MA in Geohazards and Climate Change
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
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
Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
ul. Wieniawskiego 1
61-712 Poznań, Poland
phone: +48 61 829 4434, +48 61 829 4442
email: welcome@amu.edu.pl
www: https://amu.edu.pl/en
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- BA in English Studies: Literature and Culture
- BA in European Legal Studies
- BA in German Studies
- BA in Global Communication
- BA in International Relations
- BA in Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Bachelor of Governance of Organizations (Słubice)
- BSc in Chemistry
- Environmental Management at CAU and Environmental Protection at AMU
- Inter-University Programme of Interdisciplinary PhD Studies at the 'Artes Liberales' Academy
- MA Applied Linguistics, specialty Empirical Linguistics and Language Documentation
- MA in Balkan Studies
- MA in Central Europe in the International Perspective
- MA in Cultural Studies: Intercultural Communication
- MA in Digital Entrepreneurship
- MA in English Studies: Language and Communication in Healthcare
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- MA in Geohazards and Climate Change
- MA in in Literary Studies: Central Europe in the International Perspective
- MA in International Relations
- MA in Journalism and Social Communication
- MA in Language-Mind-Technology
- MA in Mediterraean Studies
- MA in Modern Languages - Empirical Linguistics and Language Documentation
- MA in Philology – Empirical Linguistics and Language Documentation
- MA in Public Governance, Specialization: Good Governance and Civil Society
- MA in Research in Cognitive Science
- MaMaSelf Master in Material Science
- Master of Arts in English Studies: Language and Communication in Healthcare
- Master of Intercultural Communication Studies (MICS)
- MSc in Biotechnology
- MSc in Chemistry
- MSc in Environmental Protection
- MSc in Physics of Advanced Materials for Energy Processing
- PhD programme in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
- SERP-Chem