Courses

Master in Ecology and Environment

General information

Official Code:	M872
Acronym:	M:EA
Description:	O Mestrado em Ecologia e Ambiente da FCUP destina-se a licenciados com formação nas áreas de Biologia, Geologia, Ciências do Ambiente, Arquitetura Paisagística, Agronomia ou outras áreas afins. Ao longo do curso, os estudantes adquirem as competências e conhecimentos necessários à compreensão integrante dos aspetos biológicos inerentes aos domínios aplicados de Ecologia e Biodiversidade, Ecologia da Paisagem e Ordenamento do Território, Educação Ambiental e Turismo da Natureza, Tecnologia Aplicada à Gestão Ambiental e da Caracterização, Monitorização e Recuperação Ambientais, à luz das melhores práticas atuais.

Certificates

Master's degree in Ecology and Environment (120 ECTS credits)
Specialization in Ecology and Environment (60 ECTS credits)

Courses Units

Common Core

Data Acquisition and Analysis in Ecology and Environment

BIOL/AMB4007 - ECTS The course aims to give students a thorough understanding of the various processes of acquisition and analysis of data in the scientific areas of ecology and environment, as well as the main scientifical principles behind those processes.

Population and Community Ecology

BIOL4043 - ECTS Knowing the different notions of population and community ecology, as the foundations for the description of biological communities, their diversity patterns in space and time, and the factors generating these patterns.

Ecosystems and Functional Ecology

BIOL4138 - ECTS Provide a coherent and integrated set of knowledge about ecosystem functioning.

Portugal's Biodiversity and Habitats

BIOL4139 - ECTS Introduction to the main groups of flora, fauna and habitats, of Portugal and the Iberian Peninsula, in an ecological perspective.

Geographic Information Systems applied to Natural Sciences

EGEO4014 - ECTS

Understanding what GIS is and what it can be used for. Learn the basic aspects related to the GIS.

Environmental Biotechnology

BIOL/AMB4010 - ECTS

To provide essential knowledge on Biotechnological processes applied to environmental issues, at the level of theoretical fundamentals, applications and methodologies.

Comunicação e Educação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade

BIOL/AMB4009 - ECTS

Provide knowledge and skills on the nature of education for the environment and sustainability, its historical context, the object of action and project conceptualization, development and methodologies, and forms and strategies of communication.

Desafios Globais em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade

BIOL/AMB4011 - ECTS Provide the students with a set of seminars on subjects that are relevant for their formation on ecology and environement, which are not approached in the other UC's.

Ecological Modeling

BIOL4037 - ECTS 1. Understanding the usefulness and the limitations of ecological models in the analysis of modern environmental problems.

2. Understanding the steps in the construction of ecological models, and identifying the main data types and sources in ecological modeling.

3. Conceptualizing, calibrating, evaluating and spatializing ecological models for specific applications.

4. Implementing scenarios of environmental change and interpreting the predictions of models on ecological grounds.

Projeto em Ecologia e Ambiente

BIOL/AMB4012 - ECTS This curricular unit corresponds to the preparation of the project of the dissertation the student will defend in the final of the 2nd year in order to obtain the master degree.

Ecosystem Restoration

BIOL/AMB4008 - ECTS

To provide an integrated and coherent body of knowledge in the field of ecosystem restoration.

Dissertation

BIOL/AMB5009 - ECTS

Internship

BIOL/AMB5005 - ECTS

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