Study Plan (Part Time Study)

The Environmental Chemistry master´s programme can also be studied part-time. It is then scheduled for 8 semesters, earning 15 ECTS per semester and a total of 120 ECTS until completion of the programme with the master´s degree.

The following overview is one suggestion for successful completion within the foreseen time. If you consider studying part-time please contact the programme coordinator for an individualized study plan before you start!

 

Abbreviations:

Mode of Teaching: L = Lecture, TP = Tutorial/Practical Courses, S = Seminar

WHS = weekly hours per semester

PA = Performance Assessment: wE = written exam, oE = oral exam, Rep = Report, Pres = Presentation

ECTS = credit points according to the European Credit Transfer System, 1 ECTS equals a workload of 30 hours

1st Semester	Mode	WHS	PA	ECTS
A1 Atmospheric Chemistry I				5
Atmospheric Chemistry I	L	2	wE
Hands On	TP	2
S1 Soil and Terrestrial Biogeochemistry I				5
Introduction to Soil Chemistry	L	2	wE
Terrestrial Biogeochemistry I	L	2
M1 Scientific Writing and Symposium				5
Scientific Writing	S	2	Rep
Symposium Global Environmental Challenges	S	1	Pres

2nd Semester	Mode	WHS	PA	ECTS
A2 Atmospheric Chemistry II a)				5
Atmospheric Chemistry II	L	2	Rep
Atmospheric Chemistry Research Project	TP	2
S2 Soil and Terrestrial Biogeochemistry II a)				5
Terrestrial Biogeochemistry II	L	2	wE (50%)
Soil Processes	TP	2	Rep (50%)
EB1 Environmental Microbiology a)				5
Introduction to Environmental Microbiology	L/S	2	wE (50%)
Environmental Microbiology Project	TP	2	Rep (50%)
E1 Elective/ Internship b)	according to specifications			5

3rd Semester	Mode	WHS	PA	ECTS
W1 Aquatic Geochemistry				5
Introduction to Aquatic Geochemistry	L	2	wE/oE
Methods in Aquatic Geochemistry	TP	2
C1 Geochemical Modeling				5
Introduction to Environmental Geochemistry and Geochemical Modeling	TP	4	wE/oE
S3 Organic and Inorganic Soil Contamination c)				5
Soil Contamination	L	2	wE (50%)
Organic Pollutants	TP	2	Rep (50%)
EB2 Analytical Microscopy Project c)				5
Analytical Microscopy in Geomicrobiology and Environmental Science	L/TP	4	Rep
Iso1 Isotope Biogeochemistry c)				5
Stable Isotopes	L	2	wE/oE
Radioactive Isotopes	L	1
Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry	TP	1

4th Semester	Mode	WHS	PA	ECTS
W2 Principles of Reactive Transport d)				5
Introduction to Reactive Transport	L	2	wE/oE
Problems in Reactive Transport	S	2
C2 Environmental Analytical Chemistry I - Basic Methods d)				5
Introduction to Environmental Analytical Chemistry	L	2	wE/oE
Basic Laboratory and Field Method Training	TP	2
C3 Inorganic Pollutants and Environmental Forensics d)				5
Inorganic Pollutants	L	2	wE/oE
Environmental Forensics	S	2
E2 Elective/ Internship b)	according to specifications			5

5th Semester	Mode	WHS	PA	ECTS
W3 Biogeochemical Methods in Hydrology e)				5
Introduction to Aquatic Biogeochemistry	L	1	Pres/Rep
Aquatic Biogeochemistry Project	TP	3
C4 Environmental Analytical Chemistry II - Advanced Methods e)				5
Environmental Analytical Chemistry II	L/S	2	wE/oE
Advanced Laboratory Methods	TP	2
C5 Mass Spectrometry e)				5
Basics in Mass Spectrometry	S	2	wE/oE
Application of Mass Spectrometry in Trace Element Analysis	TP	2
W4 Hydrological Systems Analysis e)				5
Hydrological Systems	L	2	wE/oE
Organic Contaminants in the Water Cycle	S	2

6th Semester	Mode	WHS	PA	ECTS
M2 Research Module				5
Research Project	TP	8	Pres/Rep
M3 Paper Seminar and Research Plan				5
Paper Seminar	S	2	Pres
Designing and Presenting a Research Plan	S	2	Rep
E3 Elective/ Internship b)	according to specifications			5

7th and 8th Semester	ECTS
T Master´s Thesis	30
Master´s Thesis including 1 presentation

^a) choose 2 out of 3 modules (A2, S2, and EB1)

^b) The total numbers of credit points for all E-modules together is 15 ECTS; the 15 ECTS can be achieved in any combination of different lectures or modules with different ECTS.

^c) choose 1 out of 3 modules (S3, EB2, Iso1)

^d) choose 2 out of 3 modules (W2, C2, and C3)

^e) choose 3 out of 4 modules (W3, W4, C4, C5)

 

All modules excluding the M- and E-modules are graded. The weighting for calculating the overall grade of the master´s degree is based on the indicated ECTS per module.