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Study programme - Second Year

This table lists all the modules offered in the 2nd 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 Second Year

Coord

Kind 

Volume 

ECTS 

Period P4a 

Coimbra (September to January, Year 2)

UC 

E 

300 

30 

UCO-401

Advanced data Analysis in Ecology (en)

UC 

C 

60 

6 

UCO-402

Biochemical & Molecular Techniques in Ecology (en)

UC 

C 

60 

6 

UCO-403

Laboratory & Field Studies in Ecology II (en)

UC 

C 

60 

6 

UCO-404

Population Ecology (en)

UC 

C 

60 

6 

UCO-405

Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques: Implications in Environmental Sciences (pt) 

UC 

C 

60 

6 

Period P5a 

Coimbra (February to August, Year 2) 

UC 

E 

60 

30 

UCO-501

Project Management (en) 

UC 

C 

60 

6 

UCO-502

Master Thesis: Research Project & Dissertation 

UC 

C 

500* 

24 

Period P4b 

Poitiers (September to January, Year 2)

UP

E 

300 

30 

UPO-400

Miscellaneous Skills (fr) 

UP 

E 

30 

0 

UPO-401

Advanced research seminaries (en-fr) 

UP 

C 

54 

6 

UPO-402

Statistics & GIS tools (fr) 

UP 

C 

54 

6 

 

 Stream 1: Environmental Management  

E 

162 

18 

UPO-403

Natural resources & Natural areas (fr) 

UP 

C 

54 

6 

UPO-404

Ecosystems management (fr) 

UP 

C 

54 

6 

UPO-405

Environmental Policies & Economics (fr) 

UP 

C 

54 

6 

Stream 2: Evolutionary Ecology  

E 

162 

18 

UPO-406

Symbiotic systems (en-fr) 

UP 

C 

54 

6 

UPO-407

Evolutionary Strategies (en-fr) 

UP 

C 

54 

6 

UPO-408

Evolutionary Genetics (en-fr) 

UP 

C 

54 

6 

Period P5b 

Poitiers (February to August, Year 2) 

UP

E 

60 

30 

UPO-501

Project Management (fr) 

UP 

C 

60 

6 

UPO-502

Master Thesis: Research Project & Dissertation 

UP 

C 

500* 

24 

Period P4c 

Norwich (September to January, Year 2)

UEA

E 

300 

30 

UEA-401

Issues in Conservation (en) 

UEA 

C 

30

3 

UEA-402

Ecological Survey Methods (en) 

UEA 

C 

30

3 

UEA-403

Biodiversity Conservation and Human Society (en)

UEA 

C 

60

6 

UEA-404

Practical Conservation (en)

UEA 

C 

30

3 

A total amount of 15 ECTS has to be composed from the list below:  

C 

150

15 

UEA-405

Multivariate statistics (en)

UEA 

E 

30

3 

UEA-406

Introduction to the Economics of the Environment (en) 

UEA 

E 

60

6 

UEA-X01 

Conservation genetics (en) - (also offered in P2)

UEA 

E 

30 

3 

UEA-X02 

Climate Change: Science, Society and Policy (en) - (also offered in P2)

UEA 

E 

60 

6 

UEA-X03 

Restoration Ecology (en) - (also offered in P2)

UEA 

E 

30 

3 

UEA-X04 

Introduction to GIS (en) - (also offered in P2)

UEA 

E 

30 

3 

Period P5c 

Norwich (February to August, Year 2) 

UEA

E 

30 

30 

Stream 1: Biology - Ecology  

E 

30 

30 

UEA-501

Research Skills for Ecologists (en) 

UEA 

C 

30

3 

UEA-502

Master Thesis: Research Project & Dissertation 

UEA 

C 

500* 

27

Stream 2: Environmental Sciences  

E 

30 

30 

UEA-503

Research Skills (en) 

UEA 

C 

30

3 

UEA-504

Master Thesis: Research Project & Dissertation 

UEA 

C 

500* 

27

Period P4d 

Kiel (September to January, Year 2)

CAU 

E 

300 

30 

CAU-401

Theory of ecosystem dynamics and decomposing systems (en) 

CAU 

C 

60 

6 

CAU-402

Soil ecology: microbial and invertebrate decomposing systems (en) 

CAU 

C 

60 

6 

 

 A total amount of 18 ECTS has to be composed from the list below:   

C 

180 

18 

CAU-403

Identifying Chemical Key Processes in Ecosystems (en) 

CAU 

E 

60 

6 

CAU-404

Principles of Environmental Economics & Environmental Planning (en) 

CAU 

E 

60 

6 

CAU-405

Basics of Aquatic Ecology (en)

CAU 

E 

60 

6 

CAU-406

Evolution, Biodiversity and Conservation (en)

CAU 

E 

60 

6 

CAU-407

Current topics in marine ecology II (en) 

CAU 

E 

60

6 

CAU-408

Current topics in benthic ecology II (en) 

CAU 

E 

60

6 

CAU-409

Advanced modelling (en) 

CAU 

E 

40

4 

CAU-X01 

Aquatic ecology (en) - (also offered in P3b)

CAU 

E 

90 

9 

CAU-X02 

Methods in ecology (en) - (also offered in P3b)

CAU 

E 

90 

9 

CAU-X03 

Evolution of plant diversity (en) - (also offered in P3b)

CAU 

E 

90 

9 

CAU-X04 

Ecotoxicology (en) - (also offered in P3b)

CAU 

E 

40 

4 

Period P5d 

Kiel (February to August, Year 2)

CAU 

E 

60 

30 

CAU-501

Project Management (en) 

CAU 

C 

60 

6 

CAU-502

Master Thesis: Research Project & Dissertation 

CAU 

C 

500* 

24 

Period P6

Poitiers (Early September, Year 2) 

UP

C 

 

 

 

 EMAE Farewell Congress - Degree awarding - Closure session 

UP 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total 

1000 

120 

*: The research project and Dissertation is at least approximate to 30 hours per week for 16 weeks -> 500 hours)

 

 

 

 

 

 
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