MV211A Reading, Writing and Discussing Texts in Environmental Studies 7,5 credits, MV212A Environmental History, Human Ecology and Environmental Ethics 7,5 credits, MV213A Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Chemistry 7,5 credits, MV214A Environmental Politics and Citizenship 7,5 credits, MV221A Statistics and Environmental Communication 7,5 credits, MV222E Urban Infrastructure, Ecology and Health 7,5 credits or MV222A Urban Infrastructure, Ecology and Health 7,5 credits and MV223A Environmental Psychology and Methods in Environmental Psychology 7,5 credits, MV224A Science Methods: Data Collection and Analysis of Environmental Quality 7,5, credits, and MV232E Environmental Economics: Introduction 7,5 credits or

MV102B Environmental Science: Level 1 30 credits, MV101A Environmental Law 15 credits , MV133B Environmental Surveying 15 credits and MV108C Environmental Science: Level 2 30 credits or the equivalent

The course is included in the main area Environmental Science at the 1-60 credit level. This course is included in the Bachelor programme Environmental Science.

The purpose is for the student to develop basic knowledge of several of the tools used in environmental management e.g. eco-design and life cycle analysis. In addition, the course purpose to put these environmental management tool’s use, as well as results, in relation to sustainable societal development and control.

The course covers the basics of the following tools and their application:

• Environmental impact Assessment (EIA)
• Life cycle Assessment (LCA)
• Eco-design
• Cost Benefit analysis (CBA)

Knowledge and understanding

After completion of the education, the student should be able to:
1. account for environmental management tools and their application

Competence and skills

After completion of the education, the student should be able to:
2. plan, implement and report a limited study conducted using environmental management tools
3. produce written report, which meets the requirements for scientific formalities and good language treatment
4. work with maps and physical models

Judgement and approach

After completion of the education, the student should be able to:
5. critically review reports created with management tools in relation to sustainable societal development and governance and the ethical aspects of these.
6. identify their own need for additional knowledge and ability to develop their skills in using environmental management tools
7. reflect independently about their own work and take a stand on the results of this and reflect independently about the development of the knowledge and take responsibility for the use of the results of this knowledge

The course learning activities are based on lectures, seminars, case exercises, exercises, individual work and work in groups. In addition to the scheduled teaching time, the student is expected to work independently and in a group with information retrieval and knowledge acquisition and processing.

Project work A: planning, implementation and reporting (2 credits) (learning outcomes 1, 2, 6 and 7) (grading scale UG)
Project work B: planning, implementation and reporting (2 credits) (learning outcomes 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7) (grading scale UG)
Seminar with written submission (1,5 credits) (learning outcomes 1, 5, 6 and 7) (grading scale UA)
Study in groups: planning, implementing and reporting (2 credits) (learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 6 och 7) (grading scale UA)

To pass the final grade for the whole course (7.5 credits) all examination parts have to be passed with E or G.

The final grade of the course is based on a weighted average of the grades on Seminar with a written submission and Study in groups.

• Dransfield, R. (latest edition). Business Economics. Routledge, Milton Park.
• Glasson, J. & Therivel, R. (2013). Introduction to environmental impact assessment. Routledge.
• Hussen, A. (latest edition). Principles of Environmental Economics and Sustainability. Routledge, Milton Park.
• Mulvihill, P.R. & Ali, S.H. (latest edition). Environmental Management: Critical thinking and emerging practices. Routledge, Milton Park.
• OECD (2018). Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Environment: Further Developments and Policy Use. OECD Publishing, Paris.

Articles, reports and other material will be provided electronically.

Malmö University provides students who participate in, or who have completed a course, with the opportunity to express their opinions and describe their experiences of the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarise the results of course evaluations. The University will also inform participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures taken in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).

If a course is no longer offered, or has undergone significant changes, the students must be offered two opportunities for re-examination based on the syllabus that applied at the time of registration, for a period of one year after the changes have been implemented.

If a student has a Learning support decision, the examiner has the right to provide the student with an adapted test, or to allow the student to take the exam in a different format.
The syllabus is a translation of a Swedish source text