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 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 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)

After completion of the education, the student should be able to:

1. account for environmental management tools and their application

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

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.

Scientific literature, articles and other media forms are provided by Course Coordinator in the form of links, files, distributed as hard copy or borrowed from libraries (equivalent to max 500 pages).

The University provides students participating in or upon completion of a course with the opportunity to relay their experiences of and opinions on the course through a course evaluation which is administered by the University. The University compiles and summarizes the course evaluations and informs students of the results and any decisions relating to measures made on the basis of the course evaluations. Results are made available to students (HF 1:14)

If a course is no longer offered or has undergone major changes, students are offered two re-take sessions based on the syllabus in force at registration during a period of one year from the date of the implementation of the changes.