NATURAL GEOGRAPHY
heohrafichnyi fakultet
            Name
        
        
            NATURAL GEOGRAPHY
        
    
            Program code
        
        
            21026
        
    
            Qualification awarded
        
        
            Master's degree in geography, under the OP "Natural Geography"
        
    
            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
        
        
            level 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 acquired theoretical knowledge and practical skills to research natural and social-territorial systems at different levels of spatial organization.
PR02. Evaluate the results of one's own work, demonstrate the ability to work in a team.
PR03. Communicate freely on professional and scientific issues in a foreign language.
PR04. Conduct research and/or conduct innovative activities in order to obtain new knowledge, develop new methods and procedures in geography and interdisciplinary contexts.
PR05. Be able to identify, pose and solve scientific and applied problems, carry out a critical assessment of the decisions made.
PR06. Apply modern models and information technologies for research and development in the field of geography, nature management, urban and regional development.
PR07. To participate in the development of programs and strategies of urban and regional development, planning of territories of different hierarchical levels.
PR08. Conduct research on natural and socio-geographic manifestations of the development of geosystems in complex and unpredictable conditions, forecast their development, analyze alternatives, etc.
predict risks and likely consequences.
PR09. To carry out a professional assessment of programs, strategies and plans for the development of territories, to carry out their geo-ecological and socio-economic examination and monitoring.
PR10. Applying geoinformation technologies, creating and exploring models is natural
- and social-geographic manifestations of the development of geosystems, to determine their possibilities and limits
PR11. Assess possible risks, socio-economic and geoecological consequences of the implementation of management decisions in the field of nature management, urban and regional development, recreation and tourism.
PR12. To plan and carry out theoretical and applied research, draw reasonable conclusions, analyze and present research results.
PR13. To carry out scientific and pedagogical activities in institutions of higher education, to develop the educational, methodological and information support necessary for this.
PR14. Formulate scientific hypotheses, determine relevant aspects in fundamental and applied areas of research, develop and manage projects in the field of geography,
nature management, urban and regional development.
PR15. Independently assess the key trends in the development of natural, social and geographical processes for the formation of new areas of scientific 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
        
        
             Assistant practice without separation from theoretical training (8 weeks)
        
    
            Work-based learning
        
        
            Student-centered, problem-oriented training conducted in the form of lectures, eminars, practical and laboratory classes, independent work based on textbooks, textbooks and notes, consultations with teachers, performance of master's qualification work in the last year of study.
        
    
                    Director of the course
                
                 
                
                        Lyudmila
                        Fedorivna
                        Belous
                    
                    
                        Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology 
heohrafichnyi fakultet
                heohrafichnyi fakultet
            Occupational profiles of graduates
        
        
            Jobs in educational institutions, in project-research and research organizations, industrial and scientific institutions in the field of nature management, international environmental
cooperation and environmental protection (among others: the Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, institutions and organizations dealing with issues of emergency situations and environmental safety, etc., nature reserve institutions.
        
    
            Access to further studies
        
        
            The possibility of studying in educational and scientific programs of the third level of higher education. Acquisition of partial qualifications for other specializations in the postgraduate education system.
        
    Subjects
As part of the curriculum, students study the following disciplines
                        TRANSFER TECHNOLOGIES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
                    
                    
                        Code: ОК 11,
                        
                    
                
                        GIS DESIGN
                    
                    
                        Code: ВБ 2.2,
                        
                    
                
                        ASSESSMENT OF ANTHROPIZATION OF LANDSCAPES
                    
                    
                        Code: ВБ 3.1.1,
                        
                    
                
                        Teaching methodology Natural and geographical disciplines
                    
                    
                        Code: ВБ 3.2.1,
                        
                    
                
                        Estimation of landscape and ecosystem services
                    
                    
                        Code: ОК 16,
                        
                    
                
                        Environmental quality control
                    
                    
                        Code: ОК15,
                        
                    
                
                        Master's qualification work
                    
                    
                        Code: ОК 17,
                        
                    
                
                        Assistant practice (in addition to theoretical training)
                    
                    
                        Code: ОК 08,
                        
                    
                
                        Scientific research workshop on natural geography
                    
                    
                        Code: ОК 09,