Available courses WURth-while
The courses on this page are open for WURth-while students. New courses will be added to the list when new teachers join the project.
WURth-while courses are free of charge.
Expanation of the course codes, including the level of the course
Every course has a code (AAA 1 02 03).
- The three-letter code (AAA) refers the English name of the chair group responsible for the course.
- The first figure (1) indicates the type or level of the course: 1=introductory, 2=continuing, 3=in depth, 5=capita selecta.
- The second and third figures (02) are the sequence numbers of the course in the series (AAA).
- The last two figures (03) indicate the number of credits assigned to the course in ECTS (1 ECTS=28 hours).
When do the courses run?
The WUR academic year has 6 course periods. You can do one course per period. For details, see Calendar Academic Year.
| Period | When |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 September - 20 October 2017 |
| 2 | 30 October - 22 December 2017 |
| 3 | 8 January - 2 Februay 2018 |
| 4 | 19 February - 16 March 2018 |
| 5 | 19 March - 11 April 2018 |
| 6 | 14 May - 6 July 2018 |
| 1 | 3 September - 26 October 2018 |
| 2 | 2 9 October - 21 December 2018 |
| 3 | 7 January - 1 February 2019 |
| 4 | 18 February - 15 March 2019 |
| 5 | 18 March - 10 May 2019 |
| 6 | 13 May - 5 July 2019 |
Please check the course period of the course you want to apply for, and keep in mind that the course admission procedure takes some time, so please apply at least 6 weeks in advance of the start of the course.
Available courses
Please check the links to learn more about the content of the courses.
Online application form WURth-while course
| Course code | Course title | Period | Language of instruction |
|---|---|---|---|
| ETE-10806 | Introduction Environmental Technology (without practicals) | 1 | English |
| ETE-21306 | Water Treatment | 1 | English |
| ETE-22806 | Principles of Urban Environmental Management | 1 | English |
| ETE-24304 | Treatment of (Micro)Pollutants in Soil and Water Systems | 2 | English |
| ETE-24804 | Fundamentals of Environmental Technology | 2 | English |
| ETE-25306 | Basic Technologies for Urban Environmental Management | 2 | English |
| FCH-11806 | Basics in Food Technology (for students without knowledge of Food Science) | 1, 5 | English |
| HNE-26806 | Introduction to Nutrition and Health in Developing Countries | 1 | English |
| HNE-30506 | Principles of Sensory Science | 1 | English |
| HNE-39806 | Hidden Hunger: Micronutrient Deficiencies in Developing Countries | 5 | English |
| HNE-51306 | Nutritional Neurosciences | 3 | English |
| MIB-30806 | Applied Molecular Microbiology | 2 | English |
| MIB-31306 | Microbial Ecology | 1 | English |
| TOX-20303 | General Toxicology | 1 | English |
| TOX-30306 | Food Toxicology | 4 | English |
| TOX-30806 | Environmental Toxicology | 5 | English |
| TOX-31306 | Environmental Risk Assessment of Chemicals | 6 | English |
| Course code | Course title | Period | Language of instruction |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABG-20306 | Animal Breeding and Genetics | 1 | English |
| ABG-30806 | Modern Statistics for the Life Sciences | 5 | English |
| ABG-31306 | Genetic Improvement of Livestock | 2 | English |
| ANU-20306 | Principles of Animal Nutrition | 3 | English |
| ANU-30306 | Nutrient Dynamics | 5 | English |
| ANU-30806 | Animal Nutrition and Physiology | 4 | English |
| CBI-20306 | Cell Biology and Health | 3, 5 | English |
| CBI-30306 | Human and Veterinary Immunology | 1 | English |
| EZO-22306 | Concepts and Approaches in Developmental Biology | 5 | Dutch & English |
| EZO-23306 | Modelling Biological Systems | 2 | Dutch & English |
| YAS-10806 | Biology of Domestic Animals | 4 | Dutch & English |
| Course Code | Course title | Period | Language of instruction |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESA-20506 | Introduction to Environmental Systems Analysis | 2 | English |
| ESA-20806 | Principles of Environmental Sciences | 1, 4 | English |
| ESA-22806 | Environmental Systems Analysis: Methods and Applications | 2 | English |
| ESA-23306 | Introduction to Global Change | 1 | English |
| ESA-31306 | Integrated Ecosystem Assessment in Regional Management (after ESA 22806) | 5 | English |
| ESA-31806 | Environmental Assessments for Pollution Management (after ESA 22806) | 3 | English |
| GEO-31306 | Leisure, Tourism and Globalization | 5 | English |
| GEO-37306 | Global Landscapes and Place-Making | 2 | English |
| GRS-10306 | Introduction Geo-information Science | 1, 2, 3, 4 | English |
| HWM-10303 | Water 1 (Introduction hydrology, 1st year course) | 2, 3 | Dutch |
| HWM-32806 | Catchment Hydrology (Does contain excursion but can be excluded) | 5 | English |
| MAQ-21806 | Meteorology and Climate (Second year BSc course) | 3 | Dutch and/or English |
| MAQ-22806 | Atmosphere-Vegetation-Soil Interactions | 5 | Dutch and/or English |
| MAQ-32306 | Boundary-layer Processes | 2 | English |
| REG-20306 | Climate Change Ecology | 5 | English |
| REG-20803 | Applied Animal Ecology | 2 | English |
| REG-33306 | Disease Ecology | 6 | English |
| SGL-23806 | Fundamentals of Landscape (Does contain day trips) | 4 | English |
| SLM-30806 | Land Degradation & Development | 2 | English |
| SOQ-31806 | Nutrient Management | 5 | English |
| WRM-10306 | Irrigation and Water Management | 1 | English |
| WRM-34306 | Water System Design for Water Use from Multiple Sources | 2 | English |
| WSG-51306 | Adaptation to Climate Change | 3 | Dutch and/or English |
| Course Code | Course title | Period | Language of instruction |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSA-20806 | Population and Systems Ecology | 4 | English |
| GEN-11306 | Evolution and Systematics | 4 | Dutch |
| GEN-11806 | Fundamentals of Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | Dutch & English |
| GEN-20306 | Molecular and Evolutionary Ecology | 5 | English |
| MAT-14303 | Basic Statistics | 1 | English |
| MAT-20306 | Advanced Statistics | 1, 2, 5, 6 | English |
| NEM-21306 | Ecophysiology | 1 | Dutch |
| NEM-52306 | Concepts and Theories of Healthy Aging | 1 | English |
| PEN-20503 | Ecology II | 1, 6 | Dutch |
| PBR-22303 | Plant Breeding | 1, 4 | English |
| PHP-21303 | Fundamentals of Plant Pathology and Entomology | 1 | English |
| Course Code | Course title | Period | Language of instruction |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPT-11806 | Technology, Development and Natural Resources | 5 | Dutch |
| CPT-12306 | Introduction to Strategic Communication | 1 | Dutch |
| CPT-23306 | Communication & Persuasion | 2 | English |
| CPT-35806 | Intercultural Communication | 4 | English |
| ECS-65600 | Scientific Writing Skills | 1,2,3,5,6 | English |
| ENP-20806 | Environmental Management and Industry | 1 | English |
| ENP-22803 | Theories and Themes: Sociology | 3 | Dutch and/or English |
| ENP-24803 | Social-Scientific Analysis of Environmental Issues | 5 | English |
| ENP-31806 | Globalization and Sustainability of Food Production and Consumption | 4 | English |
| ENP-33306 | Environment and Development | 5 | English |
| ENP-35806 | Environmental Quality and Governance | 2, 5 | English |
| ENP-36306 | Climate Governance | 5 | English |
| ENR-21306 | Environmental Economics for Environmental Sciences | 2, 5 | English |
| HSO-10306 | Global Health | 5 | partly English, partly Dutch |
| HSO-20306 | Environmental Assets for Health | 2 | Dutch |
| HSO-30806 | Settings for Health Promotion | 5 | English |
| HSO-31806 | Advances in Health and Society | 2 | English |
| LAW-22306 | Global and EU Environmental Law & Policy | 3 | English |
| LAW-30806 | Food Law | 2 | English |
| LAW-31806 | Global Economic (Trade) Law and Risk Regulation | 5 | English |
| LAW-32806 | Food Law, Management and Economics | 2 | English |
| LAW-55306 | Food, Nutrition and Human Rights | 2 | English |
| MCB-20806 | Principles of Consumer Studies | 1 | English |
| MST-23406 | New Venture Creation: from Idea to Business Plan | 5 | English |
| MST-24306 | Management and Marketing | 2 | English |
| MST-24806 | Supply Chain Management | 2 | English |
| MST-33806 | Circular Economy: Theory and Practice | 2 | English |
| MST-51306 | Economics of Science and Technology | 3 | English |
| MST-55306 | Principles of Entrepreneurship | 1 | English |
| RSO-21306 | Policy, People and Resources in Comparative Perspective | 5 | English |
| RSO-22306 | Food Culture and Customs | 2 | English |
| RSO-33306 | Food, Health and Society: An Integrated Socio-Political Perspective | 3 | English |
| RSO-34306 | Theorizing Development: Implications for Research | 2 | English |
| SDC-10306 | Law, Policy and Governance | 3 | Dutch |
| SDC-21804 | Introduction to the Sociology of Development, Knowledge and Change | 1 | English |
| SDC-22806 | Natural Resource Governance in a Complex World | 5 | English |
| SDC-23306 | Law and Public Power | 1, 5 | English |
| SDC-30306 | Sociological and Anthropological Perspectives on Development | 1, 5 | English |
| SDC-30806 | Political Ecologies of Natural Resource Distribution | 5 | English |
| SDC-31306 | Property Rights, Natural Resources and Conflict | 5 | English |
| SDC-32306 | Anthropology and Development | 2, 5 | English |
| SDC-32806 | Sociology in Development: Towards a Critical Perspective | 3 | English |
| SDC-33306 | Methodology for Field Research in the Social Sciences | 6 | English |
| SDC-33806 | Policy, Projects and Programs for Development | 2 | English |
| SDC-34306 | Studying Crisis: Conflict, Disaster and the Social | 5 | English |
| SDC-34806 | Humanitarian Aid and Reconstruction | 1 | English |
| SDC-35306 | Natural Hazards and Disasters | 5 | English |
| SDC-35806 | Politics of Development: State, Property and Resistance | 5 | English |
| SDC-36306 | Perspectives and Themes in International Development Studies | 1 | English |
| SDC-51306 | Fieldwork in conflict and post-conflict settings | English | |
| SDC-51806 | Food Crises: the Big Picture | 1 | English |
| SDC-52306 | Urban Disaster Governance | 6 | English |
| Course type | Course title | Period | Language | Application |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Online course | MOOC: Co-Creating Sustainable Cities | 10 Oct - 5 Dec 2017 | English | You can apply on the course website |