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

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rekrutacja.amu.edu.pl/en/studies-cataloge/geohazards-and-climate-change,579

Department

Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences

Tuition and Other Fees

PLN 1 500,00 (the fee can be paid in 4 installments of PLN 375,00 each).

Application Deadline(s)

01/06/2025 - 07/07/2025

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.

Education Requirements

Set of Documents:

• photo file which will be used when generating the personal questionnaire

• a scan of university diploma

• a document confirming knowledge of English at B2 level

Candidates with documents obtained abroad also provide:

• a scan of a foreign document, which is legalized or accompanied by an apostille, entitling the candidate to take up higher education studies in the country where the document was issued

• a scan of translation of the document into the language of the studies undertaken by the candidate, performed by a sworn translator entered into the list of sworn translators maintained by the Polish Minister of Justice, or certified by a Polish consul in the country where the document was issued

• a scan of the document recognizing the foreign certificate as equivalent to the Polish Matura certificate – in the case of candidates for first-cycle or long-cycle master's studies to whom this applies

• a scan of the document recognizing the foreign diploma as equivalent to the Polish diploma – in the case of candidates for second-cycle studies to whom this applies

• a scan of a document confirming the entitlement to study tuition-free – in the case of the foreigners concerned

Other Requirements

An interview on aspects of earth sciences, conducted in English. A score of at least 12 points means a positive outcome of the interview.

Contact

Karolina Leszczyńska, PhD

phone number: +48 618296035

e-mail: kar.leszczynska@amu.edu.pl