Environment and Global Change (BSc)
Taught in German
Overview
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Number of enrolled students
451 students are enrolled in this bachelor degree course (as of winter semester 2017/18).
Accreditation
since 28 September 2007
- Overview
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Contents
The Environmental Management BSc programme trains students to understand, analyse and evaluate current environmental problems using methods from the fields of science, economics, social sciences and law. To meet the challenges of the future, environmental interests need integrated planning, organisation and management. The growing need of a globalised world for environmental goods - food, drinking water, service water, energy and raw materials, biodiversity - calls for sustainability-focused ideas which are compatible with environmentally friendly processes and cycles.
This programme of studies concentrates particularly on the issues of landscape analysis and resource management. Given this focus, agriculture plays a prominent role, since it constitutes the most major use of land with many and varied effects on the environment.
This degree programme gives students a solid grounding in chemistry, physics, mathematics, statistics, microbiology, ecology, soil science, hydrology, environmental chemistry, waste management and agriculture. From the third semester onwards, students have available to them modules in economics and planning as well as the opportunity to specialise.Subject-specific prerequisites
This interdisciplinary programme of studies requires students to be flexible and interested particularly in scientific, sociological, economic and technical issues, methods and approaches.
Composition of the Study Programme
- Degree BSc
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Degree
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
- Duration of studies 6 Semester 180 Credit Points (CP)
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Duration of Studies
6 Semesters - 180 Credit Points (CP)
- Composition of the Study Programme
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Composition of degree programme
The course content is divided into modules. Each module has a scope of 6 CP (4 semester hours per week) and concludes with an examination. The grades achieved in the individual module examinations result in the final degree grade. 15 of the modules are compulsory (core modules), 13 modules are profile modules and can be selected from the entire range of courses offered by the department. The Bachelor's thesis corresponds to the scope of two teaching modules.
Individual specialisation takes place through the choice of profile modules. The degree programme is successfully completed when all modules have been passed.
- Modules
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Study Plan
1st semester 2nd semester 3rd semester Chemistry Practical Training Physics Environmental Pollutants Fundamentals of Ecology and Soil Science Soil and Landscape Ecology Applied and Environmental Microbiology Biology Landscape Water Resources Sustainable Cycles and Waste Management
Economics and Business Administration I Agriculture and the Environment General and Molecular Microbiology Mathematics and Statistics Environmental Economics and Environmental Communication Specialisation Module 1 4th semester 5th semester 6th semester Management of Nature and Landscape Specialisation Module 6 Specialisation Module 11 Specialisation Module 2 Specialisation Module 7 Specialisation Module 12
Specialisation Module 3 Specialisation Module 8 Specialisation Module 13
Specialisation Module 4 Specialisation Module 9 Bachelor's dissertation Specialisation Module 5 Specialisation Module 10 Bachelor's dissertation Bachelor's dissertation
Almost half of the study time in the sixth semester is allotted to writing a dissertation. In the Bachelor's dissertation, students are expected to show within a limited time that they are capable of independent academic work.
Specialisation modules
The following specialisation modules might be chosen, for example:
- Landscape Ecology;
- Resource and Waste Management;
- Microbiology and Hydrology;
- Environmental Analysis and Geoinformatics;
- Agriculture, Environment and Nature Conservation,;
- Economy and Communication.
Practical application
Students may undertake a 20-week work placement (18 credit points) during their studies, allowing them to familiarise themselves with the realities of the professional sphere and help them find an area in which to specialise. The Placements Office maintains a database of suitable companies and institutions.
Application
- Commencement of Studies in the Winter Semester
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Commencement of studies
Only possible in the winter semester
- Entrance Requirements Abitur ohne Praktikumsnachweis
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Entrance requirements
- Applicants must have an Abitur (German school leaver's examination for university entrance) or equivalent. More on this...
- Certification of a pre-professional practical period is not required.
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Special regulations apply to foreign applicants or those who gained their university-entrance qualifications abroad. Read more...
- Application limited internally only winter semester
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Application for admission and registration
- The intake capacity is limited.
- Applications must be received by the JLU Student Secretariat by July 31. More on this...
Please note that the deadline for courses of study that are not limited can be extended. The deadline extensions will be published in the application portal.
- Special regulations apply to foreign applicants or those who gained their university-entrance qualifications abroad. Read more...
- The intake capacity is limited.
Career Options
- Career Options
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Options for further study at JLU
The following consecutive Master's degree is offered by JLU:
Additionally, JLU's Faculty 09 offers the following Master's degrees.
Career options
Having this degree in Environmental Management enables students to take up jobs which not only assume an understanding of the scientific problems associated with rural business but also allow them to put their knowledge of the environment and project-management skills to use in developing solutions for complex situations.
Their potential employers include industrial firms; service providers; associations, companies and organisations involved in development aid; companies monitoring the environment and its protection; as well as regional public service providers in the areas of water, waste and sewage. Career options also exist in the implementation of EU measures to maintain, develop and restore cultural landscapes through the environmentally aware practice of agriculture.
Further Information
- Further Information: Documents
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PDF documents for the courses of study
- Flyer (in German)
- Study guide (in German)
Examination- and study regulations
- Special regulations (in German)
(with module descriptions and module plans) (in English)
(Please note that only the German version of the modules is offical and legally binding. The english Version is for informative purposes only.) - General study regulations for modular and multi-stage study programmes
Courses offered in the course catalogue
- Electronical course catalogue (in German)
- Bachelor's Degree Programmes of Faculty 09
- International pages
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Please have a look at our International Pages for more information in English.
- Any Questions
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Any Questions?
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Contact
- Contact
- Subject Advisors
- Environmental Management
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Prof. Dr. Jan Siemens
Institut für Bodenkunde und Bodenerhaltung
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32
35392 Gießen
Tel.: 0641 - 99 37101
Office hours: by appointment
- Central Study Advisor
- Anja Staffler
- Central Student Services
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