FACULTY OF BIOLOGY

FIRST DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

  • INTRODUCTION
  • AIMS
  • CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
  • SYLLABUS
  • 1999-2000 SYLLABUS

    • FIRST DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

    FIRST DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

    INTRODUCTION
    The degree course in Environmental Studies was introduced in the University of León in the academic year 1995-96, in the Faculty of Biology, with a view to replacing the old degree in Science and Technology of the Environment, which still exists but will soon disappear.

    The present syllabus of this course comprises a total of 300 credits grouped into two stages of two years each. In the second stage, students choose one of the following options: Environment Management or Environmental Technology.

    The Faculty of Biology has been running courses on environment-related subjects since 1982, as the second-stage option of Environmental Biology was one of the first to be introduced in Faculties of Biology in Spain.

    The Faculty of Biology has a vast database and a great bank of material from its own research on the environmental diversity of the province and the autonomous region, ensuring that it is in a position to apply its teachings directly to its immediate surroundings. The teaching staff have drawn up many environmental reports at the request of private individuals and governmental organizations, while the variety and scope of the research projects concerning the environment granted in recent years is also large.

    AIMS OF THE COURSE
    The studies leading to the degree in Environmental Studies give students a good grounding in the scientific and social aspects of the Environment, while providing a specific orientation in environment and land management, and also::
    1.- Assessment of environmental impact.
    2.- Diagnosis of problems, environment improvement projects and conservation of natural areas.
    3.- Detection of pollutants, their analysis and control.
    4.- Analysis of wastes. Biological treatment and recycling.
    5.- Bacteriological control of water, soil analysis, etc.
    6.- Planning and exploitation of renewable maritime and terrestrial resources.

    CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
    1.- Teaching in secondary education and university lecturing.
    2.- Research in public institutions and private companies.
    3.- Design of projects for the integral management of liquid, solid urban, farm and industrial wastes.
    4.- Drawing up projects of environmental impact assessment.
    5.- Design of projects of exploitation of renewable natural resources.
    6.- Drawing up anti-pollution projects
    7.- Design, management and monitoring of sewage farms.
    8.- Environment inspector.
    9.- Self-employment.

    SYLLABUS
    FIRST STAGE

    FIRST YEAR (45 core subject credits + 30 compulsory subject credits) 
    FIRST SEMESTER CREDITS SECOND SEMESTER CREDITS
    T P T P
    Bases Físicas del Medio Ambiente (C) 3 3 Botánica (Cs) 6 3
    Bases Químicas del Medio Ambiente (C) 4 2 Fisiología Ambiental (Cs) 3 1,5
    Biología (C) 7,5 4,5 Fundamentos Matemáticos del Medio Ambiente (C) 5 4
    El Medio Físico (C) 6 6 Química-Física Ambiental (Cs) 5 2,5
    Zoología (Cs) 4,5 4,5

    SECOND YEAR (36 core subject credits + 24 compulsory subject credits+ 15 free option credits) 
    FIRST SEMESTER CREDITS SECOND SEMESTER CREDITS
    T P T P
    Bases de la Ingeniería Ambiental (C) 3 3 Administración y Legislación Ambiental (C) 6
    Biodemografía (Cs) 3 1,5 Ecología (C) 6 6
    Edafología (Cs) 4,5 1,5 Principios de Química Analítica (Cs) 4 2
    Microbiología Ambiental (Cs) 6 1,5 Sistemas de Información Geográfica (C) 3 3
    Medio Ambiente y Sociedad (C) 3 3

    SECOND STAGE
    THIRD YEAR (60 core subject credits + 12 compulsory subject credits) 
    OPTIONS: Environmental Management and Environmental Technology 
    FIRST SEMESTER CREDITS SECOND SEMESTER CREDITS
    T P T P
    Ampliación de Física (Cs) 4 2 Contaminación Atmosférica (C) 4 2
    Análisis y Calidad de Agua y Suelos (C) 3 3 Ecología Aplicada (Cs) 3 3
    Economía aplicada (C) 3 3 Metereología y Climatología (C) 4 2
    Erosión y Desertización de Suelos (C) 1 1 Ordenación del Territorio y Medio Ambiente (C) 3 6
    Estadística (C) 3 3 Toxicología Ambiental y Salúd Pública (C) 3 3
    Evaluación del Impacto Ambiental (C) 4,5 4,5
    Gestión y Conservación de Flora y Fauna (C) 2 2

    FOURTH YEAR (9 core subject credits + 54 credits taken from compulsory and optional specialities + 15 free option credits) 
    Environmental Management option Environmental Technology option
    FIRST SEMESTER CREDITS FIRST SEMESTER CREDITS
    T P T P
    Cartografía Medio Ambiental (*)  2 4 Análisis Químico Instrumental (*)  4 2
    Organización y Gestión de Proyectos (C) 4,5 4,5 Organización y Gestión de Proyectos (C) 4,5 4,5
    Recursos Genéticos (*)  4 2 Tratamientos Microbiológicos Aplicados al Medio Ambiente (*) 4,5 1,5
    SECOND SEMESTER SECOND SEMESTER
    Geobotánica (*) 4,5 3 Bases Ecológicas del Tratamiento del Agua (*) 6 3
    Geomorfología (*) 3 1,5 Ingeniería Ambiental (*) 2 2,5
    Modelización y Aplicaciones en Procesos Atmosféricos (*) 1,5 4,5
    A further 30 credits must be taken from the following subjects: A further 25 credits must be taken from the following subjects:
    Environmental Management option Environmental Technology option
    First semester options First semester options
    Biología marina: el Espacio Litoral 3 1,5 Biología marina: el Espacio Litoral 3 1,5
    Control de Plagas de Insectos 3 3 Control de Plagas de Insectos 3 3
    Educación Ambiental 3 1,5 Educación Ambiental 3 1,5
    Evaluación y Cuantificación del Paisaje 3 1,5 Gestión Integral de Residuos 3 1,5
    Fundamentos de Acuicultura 3 1,5 Instrumentación Meteorológica 1,5 3
    Gestión y Ordenación de Caza y Vida Silvestre 1,5 3 Mutagénesis Ambiental 4 2
    Indices Bióticos de la Calidad del Agua 3 3 Reforestación y Producción 1,5 3
    Second semester options Second semester options
    Bioindicadores Vegetales 3 1,5 Aeropalinología 1,5 3
    Contaminación Acústica 3 1,5 Contaminación Acústica 3 1,5
    Gestión y Ordenación de Pesca Continental 1,5 3 Protección Radiológica Ambiental 2,5 2
    Incendios Forestales 4 2 Restauración del Medio Natural 3 1,5
    Ocio y Medio Ambiente 3 1,5 Técnicas Aplicadas a la Propagación de Plantas 3 1,5
    Piscicultura 3 1,5 Técnicas Instrumentales Avanzadas en Medio Ambiente 3 3

    Pre-requisites for second-stage study are as follows:
    Subject Pre-requisite
    Análisis Químico Instrumental Principios de Química Analítica
    Control de Plagas de Insectos Zoología
    Gestión y Ordenación de Caza y Vida Silvestre Zoología
    Gestión y Ordenación de Pesca Continental Zoología

    The second stage is a direct continuation of the first stage. To enroll for the second stage, students must have acquired at least 63 core subject credits in the first stage.

    (CS): Compulsory subject. (C): Core subject. (*) "Compulsory" speciality option.

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