Aquaculture - master

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The aquaculture industry is growing both nationally and internationally. The industry requires knowledge of breeding, nutrition, engineering, product quality and economics at the Master?s degree level.The degree qualifies students for Ph.D. studies within Aquaculture, and jobs within the field of Aquaculture and related industries.

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120 credits, taught in english.
Contact: Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences (IHA), www.umb.no/iha

Admission requirements
Bachelors degree that includes minimum: 10 credits mathematics, 10 credits chemistry/physics, 10 credits statistics and 60 credits biology courses.

Internationalisation: studies abroad and exchange agreements
The study programme is open for international students. Several students take a semester abroad. Typical countries are at present Canada, USA and England. Sections of the programme may be completed abroad. A new feature is a joint Nordic platform for aquaculture education described in detail below.

Northern European joint platform in Aquaculture; The NOVA – University network
NOVA is a common virtual University communication platform for all Veterinarian Medicine, Animal Husbandry, Agricultural and Forestry Faculties in the Nordic countries. Since last year is a special education platform formed for AQUACULTURE and FRESH WATER FISHERIES.

Through this network is all aquaculture and freshwater fisheries courses available to a student registered at any of the other participating universities and be credited to your program at your university in accordance with a pre agreed level (to avoid cross over). Economic travel and living cost support is available to any student accepted at one of the participating universities, independent of nationality.

Courses will also offered jointly by all the universities. The first of these courses, an introductory course for masters students in aquaculture, will start with a joint field course on Bornholm, Denmark in September 2006 and continue with lectures transferred via videolink and web based projects in an Introduction course in Aquaculture at MSc level.

In addition to the diploma issued by the university of registration will the student recive a specific NOVA diploma, stating the speciality of the student within the subject aquaculture, if the student has aquired at least 30 ect at one of the other participants of the NOVA Aquaculture network.

You can read more and see a complete list of available courses at:
NOVA home page
=> Then click Aquaculture in “Go directly to: up in the right corner to reach Aquaculture network home page:

Directly to the Network home page
=> Then click NOVA course database to the right to reach the course database list.

Directly to the teaching databases under NOVA
=> Then click Aquaculture

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Learning goals
Students will specialise in fish nutrition, fish breeding and technique. They will then be able to apply their knowledge to solve practical problems, participate in development projects and keep themselves up-to-date in scientific literature and news. Students should be able to solve practical problems based on their acquired specialised knowledge and be able to place practical solutions into a broader social perspective regarding general values within society, such as utilisation of resources, environment and animal welfare.

Teaching and evaluation methods
Teaching methods are varied and include lectures, field trips, seminars, group work, independent studies and exercises. Different topics have different methods of evaluation, such as internal assessment, tests and oral and written final examinations.
The Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences (IHA) also tightly cooperate in education and research field with Akvaforsk, Center for Feed Technology, Centre of excellence - Aquaculture Protein Centre (APC) and Centre for Intergrative Genetics (Cigene).
Read more about aquaculture research activities at IHA
Study Program Feed Manufacturing Technology

Programme content

35 mandatory credits have to be taken at the 300 level within fish-breeding, fish nutrition, special courses in aquaculture and planning and design of aquacultural plants.
35 credits with select topics at the 200 level within breeding, nutrition, techniques and environment, product quality etc.
20 credits at the 200 level are electives.
2. and last year, candidates must complete a Masters thesis worth 30 credits, which may be upgraded to 60 credits on application to the Board of Education. Students who do not have a Bachelors degree in Aquaculture from UMB must have an individual study plan.

Student advising
The programme has a student advisor. Teachers supervise individual courses.

Evaluation
Approval of all alterations and rules in the Study Committee. Mid-semester and final course evaluations are considered by the Board. The quality and content of the programme as a whole is continually re-evaluated by the Study Committee.

Practical informations

Updated: 14.05.09
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Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences

P.O. Box 5003
N-1432 Ås

Phone: +47 64 96 51 00
Fax: +47 64 96 51 01

E-mail: iha@umb.no

Webmaster: Janne Karin Brodin

Additional information

Admission requirements
Internationalisation: studies abroad and exchange agreements
Learning goals
Teaching and evaluation methods
Programme content
Practical informations