Master in the Management of Natural Resources and Sustainable Agriculture (MNRSA)
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The MNRSA study programme is designed for students who are interested in interdisciplinary studies focusing on environment and development issues.
What is special about studying at Noragric?
- Individual supervision
- 1 class, 10-15 nationalities
- One semester in a developing country
- Field excursions
- Personal environment
With this Master dgree you can:
Apply for positions on the national and international job market, in the public sector, in civil society organisations, NGO's, international development agencies, in the private sector and in education and research institutions.
Objectives
Master students explore the complex relationship between sustainability and the environment, focusing on the importance of natural resource management as a means of poverty reduction and sustainable development in rural areas. Graduates are expected to contribute integrated and innovative solutions to complex problems, fostering action and change to overcome people's economic, social and physical vulnerability. An important objective is to develop critical and analytical minds, combining concerns for sustainability, equity, gender and human rights, resulting in a concerned and enabled citizenship. The main output of the programme is graduates who can actively contribute to development processes.
Structure of the programme
The programme consists of two years of academic work. The first year provides a theoretical basis for the research work, the second year is dedicated to courses, data collection and thesis writing.
Semester | Activity - Location
- 1 semester: Course work at UMB
- 2 semester: Course work at UMB
- 3 semester: Courses in Uganda/Nepal and
Fieldwork for thesis, in a developing country
- 4 semester: Courses and thesis writing at UMB
One semester in a developing country!
Being a student at a university in a developing country is a challenging experience. You will be living on campus, eat local food, meet and work together with people in cities, small villages or high up in the mountains.
Read about students experience... Look at the photo of the 2003 batch Enjoy the student life at Makerere University...
Through lectures, seminars and group work, students are exposed to a wide range of disciplinary theories and interdisciplinary applications.
During the third semester, courses will be given at two partner universities: Makerere University in Uganda and Tribhuvan University in Nepal.The rest of the third semester consists of fieldwork in a developing country of choice. The research proposal for the fieldwork is developed in collaboration with a supervisor at Noragric. The topic for the thesis varies. Some examples of topics are: biodiversity management and local people; impact of tourism on natural resources; conflicts over water and land management; the importance of urban agriculture; property rights issues etc. Photo gallery!
Coursework and thesis
The course work consists of a set of mandatory courses. In addition to these courses, students may attend other courses offered by UMB on a voluntary basis. The mandatory courses carry a total of 40 ECTS and the thesis carries 30 or 60 ECTS.
Below you find an overview per semester. The courses in bold are compulsory and the ones in italic are recommended courses. The recommended courses can be replaced by other courses. The studyplan for each students needs to be approved by the programme coordinator. See specialisation requirements for what kind of courses can be accepted.
Course curriculum
Semester | Name of course | ECTS
Autumn
EDS 201 Environment and Development Introduction (5)
EDS 210 Basic Ecology; Ecology and Tropical Biology (5)
EDS 220 Statistical Analysis (10)
EDS 110 Social Anthropology (5)
EDS 240 Economics for Environment, Development and Natural Resource (10)
Spring
EDS 250 Agricultural Production Systems in Developing Countries (10)
EDS 300 Research Methods (10)
EDS 310 Management of Natural Resources and the Environment (15)
Autumn (Uganda or Nepal)
EDS 385 Rural Development and Project Management (15)
Spring
EDS 320 Scientific Communication Seminar (5)
EDS 330 Political Ecology (5)
Thesis (30)
SUM: 120 ECTS
For more detailed information about the courses see: http://www.umb.no/studie/studiebok/
Programme management
Academic: Thor Larsen, PhD (thor.s.larsen@umb.no)
Administr.: Ingunn Andersen, MSc (ingunn.andersen@umb.no)
Requirements for application
Applicants should hold at least a Bachelors degree in any natural or social science; agriculture, biology, forestry, wildlife, anthropology, geography, political science, resource management, etc.
Documentation of English knowledge is required. Teaching and other programme activities will all be in English.
The deadline of application for international students is March 1st; deadline for quota stipend April 1st. More information at http://www.umb.no/international/.
The deadline for application for students with education from a Nordic country is April 15th. More information see http://www.umb.no/studie/
For further information please contact Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences(UMB).
Phone: (+47) 64 96 52 00, (+47) 64 94 99 50; e-mail: noragric@umb.no
Updated: 17.10.05
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Department of International Environment and Development Studies
- Noragric
Phone: +47 64 96 52 00
Fax: +47 64 96 52 01
E-mail: noragric@umb.no
Postal address:
Noragric, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
P.O. Box 5003
NO-1432 Aas
Norway
Visiting/delivery address:
Universitetstunet 1 (Tivoli)
NO-1432 Ås
Phone: +47 64 96 52 00
Fax: +47 64 96 52 01
E-mail: noragric@umb.no
Postal address:
Noragric, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
P.O. Box 5003
NO-1432 Aas
Norway
Visiting/delivery address:
Universitetstunet 1 (Tivoli)
NO-1432 Ås