MSc in Sustainable Forest and Nature Management

First year at the University of Copenhagen

The aim of the first study year is to provide a thorough and broad introduction to sustainable forest and nature management. There is thus only one common first year programme specification the learning outcomes are similar for the three first year institutions and will allow students to choose freely among the five specialisation options in the second year.

University of Copenhagen offers the following first year modules (study start 2019):

Course title	ECTS
Thematic Course: Ecology and Management of Forests and other Semi-natural Terrestrial Systems	15
Applied Economics of Forest and Nature	7.5
Conflict Management	7.5
Global Environment Governance	7.5
Climate Change and Forestry: Monitoring and Policies (incl. 2.5 ECTS term paper)	7.5
Location Specific Knowledge and Fieldwork in Temporary Forest and Nature Management	7.5
Sustainable Forest and Nature Management * or	7.5
Sampling the Soil Environment - Carbon, Notrogen, Water and Greenhouse Gases ** or	7.5
International Nature Conservation**	7.5
Total	60

* This is a summer school and the partner universitites name the same course Sustainable Forest and Nature Management

**Summer course

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First year at the University of Copenhagen