Study programme

MA in Geohazards and Climate Change

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Area of Studies

geography, geology

Degree

Master

Degree (in English)

Master

Language(s)

English

Course Duration

2 years

Department

Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences

Tuition and Other Fees

Tuition fee: the semester tuition fee is: PLN 1 000,00 (the fee can be paid in 4 installments of PLN 250,00 each).

Application Deadline(s)

3.09.2023

Course Description

Course Profile

The aim of the course Geohazards and Climate Change (II level, general academic, Earth and Environmental Sciences discipline) taught at the Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences (FGGS) Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU) is to educate students in the field of knowledge of climate change and geohazards and to develop skills in identification of environmental hazards, in particularly those associated with changing climate. The objective of the course is to equip Students in tools for strategic planning of mitigation and adaptation for environmental changes, both at the level of the natural environment and social processes. The courses within the Geohazards and Climate Change are the effect of international experience of the researchers responsible for the programme of the study.

Example of courses

Introduction to geohazards
Introduction to climate system and contemporary climate change
Skills of write-up (papers, reports, presentations)
Environmental sciences: theory, field and laboratory workshop
Environmental and social effects of natural disasters
Methods of climate change reconstruction
Geohazards assessment
Disaster risk management

Graduate competencies

One of the main elements of the curriculum is to develop awareness and sensitivity of the graduates to social processes disrupted by the changing climate, in particular to socio-environmental conflicts, which are the results of the changing environmental conditions and arising geohazards. The course is finalised with the master' thesis written in English.Career prospects

The alumni of the proposed master degree course will be prepared to work within administrative and local governmental offices, non-governmental organizations, private enterprises, businesses and will be prepared to continue the academic career.