Undergraduate studies

Page reviewed:  20/03/2025

The Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment is giving courses about available tools for analysing trends in the environment, and assessment of environmental quality. We are also disseminating a critical and knowledge based attitude to environmental data and environmental reports.

Courses

The Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment is responsible for the following courses:

  • Environmental Assessment (Bachelor level, 7.5 credits)
  • Environmental Assessment (Masters level, 15 credits)
  • Environmental Impacts of Energy Systems (in Swedish, Bachelor level, 5 credits, only for students within the Energy Systems Engineering programme)
  • Environmental management in Europe (Masters level, 15 credits, only for students within the EnvEuro programme)
  • Freshwater Biodiversity (in Swedish, Bachelor level, 7.5 credits)
  • Geology and hydrology (in Swedish, Bachelor level, 7.5 credits)
  • Introductory course - biology and environmental sciences (in Swedish, Bachelor level, 15 credits)
  • Models for Sustainable Water Management (Masters level, 7,5 hp)
  • Natural Resources for Energy Systems in a Biogeochemical Perspective (in Swedish, Bachelor level, 10 credits, only for students within the Energy Systems Engineering programme).

The department is also involved in a number of other courses with water related parts, e.g.: Contaminated Soils - Risk Assessment and Remediation (20 credits), Energy and Environment (7.5 credits) and Land Use and Watershed Management to Reduce Eutrophication (7.5 credits).

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Available independent projects

At the department we are examining projects in the subjects Biology and Environmental Science (see the list of courses below). We can also supervise projects in other subjects such as Chemistry. 

Available independent projects at the department.

If you have questions about independent projects at the department, please contact our course leader for BSc and MSc projects in Biology and Environmental Science, Malin Olofsson (malin.olofsson@slu.se).

Program

We are teaching on the following programmes on Bachelor's level:

On Master's level:

  • EnvEuro
  • Soil, Water and Environment. 

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