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Åbo Akademi University 2014/2015
ÅBO CAMPUS
strained.
Target audience: students from all faculties interested in
sustainable development and environmental issues.
Format: Lectures, presentations 21 h
Form of assessment: Lectures and public presentations by
the students over a given subject or a subject chosen by
themselves.
Concepts of Sustainability
200005.0
5 credits
Basic/Intermediate level
Web-based course
Offered: October-December 2014, to be confirmed
Lecturer(s): Sinikka Suomalainen et al.
Contact: Sinikka Suomalainen
Aim(s) and contents: Concepts of sustainable development,
processes, indicators, cases. Global, regional and local aspects.
Target audience: students from all faculties interested in
sustainable development and environmental issues.
Form of assessment: web-based course, no contact hours.
Sustainable Water Management: Water use and
management
200008.0
5 credits
Intermediate/Advanced level
Lectured course
Offered: Autumn 2014, to be confirmed
Contact: Sinikka Suomalainen, sinikka.suomalainen@ abo.fi
Aim(s) and contents: To give a professional knowledge on
the state of the water resources in the Baltic region, their
present use and management, and the challenge of creating
sustainable water-use in the Baltic Sea drainage area. This
part focuses on how water is used. The sectors agriculture,
municipal water supply, and industry are treated from both
quantitative and qualitative aspects. Practical management
options are also presented with several case studies.
Prerequisites: Requirements for successful participation are
a basic knowledge of chemistry as well as environmental
sciences.
Target audience: The course is of special interest for students
with a background in e.g. geology, soil science, environmental
engineering and chemistry, hydrology, ecology but other
study areas may also be relevant.
Format: (24 h) Studies in a group led by a tutor teacher, lec-
tures, case reports, probably videoconferences
Form of assessment: Paper/Presentation/Examination
Course literature: SustainableWaterManagement in the Baltic
Sea Basin.
2000. Book 2 Water Use And Management. Ed. L-C Lundin.
The Baltic University Programme. 240 p. The book is available
free on the internet
/
textbooks.htm (and also at Åbo Akademi University Library)
This course is an advanced course in the Baltic University
Programme.
Registrations: to the Open University at
/, by e-mail:
Comparative Coastal Ecology, Project I
10 credits
Advanced level
Field course at Husöbiological station (Åland) with lectures
and exercises
Offered: Autumn 2014
Lecturer(s)/Contact: Johanna Mattila
Aim: Main purpose and content of the course will be to
conduct an independent research project. Participants will
also be introduced to work in an in international research
environment.
Contents: Each project will be conducted in pairs. In each
pair, one person comes from Finland and the other one from
the USA. Project work includes both planning and practical
conductance of the research, as well as reporting the results
in form of a short scientific paper. Also an oral presentation
of the projects will be included. Joint project reports (one per
project) can be turned in after the course by a dead line that
will be decided during the course. Oral presentations will be
given at an open seminar in Turku later this fall (concerns only
the Finnish participants). The course will also include some
introductory lectures given by the teachers, groupdiscussions
based on scientific papers, and presentations of own research
interests given by the participants.
Learning outcomes: Capability to manage and conduct a
scientific research project. Ability to work in a multicultural
research environment. Enhanced knowledge onmarine ecol-
ogy.
Teachingmethods: Project work, group discussions, lectures,
student presentations
Entry requirements: Courses in marine and general ecology
Target group: PhD-students and advanced MSc-students in
Environmental and Marine Biology
Form of assessment: Course activity, course report and pres-
entation
Comparative Coastal Ecology, Project II
10 credits
Advanced level
Field course at Dauphin Island Sea Lab (USA) with lectures
and exercises
Offered: Autumn 2014
Lecturer(s)/Contact: Johanna Mattila
Aim: Main purpose and content of the course will be to
conduct an independent research project. Participants will
also be introduced to work in an in international research
environment.
Contents: Project work including both planning and practical
conductance of the research, as well as reporting the results
in formof a short scientific paper. Also an oral presentation of
the projects will be included. Project reports (one per project)
can be turned in after the course by a dead line that will be
decided during the course. Oral presentations will be given
at an open seminar in Turku later this. The course will also in-
clude some introductory lectures given by the teachers, group
discussions based on scientific papers, and presentations of
own research interests given by the participants.
Learning outcomes: Capability to manage and conduct a
scientific research project. Ability to work in a multicultural
research environment. Enhanced knowledge onmarine ecol-
ogy.
Teachingmethods: Project work, group discussions, lectures,
student presentations
Entry requirements: Courses in marine and general ecology
Target group: PhD-students and advanced MSc-students in
Environmental and Marine Biology
Form of assessment: Course activity, course report and pres-
entation
Course literature: Scientific articles which are distributed in
the beginning of the course
