Environmental protection

Specialization: Restoration and Management of Environment

Aim of the specialization (major)

This specialization has been established to provide its students with (i) understanding of biological processes, legal aspects and management rules of environmental protection, and (ii) a range of tools for future specialists who will be capable of securing the good quality of the environment and who will possess skills to solve problems regarding the natural environment on different levels.

The programme is divided into three semesters. It consists of both lectures and seminar classes/labwork. The detailed list of subjects is as follows:

a) First year: Ecotoxicology, Mathematics and statistics, Environmental policy, Plant adaptation to environmental stresses, Ecological bases of nature conservation, Integrated water resources management and restoration, Hydrogenic soils, Environmental aspect in landscape planning and design, Soil biology, Ecological infrastructure in agricultural landscape, Restoration to ecosystem of wild medicinal plants, Case study of environment restoration – part I, Land and water conservation, Ecological engineering for environmental protection, Soil hazard pollution and protection

b) Second Year: Environmental processes modeling, Hydrological modeling with GIS, Faunal researches/River ecological surveys, Reforestation, Ecotourism, Risk analysis, Project management, Case study of environment restoration – part II, Diploma seminar 

Requirements

Bachelor degree or equivalent in Environmental Sciences, Biology or Agriculture. Qualification based on results from the first degree studies (grade average) and on scientific interests.

Verified command of English. A list of documents fulfilling the criteria is available at: http://www.sggw.pl/image/data/SGGW/teksty_pdf/WULS-SGGW_ENGLISH.pdf