About the course

The purpose of the course is for the student to develop understanding and knowledge of different types of organisations' environmental and strategical work in order to identify, based on knowledge of nature and society's processes and technical systems, the environmental problems organisations need to take into account in order to achieve sustainable ecological, social, cultural and economic development.

This course is offered as part of a programme:

Environmental Science

Course content

Syllabus spring 2024

Earlier syllabuses

Entry requirements and selection

Entry requirements

MV211A Reading, Writing and Discussing Texts in Environmental Studies 7,5 credits, MV212A Environmental History, Human Ecology and Environmental Ethics 7,5 credits, MV213A Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Chemistry 7,5 credits, MV214A Environmental Politics and Citizenship 7,5 credits, MV221A Statistics and Environmental Communication 7,5 credits, MV222E Urban Infrastructure, Ecology and Health 7,5 credits and MV223A Environmental Psychology and Methods in Environmental Psychology 7,5 credits, MV224A Science Methods: Data Collection and Analysis of Environmental Quality 7,5 credits or

MV102B Environmental Science: Level 1 30 credits, MV101A Environmental Law 15 credits and MV133B Environmental Surveying 15 credits or equivalent

Course literature

Kurslitteratur VT 2024

  • Dransfield, R. (2013). Business Economics. Ed 1st. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-78386-3
  • Haigh, N. & Griffiths, A. (2009). The natural environment as a primary stakeholder: the case of the climate change. Business Strategy and the Environment, 18: 347-359.
  • Loorbach, D., van Bakel, C.J., Whiteman, G. & Rothmanis, J. (2010). Business strategies for transitions towards sustainable systems. Business Strategy and the Environment, 19: 133-146.
  • Mulvihill, P.R. & Ali, S.H. (2017). Environmental Management: Critical thinking and emerging practices. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-89996-4.

Scientific literature, articles and other media forms are provided by Course Coordinator in the form of links, files, distributed as hard copy or borrowed from libraries (equivalent to max 500 pages).

Kurslitteratur VT 2025

  • Dransfield, R. (latest edition). Business Economics. Ed 1st. Routledge, Milton Park.
  • Haigh, N. & Griffiths, A. (2009). The natural environment as a primary stakeholder: the case of the climate change. Business Strategy and the Environment, 18: 347-359.
  • Loorbach, D., van Bakel, C.J., Whiteman, G. & Rothmanis, J. (2010). Business strategies for transitions towards sustainable systems. Business Strategy and the Environment, 19: 133-146.
  • Mulvihill, P.R. & Ali, S.H. (latest edition). Environmental Management: Critical thinking and emerging practices. Routledge, Milton Park.

Supplementary scientific articles and other material will be provided electronically.

Course evaluation

Malmö University provides students who participate in, or who have completed a course, with the opportunity to express their opinions and describe their experiences of the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarise the results of course evaluations. The University will also inform participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures taken in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).

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Contact

For more information about the education:

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