Module Overview
The form of the module examination can change. The applied form will be announced at the beginning of the semester in the respective lectures.
M.I.N.C. Courses
The study semesters provide students with a basic understanding of Conservation Biology and offer insights into international conservation problems.
Compulsory courses at Georg-August-Universität (Conservation Biology and Assessment, Monitoring and Conservation Strategies) focus on the stucture of, and basic theories and research approaches in Conservation Biology, reasons for biodiversity loss, the role of population biology as well as on methods to describe biodiversity and wildlife populations and practical strategies for recovery.
At Lincoln, a combination of modules are compulsory among which there are Advanced Ecology and Environmental Sciences for Environmental Policy, Research Methods in Ecology, and Aspects of Sustainability.
Study Semester at Göttingen University
3 Compulsory Modules (18 C)
- M.INC.1001: International Nature Conservation
- M.INC.1005: Population Biology in Nature Conservation
- M.Biodiv.483: Assessment of Wildlife Species for Nature Conservation
2 Elective Modules (12 C)
- M.Agr.0009: Biological Control and Biodiversity
- M.Agr.0002: Honigbienen und Wildbienen in der Agrarlandschaft
- M.Agr.0047: Naturschutz interfakultativ I
- M.Agr.0048: Naturschutz interfakultativ II
- M.Agr.0052: Ökologie und Naturschutz
- M.Agr.0058: Plant herbivore interactions
- M.Agr.0061: Projektpraktikum Naturschutz in der Agrarlandschaft
- M.Agr.0089: Ökologisches Seminar
- M.Biodiv.401: Biodiversität
- M.Biodiv.402: Pflanzenökologie & Ökosystemforschung
- M.Biodiv.403: Vegetationsökologie und Vegetationsgeschichte
- M.Biodiv.404: Animal Ecology
- M.Biodiv.408: Primate ecology
- M.Biodiv.406: Regionale Vegetationsökologie und Phytodiversität
- M.Biodiv.412: Nature Conservation Biology
- M.Biodiv.443: Tierökologie: Feldstudien zur Tierökologie & zoologischen Biodiversität
- M.Biodiv.450: Pflanzenökologie: Impact of global climate change on plant communities and their functional traits
- M.Biodiv.482: Field Studies in Nature Conservation Biology
- M.Bio-NF.401: International Nature Conservation at the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Vilm
- M.Forst.222: Klima- und Bodenschutz
- M.Forst.214: Biodiversität
- M.Forst:221: Fernerkundung und GIS
- M.FES.311: Tropical forest ecology and silviculture
- M.FES.312: International forest policy and economics
- M.FES.313: Monitoring of forest resources
- M.FES.711: Ecopedology of the tropics and subtropics
- M.FES.712: Bioclimatology and global change
- M.FES.713: Forestry in Germany
- M.FES.719: Remote sensing image processing with open source software
- M.FES.711: Exercises in forest inventory
- M.FES.124: Modern concepts and methods in macroecology and biogeography
- M.FES.721: Ecological functions of wildlife: Implications for conservation and management
- M.Forst:876: Wald-Wild-Seminar
- M.INC.1006: Data analysis for field biologists
- M.INC.1003: Animal Conservation
- M.Geg.03: Globaler Umweltwandel / Landnutzungsänderung
- M.SIA.A11: Tropical animal husbandry system
- M.SIA.A12M: Multidisciplinary research in tropical production systems
- M.SIA.E11: Socioeconomics of Rural Development and Food Security
- M.SIA.E12M: Quantitative Research Methods in Rural Development Economics
- M.SIA.E14: Evaluation of rural develpment projects and policies
- M.SIA.E24: Topics in Rural Developemt Economics I
- M.SIA.I12: Sustainable International Agriculture: basic principles and approaches
- M.SIA.P03: Ecological soil microbiology
- M.SIA.P08: Pests and diseases of tropical crops
- M.SIA.P10: Tropical agro-ecosystem functions
- M.WIWI-VWL.0008: Development Economics I: Macro Issues in Economic Development
- M.WIWI-VWL.0055: Seminar Globalization and Development
Study Semester at Lincoln University
3 Courses à 10 C
- M.INC.ECOL.608: Research methods in Ecology
- M.INC.ECOL.609: Conservation Biology
- M.INC.ECOL.612: Wildlife Management
- M.INC.ECOL.630: Advanced Ecology
- M.INC.ECOL.631: Animal Behaviour
- M.INC.ECOL.615: Applied Research Methods
- M.INC.ERST.601: Advanced Theory in Resource Studies
- M.INC.ERST.606: Advanced Geographic Information Systems A
- M.INC.ERST.607: Advanced Geographic Information Systems B
- M.INC.ERST.611: Advanced Environmental Monitoring
- M.INC.ERST.620: Advanced Environmental Management Systems
- M.INC.ERST.630: Environmental Policy and Planning
- M.INC.ERST.631: Environmental Sciences in Environmental Policy
- M.INC.ERST.632: Economics in Environmental Policy
- M.INC.ERST.633: Integrated Environmental Management (IEM)
- M.INC.ERST.636: Aspects of Sustainability: an international perspective
- M.INC.MGMT.611: Management Research Methods
- M.INC.MGMT.615: Managing International Development Programmes - Planning
- M.INC.MGMT.627: Advanced Agribusiness Management
- M.INC.RECN.626: Natural Resource Recreation & Tourism
- M.INC.SOCI.601: Social Science Research Methods (Quantitative)
- M.INC.SOCI.602: Social Science Research Methods (Qualitative)
- M.INC.TOUR.603: Tourism Management
- M.INC.TOUR.604: Tourist Behaviour
Intership Semester
The internship semester aims to provide hands-on experienced through interaction with practitioners, and is therefore an important component of the programme. Students will acquire practical skills by assisting in field and project work at a scientific host institution or at an international nature conservation organization or NGO. The practical project will cover three months minimum.
In the past, students have e.g. been working at the following office or field based locations:
- IUCN World Headquarters, Switzerland
- KfW, Germany
- Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Bonn, Germany
- UNEP offices in Germany, UK and Kenya
- Conservation International, Indonesia
- Department of Conservation, New Zealand
- Seychelles Islands Foundation, Seychelles
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
- WWF: Ecuador, Costa Rica, Malaysia and USA
- Wildlife Conservation Society, Fidji
Find out more about the internship semester here.