Global Environmental Management

Global Environmental Management is a one-semester programme lasting 18 weeks; eight weeks of self-study and ten weeks in Ghana, West Africa. Excellent lecturers and teachers provide lessons of high academic and educational quality. The programme is offered in cooperation with Oslo University College, and is credited as a full semester (30 ECTS – European Credit Transfer System).

Place: Cape Coast, Ghana
Duration: 10 weeks in Ghana pluss self-study
Semester: Spring/autumn
Credits: 30 (European Credit Transfer System)
Examination: Assignments
Programme fee: 4700 Euro
Includes: Study fee, room, breakfast, lunch
State loans: yes, in most European countries
Language of instruction: English

 

The overall objective of the program is to give students an interdisciplinary understanding of substantive issues of international environmental management in general and in the West African region in particular. These two dimensions are integrated in a mutually reinforcing way. The program provides a basis for discussions, critical analysis and reflection on the causes and dynamics of environmental problems and management of natural resources. The program provides the student with a balanced understanding of the theory and practice of environmental management practices. More specifically the students should acquire knowledge of:

  • The complex nature of important contemporary environmental issues
  • Institutions, organizations and other stakeholders in international environmental management, an their role in managing and regulating human impact on the environment
  • Central ideas, perspectives and debates in environmental management and planning
  • Challenges facing modern society in terms of the need to plan for a healthy environment and to manage it accordingly for a sustainable development
  • Economic, legal and social factors that impinge on decisions and actions at the interface between human activity and the environment
  • The interrelationships between economic and social development and impacts on the environment at a variety of scales, and how to produce effective and feasible solutions to policy and planning dilemmas
  • Skills and techniques designed to develop appropriate and feasible solutions to a range of complex, international environment related problems.

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