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Composition of the Study Programme

Degree

Master of Science (MSc)
Jointly awarded by Justus Liebig University Giessen and University College Dublin

 

Duration of studies

3 semesters (16 months) – 120 credit points (cp)

 

Composition of degree programme

Graduates will be equipped with three generic skill sets:
• Global change science (climate change, ecosystem research, biodiversity, land use change, resource management etc.),
• Policy and communication (policy and law, regulation and governance, stakeholder involvement, policy advice etc.),
• Data management, analysis and reporting (research methods, data collection, data analysis and evaluation, modelling etc.)
The Master's course comprises 12 core modules and two optional modules:
UCD modules, 35 credit points:
Core modules:

  • Global Change Ecology – Introduction (5 cp)
    Quantitative Methods (5 cp)
    Plant-Atmosphere Climate Interaction (5 cp)
    Science and Policy (5 cp)
    Environmental Impact Assessment (5cp)
    Environmental Law and Policy (5 cp)
  • Optional module (5 cp), e.g.:
    Biodiversity (5 cp)
    Peatland and Environmental Change (5 cp)

 

 

JLU modules, 35 credit points:

Core modules:

  • Global Change: Modelling and Advanced Techniques (5 cp)
  • Research in Ecology (3 cp)
  • Policy Consultancy (6 cp)
  • Resource Economics and Environmental Management (6 cp)
  • Biodiversity Informatics (3 cp)
  • Man in Past Climates and Climate Change Impacts (6 cp)

Optional module (6 cp), e.g.:

  • Methods in Global Change Research (3 cp)
  • Stress Ecology (3 cp)
  • Adaptation to Global Change (3 cp)
  • Evolutionary Biology (3 cp)
  • Human Health Impacts of Climate Change: the International Dimension (6 cp)
  • Political Consulting – Environmental Policy and Development Cooperation (6 cp)

 

Module Work Placement (20 cp)

 

Module Research Project/Thesis (30 cp)