NATF302 Nature Management in Norway
Credits (ECTS):5
Course responsible:Ole Gunnar Støen
Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås
Teaching language:Norsk
Limits of class size:30
Course frequency:Annually
Nominal workload:Lectures: ca 10 hours. Excursion: ca 50 hours. Semester assignment: ca 65 hours.
Teaching and exam period:This course starts in August block. This course has teaching/evaluation in August block, .
About this course
Learning outcome
A candidate with a completed qualification will have the following learning outcomes in the course:
Knowledge: The student will have knowledge of how Norwegian nature is managed in practice, important issues, the actors and their roles, as well as the challenges you will face as a nature manager. This includes knowledge of Norwegian management of areas, endangered habitat types and species, various forms of protection, case procedures both nationally and locally, as well as knowledge of the effects of nature encroachment, conflicts within nature management and conflict management.
Skills: The student should be able to collect relevant information, critically evaluate and analyze this information, and in collaboration with others be able to write an academic assignment on issues within Norwegian nature management.
General competence: After completing the course, the student will have a good understanding of how Norwegian nature is managed at all levels and be familiar with various value assessments that are relevant to the management of Norwegian nature. The student should be able to reflect, argue and contribute to academic discussions on current issues within Norwegian nature management.
- Lectures, one week excursion with visits to practioneers, briefings and discussions, semester assignment in groups of 3-4 students.
- Students receive lectures on thesis writing at master's level, including search and correct use of relevant information, as well as academic guidance in thesis writing by the course coordinator. The groups give feedback on each other's draft assignments before submission.
- Admission to the master´s program in Natural Resource Management.
- Students are evaluated on the basis of a semester assignment
- The semester assignment is evaluated by an external examiner and the course coordinator. The examiner provides a written evaluation of all the assignments that are made available to everyone, so that the students can learn what is good in an assignment and what can possibly be improved.
- All lectures and the excursion.
- Approx. 10 hours of lectures/exercises, and 5 days field trip with excursions all day.
- Students with admission to M-NF. Students with relevant academic background on related MSc programs will be prioritized if remaining seats are allocated.
- Special requirements in Science