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Environmental Management Online - Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
Faculty of Business & Media via distance learning
Environmental Management via distance learning
Nowadays, the human impact is a major variable of environmental change both at the local and the global levels. The management of this impact is of crucial importance for human, social, and economic well-being now and in the future. Environmental management requires explicit scientific knowledge as well as social, political, and economic analysis skills. This program demonstrates how such skills can and have been applied in a wide range of environmentally important settings.
Academic Supervisor : Eduard Bes Fuster
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Environmental Management Online via distance learning
Specialist, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor - Environmental Management.
This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's & Ph.D. (Doctor) Degree Programs. This academic program is designed at the postgraduate level (Master’s or Doctoral). This module may also be adapted to complete the course requirements of Specialist, Expert Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree. A further option is the enrollment into each of the courses listed within this specialization module. This module may be combined or completed with other modules from this faculty. For example: Agroecology - Disaster Management - Ecology - Environmental Engineering - Environmental Health - Environmental Science - Fire Science - Forestry - Marine Ecosystems - Meteorology - Natural Ecosystems Management .
Specialist - Expert Diploma - Environmental Management Online
Tuition Fee: 1.050 Euros (1.350 US$) ... 1.470 Euros (1.890 US$).
Specialist - Expert Diploma Online: 15 ... 21 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Environmental Management via distance learning = 36 Academic credits - Select 5 courses for the online diploma of Specialist or 7 courses for the Expert Diploma from the total of courses from the specialization module.
Bachelor's Degree - Environmental Management Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 3.510 Euros (4.420 US$) ... Max. 6.800 Euros (8.700 US$).
Bachelor's Degree Online: 130 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Environmental Management via distance learning = 36 Academic credits + 40 credits in General Education (may be transferred from previous education and professional experience) + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Business & Media from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Natural Ecosystems Management.
Master's Degree - Environmental Management Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 4.680 Euros (6.120 US$) ... Max. 7.020 Euros (9.180 US$).
Master's Degree Online: 36 ... 54 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Environmental Management via distance learning = 36 Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Business & Media from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Natural Ecosystems Management. + 13 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree - Environmental Management Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 5.850 Euros (7.650 US$) ... Max. 9.360 Euros (12.240 US$).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree Online: 45 ... 72 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Environmental Management via distance learning = 36 Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Business & Media from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Natural Ecosystems Management. + 18 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Payment plans are available upon request up to 36 monthly installments. More info...
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Environmental Management Online
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 academic credits):
1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credits (30 hours of study).
You may study any subject as an independent online continuing education course. More info...
Environmental Impact
This course presents both the theoretical and practical aspects of assessing environmental impact in order to support a policy that leads to the restoration and conservation of animal and plant diversity. It covers the structure and function of disturbed ecosystems and provides adequate the means to evaluate environmental degradation levels and the impact of human activity on environmental health and contamination.
Academic Supervisor: Gonzalo de la Fuente de Val
Environmental Policies
This course is the intersection of social, cultural, political, and economic demands with our ecosystem and environmental resources. It examines the theoretical and applied basis of environmental policy making, as well as the interaction between political institutions, governmental bodies, interest groups, legislative and administrative actions, and the public.
Academic Supervisor: Eduard Bes Fuster
Environmental Science
This course deals with relevant theories from physical sciences, ecology, economics, political science, and other fields related to environmental studies. It presents an interdisciplinary approach to the interaction of humans and biological systems with the environment. It examines environmental problems, their prevention, and possible solutions.
Academic Supervisor: Gonzalo de la Fuente de Val
Natural Resource Economics
This course deals with the economic principles and policy issues in the use of exhaustible and renewable resources including fossil fuels, water, minerals, fisheries, forests, and biodiversity. It considers the management of natural resources on a regional and international scale. It explains how public, economic, and political choices affect environmental degradation and natural resources.
Academic Supervisor: Dimitrios Nikolaou Koumparoulis
Habitat Conservation Planning
This course examines the ecological and sociological dimensions of habitat conservation planning. Topics include land use planning, natural reserve, and ecosystem design. It also illustrates recent developments in the use of mitigation land banks and habitat conservation plans for endangered species.
Academic Supervisor: Eduard Bes Fuster
International Environmental Law
This course examines the rapidly expanding body of international instruments and law that bears on problems affecting the environment. Specific topics include transboundary pollution, acid rain, ozone depletion, global warming, marine pollution, international movements of hazardous wastes, species protection, population, genetically altered foods, outer space, and the Kyoto Protocols. It looks at the international regimes on the ownership, control, and management of natural resources, including the international institutions designed to resolve disputes.
Academic Supervisor: Eduard Bes Fuster
Environmental Health
This course examines the relationship between people and their environment, how it affects their physical well-being, and what they can do to influence the quality of their environment and to enhance their health. It considers environmental health control programs, agencies, and regulatory process.
Academic Supervisor: Luis Fontanet Sallan
Water & Waste Sanitation
This course deals with waste sanitation and the environmental health problems concerning watersheds, water channels, river systems, and the sea. It examines waste impact on the hydrologic cycle and provides management solutions for modifying this impact on water quality, quantity, and use.
Academic Supervisor: Luis Fontanet Sallan
Solid Waste Management
This course examines the public health, environmental, economic, and materials conservation aspects of solid wastes management; amounts and sources of solid wastes; waste reduction and recycling; methods of storage, transportation, and disposal; and identification of present problems and future needs. It also reviews the current physical, chemical, and biological methods of solid and hazardous waste management and disposal.
Academic Supervisor: Luis Fontanet Sallan
Environmental Management
This course examines the methods used to evaluate and manage the environmental impact and performance of businesses, products, and processes. In addition, it presents a multidisciplinary approach for identifying, evaluating, and managing risks from environmental contaminants and hazards, providing remediation strategies such monitoring, containment, in-situ remediation, and/or ex-situ treatment.
Academic Supervisor: Gonzalo de la Fuente de Val
Natural Ecosystems Management
This course examines all the issues involved in understanding and managing human use in different natural ecosystems and protected areas (parks, beaches, forests, mountains, lakes, etc...). It integrates human impact into ecosystem management in natural and protected areas.
Academic Supervisor: Eduard Bes Fuster
Pollution Management
This course explains the concepts and approaches to correct and alleviate the effects of environmental pollution. It examines the use of biological processes, as well as the biochemical, ecological, and physicochemical aspects for pollutant remediation and mitigation. It reviews the most current and advanced control technologies used for management of air and water pollutants.
Academic Supervisor: Eduard Bes Fuster
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Environmental Management Online via distance learning
Recommended Professional References.
Joining the proper association is the best way to become an updated professional.
Bircham International University graduates may join many professional associations. Membership requirements for each association may vary depending on the degree program, specialization and graduate resume en each occasion. BIU can not guarantee membership in all instances. BIU does not intermediate in these procedures. Bircham International University provides a list of available memberships and professional references from each faculty where some BIU graduates may belong. Contact directly the ones you select. More info...
ABEAMA - Associação Brasileira de Energias Alternativas e Meio Ambiente
ABRAPHISET - Associação Brasileira dos Profissionais de Segurança e Saúde no Trabalho e do Meio Ambiente
AESAS - Associação Brasileira das Empresas de Consultoria e Engenharia Ambiental
ANAGEA - Associação Nacional dos Gestores Ambientais
APROEMA - Asociación Profesional de Empresas Medioambientales.
AWMA - Air & Waste Management Association
CIEEM - Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management
ECOECO - Sociedade Brasileira de Economia Ecológica
EDRA - Environmental Design Research Association
EMA - Environmental Management Association
EMSA - Environmental Management Systems Association
EPE - Association Française des Entreprises pour l'Environnement
FED - Fédération Environnement Durable
FETA - Federation of Environmental Trade Associations
GERES - Groupe Energies Renouvelables, Environnement et Solidarités
IAPS - International Association for People Environment Studies
IECA - International Environmental Communication Association
IEMA - Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment
INEM - International Network for Environmental Management
IPEP - Institute of Professional Environmental Practice
IUPEA - International Urban Planning and Environment Association
MEA - Media Ecology Association
NAEP - National Association of Environmental Professionals
REDLAC - Red de Fondos Ambientales de Latinoamérica y el Caribe
UCSFEP - Union of Concerned Scientists Food and Environment Program
UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme
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Admission requirements - Environmental Management
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
For official admission status at Bircham distance education university; you need to send in a filled out, dated, and signed official Application for Admission. You may download this application form from the website or request it by email or mail. Please send this application and enclosed documents to our address. You may also submit this application and attached documents by email in a PDF Format. More info...
Bircham International University issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the distance learning degree program's major. Bircham University can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission. More info...
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METHOD OF INSTRUCTION: Distance Learning Higher Education
This distance learning education program is completed by a traditional correspondence instruction method. Once you sign up for the course, Bircham International University will send you (to your mailing address) the suggested textbooks. After reading the book, you will be asked to write a 20 to 35 pages report that reflect your understanding of the book. This report is equivalent to the exam and can be submitted by email or mail. Bircham International University will evaluate your written work. If passed, BIU will issue the corresponding diploma. For more instructions about BIU pedagogy, tutoring, and evaluation, please read our distance learning education study guide. More info...
Students enrolling into this distance education program should be aware that:
1. Location: Bircham International University needs a functional geographical location to ship the book and materials for successful completion of this program of study.
2. Communication: Email, courier, phone are key communication instruments with Bircham University that play an important role in the progress and support of this program of study.
3. Capacity: Any impediment, physical or psychological, to read a book and write a report must be communicated to Bircham International University prior to enrollment into this distance learning program.
4. Technology: No specific technology is required to complete this distance education program.
5. Language: Book reading and report writing in other language than English must be requested (and approved by BIU) prior to enrollment in any distance learning program.
6. Discrimination: There is no discrimination with respect to race, color, gender, beliefs or religion.
7. Age: Check the admission requirements for each distance education degree program. More info...
Duration - Environmental Management Online via distance learning
For a program of 21 credits, the estimated time for completion is 21 weeks. For 45 credits, the estimated time for completion will be 45 weeks, and so on. Calculations are approximate. The length of each distance learning degree program is calculated based on an average of 15 hours of learning per week. It also depends on the number of validated credits from previous knowledge and the level of commitment to the studies. More info...
All information related to the distance learning degree programs is in English, although you may, upon request and approval, submit the required assignments in other languages.
Recognition - Environmental Management Online via distance learning
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Faculty of Business & Media via distance learning
Environmental Management Online
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
