Nature Management

Higher education entrance qualification. Norwegian language proficiency. This programme is only taught in Norwegian. If you do not meet the Norwegian language proficiency requirements, you do not qualify for admission. View general admission and documentation requirements.

Would you like to spend a semester abroad at a foreign institution? Nature management is an international subjevt area with common national and global challenges. International experience and professional language knowledge is therefor important in this education. A study abroad compliments your degree best in the fourth semester.

The application deadline for exchange in the spring semester is 1 September. For more information on the process, please contactJose de Pool, advisor for study exchange.

Exchange agreements, FBA

This programme qualifies candidates to apply for the MSc programme inBiosciencesor Nordic Master in Sustainable Production and Utilization of Marine Bioresources at Nord University. For admission at MSc programme in Bioscience, an additional course in mathematics/statistics is required. The programme is also suited for those wanting to pursue relevant masters degrees at other institutions in Norway as well as abroad.

Upon successful completion of this programme, the candidate:

Knowledge

• has broad knowledge of nature and nature management in Norway
• has extensive knowledge of flora, fauna and other relevant aspects of biological diversity
• has knowledge of research and development work in nature and outback management, nationally and internationally
• has knowledge about sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystems, including Norwegian management regulations, the history of the field, its tradition and its role in society
• has knowledge of relevant laws and regulations

Skills

• has basic skills in registering, mapping and monitoring nature, including using GIS and other tools
• can collect, assemble, analyse and discuss the application of his or her own data and results as part of writing a professional report informing a defined research questions
• can apply relevant public laws and regulations in sustainable managerial work, for instance in planning, case work and impact assessments
• can apply his or her professional knowledge a.o. related to relevant research on practical and theoretical issues in nature and outback managemen

General competence

• can plan and conduct various work assignments and projects, alone or as member of a team, in accordance with ethical requirements and guidelines
• can communicate key professional knowledge in writing as well as orally to both the public as well as other professionals in nature and outback management
• can exchange experiences and views with other professionals in the field, nationally and internationally
• has knowledge of the professional ethical issues of the field and can reflect on his or her professional conduct and adjust this when needed
• has knowledge of new thinking and innovation processes, nationally and internationally

In addition to the semester fee and syllabus literature, it is assumed that students have a laptop with microphone and camera.

Students must purchase their own laboratory coat for use in courses with laboratory exercises.

Students should further expect costs to incur in relation to transportation, accommodation and catering related to non-mandatory excursions and field courses, as well as compulsory excursions and field courses in elective subjects. Please note that we depend on students providing their own car for driving on certain excursions. All driving will be compensated according to the state's mileage rates.

In the second year of the programme, there will be a study trip in the elective subject NAF2003 International nature management with requirements for user fees.