LNAK10010U Environmental Impact Assessment
MSc Programme in Agricultural Development
MSc Programme in Geography and Geoinformatics
MSc Programme in Sustainable Development in Agriculture (Agris
Mundus)
MSc Programme in Agriulture
MSc Programme in Environmental Science
MSc Programme in Geography and Geoinformatics with a Minor Subject
MSc Programme in Biology
The aim of the course is to introduce the components and
structure of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as well as
discuss how national guidelines and requirements for EIAs
influence the outcome.
Modern EIA includes both environmental and social impacts of
development projects, hence the course is interdisciplinary by
nature and is relevant for a range of academic disciplines.
Students will obtain a comprehensive overview and thorough
knowledge of EIA procedures and methodologies.
An EIA requires insights into a wide spectrum of methodologies and
procedures, as well as a range of professional qualifications.
Current EIAs include an evaluation of environmental, economic,
social and cultural impacts. EIA is a rapidly evolving and
expanding field of activity and an important professional field for
candidates interested in natural resource management and
development. The course will introduce basic concepts and generic
methodologies, and will focus on EIA within the fields of
agriculture and forestry, natural resource management,
infrastructure and water resource management projects. The problems
and pitfalls of EIA will be discussed. The course is mainly
focusing on EIA in developing countries, but examples from Denmark
and other countries are also used.
After completing the course, the students should have a
comprehensive overview and thorough knowledge of EIA procedures and
relevant EIA methodologies. In combination with the professional
knowledge from their individual disiplinary backgrounds, the
students should be able to contribute to design and implementation
of EIAs.
Course contents:
-The aims and history of EIA
-Development of EIA, e.g. 'Strategic Environmental
Assessment' and 'Social Impact Assessment'.
-Guidelines and administrative procedures
-Public involvement
-The EIA-process (initial work, screening, scoping, assessing,
mitigation and impact management, reporting, reviewing, decision
making, monitoring/implementing/auditing)
-Methodology: Checklists, matrices, models, expert systems,
networks etc.
-EIA-management (incl. economic valuation)
The course will use case studies to illustrate the EIA process.
The aim of the course is to introduce the components and
structure of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as well as
discuss how national guidelines and requirements for EIAs
influences the outcome.
Knowledge:
-Show overview of the components of an EIA and their respective
requirements and outputs
Skills:
- explain specific methods and tools used in EIA
- apply assessment principles and expand applicability to other
cases
Competences:
- apply methods and approaches used in environmental impact
assessment (EIA) outside own disciplinary field.
- discuss impacts and weigh them against benefits from concrete
development projects
- evaluate desirability of development plans based on an evaluation
of impacts, mitigation options and the likely
benefits.
- Category
- Hours
- Colloquia
- 30
- Exam
- 1
- Excursions
- 7
- Lectures
- 30
- Preparation
- 88
- Project work
- 50
- Total
- 206
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- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Oral examination, 20 minWritten assignmentTwo mandatory group reports are submitted during the course, which contribute with 40% of the final mark. Individual contribution in the reports is marked. The rest of the final mark (60%) is based on an individual oral exam in the reports and the general curriculum.
- Exam registration requirements
Participation in 80% of the group assignments and full participation in 2 group reports.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
- Re-exam
As the ordinary exam.
If the exam requirement is not fulfilled three written assignments (2 exam cases and one review of the course curricula) must be handed in and approved no later than two weeks prior to reexamination
Criteria for exam assesment
See the learning outcome
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- LNAK10010U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 block
- Placement
- Block 4
- Schedule
- C
- Course capacity
- No limitation
- Continuing and further education
- Study board
- Study Board of Natural Resources, Environment and Animal Science
Contracting departments
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
- Department of Geoscience and Natural Resource Management
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Science
Course Coordinators
- Sander Bruun (sab@plen.ku.dk)
- Ole Mertz (om@ign.ku.dk)