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Majors

This page contains information on the majors available within the Environmental Sciences programme, and includes a subject overview for each major.

Major A: Environmental Policy and Economics

This major concentrates on the human aspects of sustainability, and devotes a lot of attention to the role of the government, industry and the community in working towards a sustainable society. Environmental communication is also addressed during this major – How can people be convinced to behave in a more sustainable way? And what even is ‘sustainable behaviour’? How can we ensure that the future costs of climate change are taken into account in the present? And what can be done to make production more sustainable?

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Course Year Period
Global and EU Environmental Law & Policy 2 3
Environmental Economics for Environmental Sciences 2 5
Environmental Management and Industry 3 1
Human Geography: Theory and Practice 3 1
Communicating for Sustainability and Responsible Innovation 3 2
BSc Thesis Environmental Policy and Economics Part 1 3 2
BSc Thesis Environmental Policy and Economics Part 2 3 2,3

Major B: Environmental Quality and Systems Analysis

The major in Environmental Quality and Systems Analysis focuses on the processes that take place within and between the soil, water and the atmosphere. Amongst others, it is about the effects of human activity on organisms and ecosystems, but for example also about the impact of a product on the entire life cycle. It is a big-picture perspective, which students learn to analyse and approach systematically.

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Course Year Period
Introduction Geo-information Science 2 3
Soil Pollution and Soil Protection 2 5
Water Quality 3 4
General Toxicology 3 5
Assesment Marine Nature Based Solutions 3 5,6
Ecology of Communities, Ecosystems and Landscapes: Theory 3 5
BSc Thesis Environmental Quality and Systems Analysis Part 1 3 5
BSc Thesis Environmental Quality and Systems Analysis Part 2 3 6

Major C: Environmental Technology

The major in Environmental Technology focuses most on the natural sciences and the application of biology, chemistry and physics in technologies aimed at improving the environmental quality, preventing emissions, and recovering valuable resources in waste and wastewater.

Major Environmental Technology schedule Courses Year 2
Course Year Period
Environmental Organic Chemistry 2 3
Organic Chemistry 1 2 3
Environmental Process Engineering 2 5
Multivariate Mathematics Applied 3 1
Water Treatment 3 1
Renewable Energy Technologies 3 2
Introductory Thermodynamics A 3 2
BSc Thesis Environmental Technology: Part 1: Design Tools 3 2
BSc Thesis Environmental Technology: Part 2 3 2,3