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.
- Download Calendar Academic Year 2020-2021
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HNH-39806 | Hidden Hunger: Micronutrient Deficiencies in Low and Middle Income Countries | 5 | 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-30806 | Modern Statistics for the Life Sciences | 5 | English |
| ANU-30306 | Nutrient Dynamics | 5 | English |
| ANU-30806 | Animal Nutrition and Physiology | 4 | English |
| CBI-20306 | Cell Biology and Health | 3 | English |
| EZO-22306 | Key concepts in developmental biology | 5 | Dutch & English |
| Course Code | Course title | Period | Language of instruction |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESA-20806 | Principles of Environmental Sciences | 1, 4 | English |
| ESA-22806 | Environmental Systems Analysis: Methods and Applications | 2, 6 | English |
| ESA-31306 | Integrated Ecosystem Assessment in Regional Management (after ESA 22806) | 5 | English |
| GEO-31306 | Tourism and Globalization | 5 | English |
| GRS-10306 | Introduction Geo-information Science | 1, 2, 3, 4 | English |
| HWM-32806 | Catchment and Climate Hydrology (Does contain excursion but can be excluded) | 5 | English |
| MAQ-22806 | Atmosphere-Vegetation-Soil Interactions | 5 | Dutch and/or English |
| REG-20306 | Climate Change Ecology | 5 | English |
| REG-33306 | Disease Ecology | 6 | English |
| SBL-31806 | Nutrient Management | 5 | English |
| SGL-24306 | Fundamentals of Landscape (Does contain day trips) | 4 | English |
| ENR-21306 | Environmental Economics for Environmental Sciences | 2, 5 | English |
| ENP-33306 | Environment and Development | 5 | English |
| ENP-35806 | Environmental Quality and Governance | 2, 5 | English |
| ENP-36306 | Climate Governance | 5 | 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-20306 | Molecular and Evolutionary Ecology | 5 | English |
| PBR-22303 | Plant Breeding | 1, 4 | English |
| Course Code | Course title | Period | Language of instruction |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAT-20306 | Advanced Statistics | 1, 2, 5, 6 | English |
| PEN-20503 | Ecology II | 1, 6 | Dutch |
| ELS-65600 | Scientific Writing Skills | 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 | English |
| ELS-66400 | Leadership for Transformation | 1,5 | English |
| ELS-65900 | Career Exploration | 1, 3, 6 | English |
| ELS-65300 | Negotiating skills | 1, 2, 3 ,5 ,6 | English |
| ELS-66200 | Consultancy skills | 1, 2, 5 | English |
| ELS-67500 | Dialogue skills | 1, 3 | English |
| ELS-65800 | Intuitive intelligence 1.5 | 2, 5, 6 | English |
| ELS-51403 | Intuitive intelligence 3 | 2, 5, 6 | English |
| ELS-51901 | Personal motivation assessment | 2, 3 | English |
| Course Code | Course title | Period | Language of instruction |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPT-11806 | Technology, Development and Natural Resources | 5 | Dutch |
| CPT-35806 | Intercultural Communication | 4 | English |
| ENP-24803 | Social-Scientific Analysis of Environmental Issues | 5 | English |
| ENP-31806 | Globalization and Sustainability of Food Production and Consumption | 4 | English |
| HSO-10306 | Global Health | 5 | partly English, partly Dutch |
| HSO-30806 | Settings for Health Promotion | 5 | English |
| LAW-31806 | Global Trade Law | 5 | English |
| BMO-23406 | New Venture Creation: from Idea to Business Plan | 5 | English |
| BMO-24806 | Supply Chain Management | 2 | English |
| RSO-21306 | Political Sociology for Development | 5 | English |
| RSO-33306 | Food, Health and Society: An Integrated Socio-Political Perspective | 4 | English |
| SDC-22806 | Natural Resource Governance in a Complex World | 5 | English |
| SDC-23306 | Law and Political 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 | 5 | English |
| SDC-33306 | Methodology for Field Research in the Social Sciences | 6 | English |
| SDC-34306 | Studying Crisis: Conflict, Disaster and the Social | 5 | English |
| SDC-35306 | Natural Hazards and Disasters | 5 | English |
| SDC-35806 | Politics of Development: State, Property and Resistance | 5 | English |
| SDC-52306 | Urban Disaster Governance and Resilience | 6 | English |
| Course Code | Course title | Period | Language of instruction |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOOCs | Free online courses | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 | English |