NATURAL GEOGRAPHY
heohrafichnyi fakultet
            Name
        
        
            NATURAL GEOGRAPHY
        
    
            Program code
        
        
            21026
        
    
            Qualification awarded
        
        
            Nature management; International environmental cooperation
        
    
            Length of programme
        
        
2 years        
    
            Number of credits
        
        
            120
        
    
            level of qualification according to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework 
        
        
            7
        
    
            Qualification level
        
        
            Second (Master)                                   
        
    
            Discipline
        
        
            Natural sciences
        
    
            Speciality
        
        
KnowledgeField EN        
    
            Specific admission requirements
        
        
Degree of education: bachelor
        
    
            Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning
        
        
            
Basic higher education. Having a bachelor's degree
        
    
            Qualification requirements and regulations, including graduation requirements
        
        
            llevel of mastery of disciplines choice. block for prof. directed. from estimates. not less than 75 points, evaluation for the product. practice. not less than 75 points, protection qual. master's thesis work. not less than 75 points) can be awarded to prof. qual. for prof. direction: "Environmental Management" - 2442.2 - a specialist in environmental management, in the professional field of "International Ecology. cooperation "- 2442.1 - researcher-consultant (geography), 2442.2 - geographer.
        
    
            Programme learning outcomes
        
        
            PR01. Apply the acquired theoretical knowledge and practical skills for the study of natural and socio-territorial systems at different levels of spatial organization.
PR02. Evaluate the results of their own work, demonstrate the ability to work in a team.
PR03. Free to communicate on professional and scientific issues in a foreign language.
PR04. Carry out research and / or innovate in order to gain new knowledge, develop new methods and procedures in geography and interdisciplinary contexts.
PR05. Be able to identify, pose and solve scientific problems, critically evaluate decisions.     
PR06. Apply modern models and information technologies for research and development in the field of geography, nature management, urban and regional development.
PR07. Participate in the development of programs and strategies of urban and regional development, planning of territories of different hierarchical levels.
PR08. Carry out research on natural and socio-geographical manifestations of geosystem development in complex and unpredictable conditions, predict their development, analyze alternatives, assess risks and probable consequences.
PR09. Carry out professional evaluation of programs, strategies and development plans of territories, carry out their geo-ecological and socio-economic expertise and monitoring.
PR10. Apply geographic information technologies, create and study models of natural and socio-geographical manifestations of geosystem development, determine the possibilities and limits of their
application.
PR11. Assess possible risks, socio-economic and geo-environmental consequences of the implementation of management decisions in the field of nature management, urban and regional development,
recreation and tourism.
PR12. Plan and perform theoretical and applied research, draw sound conclusions,analyze and present research results.
PR13. Carry out scientific and pedagogical activities in higher education institutions, develop the necessary educational and methodological and informational support.
PR14. To formulate scientific hypotheses, to define actual aspects in fundamental and applied directions of researches, to develop and manage projects in the field of geography, nature management, city and regional development.
PR15. Independently assess the key trends in the development of natural and socio-geographical processes for the formation of new areas of research.
        
    
            Form of study
        
        
Full-time form        
    
            Examination regulations and grading scale
        
        
            The final evaluation of learning outcomes at the University is carried out on a single 100-point scale. The assessment of the learner corresponds to the ratio of the level of professional and general competencies established in the assessment to the planned learning outcomes (as a percentage). The minimum positive level of evaluation is 60 points. According to the results of exams, according to the results of course and diploma works (projects); according to the results of work in practice, the student is given points on the following scale: "Excellent" 90 - 100%; "Good" 75 - 89%; "Satisfactory" 60 - 74%; "Unsatisfactory" 0 - 59%. If the final exam is not conducted in the disciplines, the results of the applicant's work are evaluated on a scale: "Enrolled" 60 - 100% or "Not credited" 0 - 59%.
        
    
            Оbligatory or optional mobility windows (if applicable)
        
        
            Work placement
        
        
            Industrial practice separated from theoretical training (6 weeks). Assistant practice without separation from theoretical training (8 weeks)
        
    
            Work-based learning
        
        
            Student-centered problem-oriented learning, conducted in the form of lectures, seminars, practical classes, independent work on the basis of textbooks, textbooks and abstracts, consultations with teachers, teaching and industrial practices, master's thesis in the last year of study.
        
    
                    Director of the course
                
                 
                
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                        Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology 
heohrafichnyi fakultet
                heohrafichnyi fakultet
            Occupational profiles of graduates
        
        
            Jobs in educational institutions, in design and research and research organizations, production and research institutions in the field of nature management, international environmental
Cooperation and Environmental Protection (among others: the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, institutions and organizations dealing with emergency
situations and environmental safety, etc., nature reserves institutions.
        
    
            Access to further studies
        
        
            Opportunity to study in educational and scientific programs of the third level of higher education. Acquisition of partial qualifications in other specializations in the system of postgraduate education.
        
    Subjects
As part of the curriculum, students study the following disciplines
                        Theory and methodology of natural geography
                    
                    
                        Code: ОК 01,
                        
                    
                
                        Spatial data infrastructures
                    
                    
                        Code: ОК 02,
                        
                    
                
                        Ecogeography of Ukraine
                    
                    
                        Code: ОК 12,
                        
                    
                
                        Management of projects and programs in the field of natural geography
                    
                    
                        Code: ОК 13,
                        
                    
                
                        Dangerous natural processes in the environment
                    
                    
                        Code: ОК 14,
                        
                    
                
                        Landscape and biological diversity
                    
                    
                        Code: ВБ 2.3.,
                        
                    
                
                        Professional and corporate ethics
                    
                    
                        Code: ОК 03,
                        
                    
                
                        Methodology and organization of scientific research with the basics of intellectual property
                    
                    
                        Code: ОК 04,
                        
                    
                
                        Global ecology
                    
                    
                        Code: ОК 05,
                        
                    
                
                        Cultural landscapes
                    
                    
                        Code: ОК 06,
                        
                    
                
                        Internship
                    
                    
                        Code: ОК 07,
                        
                    
                
                        Landscape covers
                    
                    
                        Code: ОК 10,
                        
                    
                
                        Globalization and international environmental cooperation
                    
                    
                        Code: ВБ 2.1.,
                        
                    
                
                        Geoecological bases of sustainable development
                    
                    
                        Code: ДВС 2.01,
                        
                    
                
                        GIS design
                    
                    
                        Code: ДВС 2.02,
                        
                    
                
                        Cross-border geo-ecological cooperation
                    
                    
                        Code: ДВС 2.03,
                        
                    
                
                        Management of natural resources use
                    
                    
                        Code: ДВС 3.01.02.,
                        
                    
                
                        Methods of teaching natural and geographical disciplines in higher education
                    
                    
                        Code: ДВС 3.02.01,
                        
                    
                
                        Assistant practice (without separation from theoretical training)
                    
                    
                        Code: ННД 08,
                        
                    
                
                        master thesis
                    
                    
                        Code: ННД 09,
                        
                    
                
                        Exam in Geography (Natural Geography)
                    
                    
                        Code: ННД 10,
                        
                    
                
                        Pre-certification training of masters in Geography (Natural Geography)
                    
                    
                        Code: ННД 11,