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Sustainable Management of Aquatic Ecosystems
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Summary of the Profile
General Description:
Objective(s) of a study programme:
The main aim of the Ecology and Environmental Studies Master‘s (EESM) programme is to prepare higher qualification Ecologists (graduates) with strong emphasis on competencies that meet the requirements of the modern knowledge-based and information-based Lithuanian state and EU economy and to ensure the following main qualities of the curriculum: to reflect current and future labour market needs with special focus on the coastal zone, to provide graduates a competitive abilities, to ensure graduates to be prepared for positions in all European area, to ensure that graduates leave university with enough capacity and the motivation to continue their further studies and/or their learning throughout life, to allow international students and graduates mobility, to ensure graduates to be prepared for academic and research work
Learning outcomes:
Knowledge and Its Application:
1 will have knowledge on specific features, structure and functioning of marine and coastal ecosystems as well as skills to apply this knowledge in ecosystem analysis and management;
2 will have knowledge and ability to integrate classical concepts and modern ecological research methods in system analysis;
3 will have competence to integrate knowledge on interactions of anthropogenic and natural processes, socio-economic and legal aspects in analysis of marine and coastal environment exploitation.
4 will have specific knowledge in the fields of marine ecology and environmental management.
Research Skills:
1 will have needed competence and experience in identification of scientific problem and research tasks, selection of relevant methods and equipment, independent planning and conducting of research tasks.
2 will have experience in observation and measurement of quantitative and qualitative biological, physical and chemical properties, as well as systematic documentation of gained information.
Subject–Specific Skills:
1 will have skills to review and interpret professional information on specific topic, critically analyze it in a context of all possible information, use the legal and normative documents as well as develop clear and well grounded conclusions to support environmental management decisions and solving ecological problems of marine and coastal ecosystems;
2 will have experience in multivariate environmental data analysis using modern software and methods, as well as critically interpret and correctly present obtained results;
3 will have competence in application of holistic approach in decision making of environmental and process management, balancing costs, profits, security, quality, reliability and environmental impacts.
4 will have competence in recognition and analysis of scenarious and conflicts which occur during environmental management process; assess environmental risks and control mechanisms, carry out environmental impact assessments and provide qualified solutions.
Social Skills:
1 will have oral and written presentation skills to introduce research results to professional audience following standard rules accepted in scientific community;
2 will have competence to work in a multidisciplinary and multinational group;
Personal Skills:
1 will have needed experience in task management and time planning.
2 will have innovative attitude and needed experience for continuous professional growth.
3 will have experience in scientific discussion and research activity.
Activities of teaching and learning:
Assignments, Case analysis (Case study), Discussion, Field trips/works visits, Formal lecture, Gests lectures, Group work, Individual project, Interactive lecture, Scientific paper analysis, Seminar, Team project
Methods of assessment of learning achievements:
Case analysis (study), Control work, Course work, Examination, Group (team) project, Individual project, Individual work, Literature reviewing and presentation, Mid-term examination, Oral presentation, Problem-solving task, Report, Report of master scientific work, Test, Work placement report
Framework:
Study subjects (modules), practical training:
Coastal Ecology, Environmental Impact Assessment of Economic Activity, Marine and Coastal Zone Management, Hydroecosystem and its Pollution Prevention, Methodology of Scientific Work and Project Writing, Legal Regulation of Environmental Protection in the EU, Statistical Methods in Sea Ecology, Ecohydrology- Informatics and Modelling of Aquatic Ecosystems.
Specialisations:
Optional courses:
Management of aquatic ecosystems and living resources, Ecology of Marine Habitats and Landscapes
Courses for Environmental management - Environmental Biotechnology, Microbiological processes, Ecodesign, Life Cycle Assessment, Sustainable Resource and Waste Management, Medical Ecology, Technogenesis and Health.
Courses for Marine Ecology - Estuarine Ecology, Productivity of Aquatic Ecosystems, Aquatic Invasion Ecology, Biological oceanography, Application of GIS and Spatial Analysis Methods in Marine and Coastal Research Studies, Remote Sensing of Marine Environment.
Distinctive features of a study programme:
The majority of the programme subjects deal with relevant regional and marine cluster problems.
Access to professional activity or further study:
Access to professional activity:
After completing their studies graduates can establish their own business, work as environmentalists or natural and industrial systems analyst in the various public and private companies, in the environmental departments and organizations, public health centers, laboratories of fishing, marine research, in the institutions of higher education training and education.
Access to further study:
They can take the studies of natural or physical science in PhD programmes.
