Natural Resources, Sustainable Coastal Management Novia University of Applied Sciences

Overview

The Natural Resources, Sustainable Coastal Management  course from  Novia University of Applied Sciences  is one of the few Bachelor Programmes in Europe focusing on Coastal issues, prepares students for working with issues that actually matters. After completing the programme the students will in particular be able to:

• Analyse environmental challenges and find constructive solutions to multifaceted environmental problems.
• Understand human-nature interactions in the context of natural resource management.
• Conduct planning with the help of Geographic Information Systems.
• Recognise the potential of the Bioeconomy sector, with particular focus on how new innovation can both contribute to solve environmental challenges and enhance the economy.

The curriculum is multidisciplinary and explores the links between coastal problems and other challenges that our planet is facing currently such as marine pollution, deforestation, waste water management etc.

Active learning and practical training are seen as keys to success for developing self-reflecting and able professionals that can interact in truly multi-cultural teams. The students are responsible for their own learning and in that way they develop entrepreneurial skills and pro-activeness which enables them to easier place themselves on the work market.

Career Opportunities:

During the first year our students make a career plan for themselves that serves as the basis for designing the individual curriculum and preparing them for their career ventures.

The market for future professionals is growing with increasing career opportunities for coastal planners, consultants, project leaders, GIS-planners, sustainability or environmental coordinators in the private sector, environmental officers or environmental inspectors in the public sector, both in Finland and internationally.