Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

Students who have passed the module should be able to

• Explain the scientific basis and scientific issues in environmental science
• Explain the highest international research within the thesis subject area

Skills

• Master the scientific methods and general skills related to the thesis subject area
• Write a project report following the standards of the field of study, use the correct terminology and document extensive use of relevant and original scientific literature, and communicate and discuss the project's research-based foundation,  problem and results in writing, graphically and verbally in a coherent way
• Critically assess and select relevant original scientific literature and current scientific methods, models and other tools used in the project and asses and discuss the problem of the project and results in relevant scientific contexts and social conditions
• Evaluate the potential of the project for further development, assessing and incorporating relevant economic, ethical, environmental and other socially relevant factors

Competences

• Participate in and independently implement technological and scientific development and research, develop and implement experimental work and solve complex tasks using scientific methods
• Handle the planning, implementation and management of complex and unpredictable research and/or developmental tasks and take professional responsibility to implement independent academic assignments and interdisciplinary collaborations
• Independently take responsibility for own professional development and specialization

Type of instruction

Project work

The Master's project can be carried out in different types of collaborations with external partners, e.g. private companies, public institutions, and other universities in Denmark or abroad. 

The Master’s thesis has to be carried out within the area of environmental sciences.

A long Master’s thesis of more than 30 ECTS must include work of experimental nature to an extent that corresponds to the thesis' ECTS load.

Extent and expected workload

1800 hours

Exam

Exams