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| Programme Duration: | 2 years full-time studies |
| Programme Workload: | 80 CP / 120 ECTS |
| Admission Requirements: | – first cycle higher education in environmental science or geography, or biology, or chemistry, or agricultural sciences, or forestry, or environmental engineering, or equivalent education; – first cycle higher education in separate other thematic fields of education if the applicant has at least 2 years of work experience in the field of environmental management, which is evidenced by a certificate from the workplace, or the employer has determined the need to obtain a qualification in the field of environmental management in order to fulfil the duties of the position; – participates in the competition with the average grade of the final/state examination. |
| Obtainable Qualification: | Specialist in Environmental Management |
| Obtainable Degree: | Professional Master’s Degree in Environmental Planning |
| Place of the Programme Implementation: | Daugavpils University, 1 Parādes Street, 13 Vienības Street |
| Forms of the Programme Implementation: | full-time studies |
| Programme Director: | Msc.Env.Plan., lecturer Dainis Lazdāns e-mail: dainis.lazdans@du.lv |
| Study course descriptions | Study courses |
THE MAIN AIM OF THE STUDY PROGRAMME
To provide students with high-quality education that meets the needs of the state and is aligned with the requirements of professional standards, providing the opportunity to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge, to complement the skills and abilities of research work. Thus, preparing students for work in the field of environmental management.
During the study programme’s acquisition students’ ability to independently analyze and solve environmental management problems is being developed; an understanding of the basic principles of EU and Latvian regional policy is formed, environmental management and basic principles of development planning, emphasizing the connection of the field with the situation in Latvia as a whole and differences in the regions; in-depth knowledge of the interrelationship of the natural environment and its basic components, the importance for the existence of humanity and life as such on planet Earth, as well as the regularities of rational and sustainable development planning and preservation of this environment, forming an active cooperation with the public, private and state sectors; developed and strengthened ability to independently organize research, obtain and process data, carry out environmental, social and economic indicator monitoring.
CONTENT OF STUDIES:
Development of local initiatives, applied psychology, creation of public relations, language of business texts, development and management of environmental projects, territory and development planning, bio indication and environmental monitoring, research data analysis and applied GIS, management of river basins, protection of species and biotypes, landscape planning , forest management planning, environmental technologies, introduction to cadastral surveying, fundamentals of management, etc.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATES OF THE STUDY PROGRAMME
– to be included in the EU and Latvian labour market, offering their knowledge and skills in municipalities of various levels (ecologist, environmental management specialist), in the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, in the Ministry of Climate and Energy, in the State Environmental Service, in the Nature Conservation Agency, in the Rural Support Service and others.
-continue studies in the doctoral study programme “Biology” at Daugavpils University or other Latvian and international higher education institutions.
