BUP Courses at ÅA spring 2010
A Sustainable Baltic Region, 5 credits
Lecturer: doc. Egon Nordström
Contact: Sinikka Suomalainen
Period: 27.1 - 7.4.2010, Wednesdays at 17.30-20.00
Level: Basic/Intermediate
Aim and content
How to develop a sustainable Baltic region. Energy, material flows, sustainable agriculture, forestry and marine resources, sustainable industrial production and technology, transports, habitation, sustainable economy, ethics and law for sustainability.
Entry requirements: none
Target audience
Students from all faculties interested in sustainable development and environmental issues.
Mode of studies
Lectures, group discussions, video conferences in cooperation with students at universities in the Baltic region and literature studies. The course language is English.
Form of assessment: Active participation, presentations, written examination.
Contact hours: 33
Literature
A Sustainable Baltic Region, booklets 1-10. The Baltic University Programme, Uppsala university. Uppsala, 1997. Study material includes also videotapes.
This course is an undergraduate course in the Baltic University Programme.
(This course will be offered if financing is granted)
Place: Åbo Akademi University, Fabriksgatan 2/Tehtaankatu 2
Registrations
at latest 13.1.2010 to the Open University, Åbo Akademi University, Tehtaankatu 2, registrations on the web http://www.abo.fi/fc/anmalningsdb/ or by phone Maria Saxén, 02-215 3281
There will be a limited number of participants (15) attending this course.
Sustainable Water Management in the Baltic Sea Basin;
The Waterscape, 5 credits
Teacher: doc. Egon Nordström
Contact: Sinikka Suomalainen
Period: 2.2 - 30.3.2010, Tuesdays at 17.30-20
Level: intermediate/advanced
Aims and contents
To give a professional knowledge on the state of the water resources in the Baltic region, their present use and management, and the challenge of creating sustainable water-use in the Baltic Sea drainage area. The first part treats the waterscape, i.e., water resources, such as rivers, lakes, groundwater, wetlands and the Baltic Sea with its shore, coastal waters and open sea. Both basic process knowledge and physical and economical geography aspects on the water resources is given in this part.
Entry requirements
Students are recommended to have studied the previous Baltic University courses: The Baltic Sea Environment and/or A Sustainable Region or similar. Requirements for successful participation are a basic knowledge of chemistry as well as environmental sciences.
Target audience
The course is of special interest for students with a background in e.g. geology, soil science, environmental engineering and chemistry, hydrology, ecology but other study areas may also be relevant.
Mode of studies: Studies in a group led by a tutor teacher, lectures, case reports, probably video conferences
Form of assessment: Paper/Presentation/Examination
Literature:
Sustainable Water Management in the Baltic Sea Basin. 2000.
Book 1 The Waterscape. Ed. L-C Lundin. The Baltic University Programme. 207 p.
The course is included in Environmental Studies, and is also accepted as 5 ECTS (to be confirmed) in the subject Environmental and Marine Biology (Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences). The book is available free on the internet http://www.balticuniv.uu.se/swm/books/textbooks.htm (and also at Åbo Akademi University Library)
Registrations:
At the latest 19.1.2010 to the Open University, Åbo Akademi University, Tehtaankatu 2, registrations on the web http://www.abo.fi/fc/anmalningsdb/ or by phone Maria Saxén, 02-215 3281
There will be a limited number of participants (15) attending this course.
Further information
MSc Sinikka Suomalainen
Centre for Continuing Education /from 1.8.2009 Centre for Life Long Learning
Åbo Akademy University
Tehtaankatu 2
20500 Turku, Finland
Phone: +358 (0)2 215 4870
Fax: +358 (0)2 215 4943
e-mail: sinikka.suomalainen@ abo.fi
