Courses

Year 1

• GEO4-6008 Sustainable Water Resources Management
• GEO4-1434 Principles of Groundwater Flow
• GEO4-6001 Quantitative Water Management
• GEO4-2340 Integrated Assessment of Climate Change
• One out of two:
  • GEO4-4403 Coastal Zone and River Management ór
  • GEO4-4406 Land Surface Process Modelling
• GEO4-6007 Water Quality Management
• GEO4-6011 Living Lab (15 EC)

Year 2

• GEO4-6010 Governance of Climate Adaptation
• GEO4-6006 Master’s Thesis (45 EC)
• and one elective (7.5 EC)

Electives mentioned in the student’s academic progress review in Osiris are pre-approved by the programme leader and by the Board of Examiners. Students can enroll for those courses via Osiris. It remains the student’s responsibility to make sure that:  

• The course is available to students of your programme;   
• The student fulfills the entrance requirements of the course (if applicable). Actual participation is only possible if students satisfy the course’s entrance conditions; in case of doubt they should contact the course coordinator first;   
• The course is not taught in the same period and timeslot as another course the student has selected.  

If the course is from another department than the Copernicus Institute, it may be that other students have priority and that they are therefore placed on a waiting list. 

The application for a non-preapproved elective is done by a written request (application form) to the programme leader. Written information on the content, the level, and the study load of the course (preferably by means of a copy of the course’s description from the course catalogue) must be attached. The ‘Application Form Elective courses Copernicus’ can be found in the Brightspace community Water Management for Climate Adaptation. If the programme leader has declared that the elective course(s) meet the criteria, the student sends the signed application form and the course information to the Board of Examiners via Osiris Case. The Board of Examiners takes the final decision on whether or not the elective is approved.