The Water Resource Management degree programme comprises a total of seven semesters and is divided into a two-semester foundation course and a four-semester main course, which is interrupted by the integrated practical semester in the fifth semester. The programme concludes with the completion of the bachelor’s thesis.
In addition to the compulsory courses, which are mandatory for all students, individual specialisations can be set in the higher semesters via the so-called compulsory electives.
1st foundation course (1st & 2nd semester) moreless
In the foundation course (1st & 2nd semester), students are systematically taught a broad basic knowledge that forms a relevant basis for the main course.
The courses in the basic study programme are:
- Human Geography and Global Change 1
- Climatology
- Fundamentals of business administration and economics
- Sustainability
- Chemistry
- Water chemistry methods course
- Mathematics 1 – Analysis and Linear Algebra
- Mathematics 2 – Statistics/Stochastics
- (Inter-) national aspects of water management
- Moderation, mediation, participation
- IT basics
- Scientific work
- Geography and Global Change 2
- Climate change
- Nature conservation
- Vegetation ecology
- Zoology
- Soil science
- Geology
- Geomorphology
- Hydrology
- Hydrological methods course
- Limnology
- Limnology methods course
- Tourism and water
- Water education
2nd main study programme (3rd & 4th semester) moreless
The first part of the main study programme (3rd & 4th semesters) prepares students intensively for the practical semester and the subsequent second part of the main study programme.
The courses of the main study programme are:
- Urban water management 1
- Pipe and pipe systems, system planning, system management
- Aquatic ecotoxicology
- Fundamentals of fluid mechanics
- Hydropower and the energy industry
- Forestry and agricultural land-use systems
- Waste management
- Development cooperation
- Intercultural competence and international consulting
- Basics of cartography, GIS, and remote sensing
- GIS – Applications in water management
- Urban water management 2
- Rainwater management
- Spatial planning and landscape planning
- Environmental policy
- Environmental law
- Watercourse development
- Wetland management
- Interdisciplinary project
3rd practical semester (5th semester) moreless
The practical semester (5th semester) not only offers the opportunity to apply the knowledge you have learned at companies, authorities, or organisations in Germany or abroad, but also the chance to gain initial professional experience, make contacts with potential employers, and possibly even do some preparatory work for your Bachelor's thesis.
The length of the internship semester makes it possible to be integrated into projects and take on responsibility but also to split the semester into two shorter partial internships and thus gain experience in two different subject areas or regions.
4th main study programme (6th & 7th semester) moreless
The second part of the main study programme (6th and 7th semesters) prepares students for professional practice or, if applicable, for a subsequent master’s degree programme. The programme concludes with the bachelor’s thesis.
The courses in the last part of the main study programme are:
- General and applied hydrogeology
- Microbiology
- Applied environmental analysis
- Flood and heavy rainfall management
- Engineering hydrology
- Project practice 1
- Project management
- Water-specific challenges in developing countries
- Drought and low water management
- Organisational development and change management, leadership, business coaching
- Project practice 2
- Award procedure
- Project financing
- Compulsory elective subjects
- Bachelor thesis
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