Course syllabus

The course teaches advanced methodologies applied to environmental sciences. These include methods and approaches:

i) to deal with contaminated areas,

ii) to assess the ecotoxicological risk of chemical pollution in water bodies,

iii) to assess global change effects on forests,

iv) life cycle analyses,  and

v) management and conservation of biodiversity.

In addition, the course provides tools and guidelines for the preparation of the final Master Thesis/Project.

The course includes lectures, computer exercises, literature tasks, and a preparatory study for your future examination master thesis with a focus on methodology. This preparatory work (Pilot study) is performed individually and reported both in written and oral form.

Teachers involved in the course come from academia and companies.

Final grades on the course will be based on the written exam (3 HEC), practical work (6 HEC), and the individual pilot study (6 HEC).

Once you've registered you will have access to the modules which contain course material. The course is group-work intensive. Great if you update your CANVAS profile with a photo of yourselves and your "name_surname" as an id user.

Looking forward to meeting you soon! 

Natàlia Corcoll, course leader

 

Teachers:

Natàlia Corcoll; natalia.corcoll@gu.se, BioEnv Dept

Patrik Svedberg; patrik.svedberg@bioenv.gu.se,  BioEnv Dept

Søren Faurby; soren.faurby@bioenv.gu.se, BioEnv Dep

Lasse Tarvainen; lasse.tarvainen@bioenv.gu.se, BioEnv Dept 

Lennart Bornmalm; lennart.bornmalm@marine.gu.se,  BioEnv  

Kirster Honkonen; krister.honkonen@rejlers.se, REJLERS

Carla Coelho; carla.coelho@cec.lu.se, Lund University

 

Course plan: 

Syllabus Advanced Environmental Methodology, ES2616

 

Time Schedule of the course:

ES2616:HT23_TimeSchedule_vs31Oct2023

 

Online Time Schedule (Time Edit) - update times-:

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Supporting literature:

In this literature list, students will find articles, book chapters, and reports to study for the different parts of the course

Files:

Biodiversity-the ravages of guns, nets, and bulldozers.pdf

Rogers et al. 2017 NP_roadmap for improving ESMs.pdf

Wernersson et al. 2015_ aquatic effect-based methods for water monitoring.pdf

Guidelines for Hazard and Risk Assessment of Chemicals, KEMI 2020

Henrikke Bumman & Anne-Marie Tillman, 2004. The Hitch Hiker´s Guide to LCA: an orientation in life cycle assessment methodology and application. Ed: Lund:studentliterature. ISBN: 9789144023649

Merganicova et al 2019_Tree Phys_Forest carbon allocation modelling

Halbritter et al 2020_MEE_Handbook for standardized measurement in terrestrial climate change experiments

 

Course administration

Course registration, Ladok: Charlotte Nordangård, studieadmin@bioenv.gu.se

Management of exams, and scheduling: Olga Khitun, olga.khitun@bioenv.gu.se 

 

Student counselor:

Karin Karlsson and Linnéa Wallgren, environmentalscience@bioenv.gu.se