA) University of Notre Dame (USA) Universitat de Barcelona Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Institute Française de Géopolitique University of Bergen (Norway) CSIC-Madrid Centro Inv. Ensenada (Mexico) Universidad de Pinar del Río (Cuba) Università di Urbino (Italy) Master's in Environmental Change: Analysis and Management

MANAGEMENT INSTRUMENTS MODULE (minimum 18 credits) ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ANALYSIS AND DIAGNOSIS MODULE (compulsory: 30 credits) FINAL MASTER’S PROJECT MODULE (12 credits) Topics Environmental Biology Environmental Physics Geography in spatial planning and environmental management Master's in Environmental Change: Analysis and Management

COMPULSORY MODULE (30 credits) ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ANALYSIS AND DIAGNOSIS  Scientific basis of climate change  Environmental impacts  Impact of and adaptation to human activity, the region and the landscape  Integrated practical placements Master's in Environmental Change: Analysis and Management

 GIS basics  GIS applications in environmental analysis  Multivariable analysis of environmental data  Environmental management models  Adaptation tools in urban and regional planning  Adaptation and mitigation: Geopolitical dimension and public regulation instruments  Tools for conservation biology  Fauna: adaptation and management  Flora: adaptation and management  Energy management  Environmental monitoring  Air pollution OPTIONAL MODULE (minimum 18 credits) MANAGEMENT INSTRUMENTS Master's in Environmental Change: Analysis and Management

A)The research may be conducted in a private company or the public administration. FINAL MASTER’S PROJECT MODULE (12 credits) PRÁCTICAS EN EMPRESA / PRÁCTICAS DE INVESTIGACIÓN B) Research one of the UdG research groups participating in the Doctoral Programme in the Environment. Master's in Environmental Change: Analysis and Management

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