Study programme - First Year
This table lists all the modules offered in the 1st year of the study programme and gives the following informations*:
Code, Title, teaching language(s): en-fr-de-pt; Schedule and Coordination (i.e. where and when the course is delivered and who is convening the organisation (UP: Université de Poitiers – UC: Universidade de Coimbra – CAU: Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel – UEA: University of East Anglia in Norwich); if the module is compulsory (C) or elective (E); teaching volume and number of ECTS.
Click on the code for a description, or see the catalogue
of units.
Code |
Units of First Year |
Coord |
Kind |
Volume |
ECTS |
Welcome period in Poitiers (September, Year 1) |
UP |
|
30 |
0 |
|
|
|
Integrative period - Inaugural session | UP |
|
|
|
|
|
EMAE Farewell congress (see period P6 below) |
UP |
|
|
|
Intensive course in French language |
UP |
E |
30 |
0 |
|
Poitiers (September to December, Year 1) |
UP |
C |
140 |
14 |
|
Language training in German, Portuguese or French |
UP |
C |
20 |
2 |
|
Multivariate Statistics & Data Analysis in Ecology (en) |
UP |
C |
30 |
3 |
|
Basics of Population Genetics & Evolutionary Ecology (en) |
UP |
C |
30 |
3 |
|
Animal Strategies & Basics in Behavioural Ecology (en) |
UP |
C |
30 |
3 |
|
|
|
One module has to be selected from the list below: |
C |
30 |
3 |
|
Basics of Ecosystem Analysis (en) |
CAU |
E |
30 |
3 |
|
Environmental Physiology and Toxicology (en) |
UC |
E |
30 |
3 |
|
Norwich (January to March, S2-Y1) |
UEA |
C |
160 |
16 |
|
Ecological modelling (en) |
UEA |
C |
40 |
4 |
|
Ecological responses to climate change (en) |
UEA |
C |
30 |
3 |
|
|
|
A total amount of 9 ECTS has to be composed from the list below: |
C |
90 |
9 |
|
Behavioural Ecology (en) |
UEA |
E |
60 |
6 |
|
Communities, Ecosystems and Macro-Ecology (en) |
UEA |
E |
60 |
6 |
|
Resource Development and Conservation (en) |
UEA |
E |
60 |
6 |
|
Air pollution chemistry (en) |
UEA |
E |
60 |
6 |
|
Conservation genetics (en) - (also offered in P4c) |
UEA |
E |
30 |
3 |
|
Understanding Climate Change in Society (en) |
UEA |
E |
60 |
6 |
|
Restoration Ecology (en) - (also offered in P4c) |
UEA |
E |
30 |
3 |
|
GIS for Ecologists and Environmental Management (en) |
UEA |
E |
30 |
3 |
|
Coimbra (April to July, Year 1) |
UC |
E |
300 |
30 |
|
Environmental Quality Assessment (en) |
UC |
C |
60 |
6 |
|
Laboratory & Fields studies in Ecology – Practical (en) |
UC |
C |
60 |
6 |
|
Bio-monitoring & Biodiversity Management (en) |
UC |
C |
60 |
6 |
|
Stream Ecology and Monitoring (en) |
UC |
C |
60 |
6 |
|
Ecotoxicology & Ecological Risk Assessment (en) |
UC |
C |
60 |
6 |
|
Kiel (April to July, Year 1) |
CAU |
E |
300 |
30 |
|
|
|
Two modules have to be selected |
|
C |
120 |
12 |
Terrestrial Ecosystems – Field Studies (en) |
CAU |
E |
60 |
6 |
|
Coastal & Marine Ecosystems – Field Studies (en) |
CAU |
E |
60 |
6 |
|
Freshwater & Wetland Systems – Field Studies (en) |
CAU |
E |
60 |
6 |
|
Long-Term Development of Landscapes – Field Studies (en) |
CAU |
E |
60 |
6 |
|
|
|
A total amount of 18 ECTS has to be composed from the list below: |
C |
180 |
18 |
|
Digital Spatial Analysis – Practical Exercises (en) |
CAU |
E |
60 |
6 |
|
Modelling of Aquatic Ecosystems – Practical Exercises (en) |
CAU |
E |
60 |
6 |
|
Economics Aspects of Environmental Management (en) |
CAU |
E |
60 |
6 |
|
Integrated Management of Rural & Woodland Regions (en) |
CAU |
E |
60 |
6 |
|
Ecology of Soils – Practical Exercises (en) |
CAU |
E |
60 |
6 |
|
Current Research Topics in Marine Ecology I (en) |
CAU |
E |
40 |
4 |
|
Environmental Chemistry (en) |
CAU |
E |
40 |
4 |
|
Applied aquatic ecology (en) |
CAU |
E |
90 |
9 |
|
Aquatic ecology (en) - (also offered in P4d) |
CAU |
E |
90 |
9 |
|
Methods in ecology (en) - (also offered in P4d) |
CAU |
E |
90 |
9 |
|
Evolution of plant diversity (en) - (also offered in P4d) |
CAU |
E |
90 |
9 |
|
Ecotoxicology (en) - (also offered in P4d) |
CAU |
E |
40 |
4 |
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