Cross-border environmental cooperation
heohrafichnyi fakultet
Name
Cross-border environmental cooperation
Program code
58989
Qualification awarded
master's degree in geography at the ONP "Transborder
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
Programme learning outcomes
PR01. Apply acquired theoretical and practical knowledge
skills for the study of natural and socio-territorial systems at different spatial levels
organizations, in particular at the cross-border level.
PR02. Evaluate the results of one's own work, demonstrate
the ability to work in a team, in particular, on issues
cross-border environmental cooperation.
PR03. Communicate freely on professional and scientific issues
in a foreign language.
PR04. Conduct research or innovate
activity for the purpose of obtaining new knowledge, development
new methods and procedures in geography and interdisciplinary
contexts, in particular, on issues of nature protection and restoration
and protection of landscapes and biodiversity.
PR05. To be able to identify, pose and solve scientific and applied problems, carry out a critical assessment of accepted ones
decisions, in particular, in terms of the cross-border level
nature protection
PR06. Apply modern models and information
technologies for conducting research and development in the field
geography, nature management, transboundary
environmental cooperation, urban and
regional development.
PR07. Participate in the development of programs and strategies
transboundary nature protection, urban and regional
development, planning of territories of different hierarchical levels.
PR08. To carry out research on natural and socio-geographic manifestations of the development of geosystems in complex and
unpredictable conditions, predict their development,
analyze alternatives, assess risks and probabilities
consequences
PR09. Conduct professional evaluation of programs, strategies and plans
development of territories (Euroregions), to implement them
geoecological and socio-economic examination and
monitoring.
PR10. Apply geoinformation technologies, create
and explore natural- and social-geographical models
manifestations of the development of geosystems, to determine their possibilities and limits
application.
PR11. Assess possible risks, socio-economic and
geoecological consequences of the implementation of management decisions in
in the field of nature use, nature protection, urban and
of regional development, recreation and tourism.
PR12. To plan and perform theoretical and applied
research, draw reasonable conclusions, analyze and
to present research results, in particular, regarding
cross-border environmental cooperation.
PR13. To carry out scientific and pedagogical activities in institutions
of higher education, to develop the necessary teaching-methodical and information support for this.
PR14. Formulate scientific hypotheses, determine relevant ones
aspects in fundamental and applied directions
research, develop and manage projects in the field
geography, nature use, nature protection, urban,
regional, cross-border development.
PR15. Independently evaluate key development trends
natural and socio-geographical processes for formation
new areas of scientific research, in particular, and
nature protection
PR16. Carry out a geoecological analysis of the state of the environment for
transformation and restoration of the environment, landscapes,
biodiversity.
PR17. Conduct geoecological research of green
infrastructure of territories for the organization of protection systems and
preservation of landscapes, habitats and biodiversity.
Form of study
Full-time form
Examination regulations and grading scale
Written and oral exams, tests, differentiated tests,
current control (presentations, test tasks, modular
control works), protection of practice reports, public
defense of the master's thesis
Оbligatory or optional mobility windows (if applicable)
Work placement
Conducting part of professionally oriented classes
disciplines and production practices are provided at the base
organizations and institutions dealing with problems
international, including cross-border
environmental cooperation, impact assessment
military actions on landscapes and biodiversity, protection and
restoration of landscapes and biodiversity, strategic
environmental assessment (EIA), environmental impact assessment (EIA),
spatial geoinformation analysis and forecast,
marketing of ecosystem services.
Work-based learning
Student-centered problem-oriented learning that
conducted in the form of lectures, seminars, practical, etc
laboratory classes, performance of independent works on the basis
educational aids, textbooks and notes,
consultations with teachers, performance of qualification
master's thesis 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 design and research and
research organizations; industrial and scientific
institutions in the field of nature management, international
ecological cooperation and nature protection
(Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources
of Ukraine, Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and
of Agriculture of Ukraine, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Ukraine, Ministry of Community and Territorial Development
of Ukraine, State Emergency Services of Ukraine,
State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine, State
Environmental Inspection of Ukraine, State Space Agency
of Ukraine, Earth Aerospace Research Center, etc.;
UNEP, UNIDO, UNESCO, OSCE, EBRD, European
environmental agency, Global Environmental Fund, etc.);
enterprises in the field of business, consulting, analytical and
outsourcing companies (methodologist, researcher, analyst,
expert)
Access to further studies
The possibility of studying in educational and scientific programs
the third level of higher education, as well as professional development
and obtaining additional postgraduate education.
Subjects
As part of the curriculum, students study the following disciplines
Geography of cross-border environmental cooperation
Code: ОК 01,
International and national geospatial data infrastructures
Code: ОК 02,
Transboundary environmental monitoring
Code: ОК 06,
Green infrastructure and geography of nature protection in Europe and Ukraine
Code: ОК 12,
Management of international environmental projects
Code: ОК 13,
Marketing of ecosystem services
Code: ОК 15,
Basics of international environmental law
Code: ОК 16,
Professional and corporate ethics
Code: ОК 03,
Methodology and organization of scientific research with the basics of intellectual property
Code: ОК 04,
Geoecological principles of sustainable development and management of natural resources
Code: ОК 05,
Production practice
Code: ОК 07,
International environmental organizations and programs
Code: ОК 10,
Dangerous natural and anthropogenic processes and environmental engineering
Code: ОК 14,