ECONOMICS OF NATURAL RESOURCES
1. Brief presentation (of the importance) of the discipline
In agriculture, forestry, food sciences, wood sciences and other fields of life sciences, efficient and sustainable management of human, production and natural resources is the key challenge and question of future development. So, together with technical and natural needs, they are increasingly adapted to economic knowledge. Understanding the principles of economics, law, business and sustainable management is a condition for anyone who wishes to operate effectively in the public or private sector. The Biotechnical Faculty, in line with international examples, is offering a new program and professional profile: economist of natural resources. The program is intended for graduates of first cycle programs in live sciences and other sciences, who wish to combine natural and social sciences, in order to obtain a wide profile of education for new challenges and employment opportunities.
2. Basic aims of the study program
The master program is intended to provide general and specific economic knowledge in the wide field of managing natural resources. Students are qualified for understanding the economic and legal-political aspects on the level of farms, companies, non-governmental groups and state administration. They also obtain basic skills for management and administration in agriculture and related sciences. Candidates are directed through the choice of subjects into business and/or state administration aspects of operation. The study is planned to be multidisciplinary, project based and builds new development profiles of graduates who will take key responsible positions in the bussines and state administration in the sphere of management of natural resources. The study also provides the basic knowlede required for further doctoral study in the field of the economics of natural resources.
3. Method of study
Regular and part-time.
In the 2017/18 academic year the study program will be carried out only for second year of study.
4. Duration of studies
The study program does not have individual fields of study and amounts to 120 credit points. In the form of part-time study, it lasts three years. Lectures and exercises are held in the first two years, amounting to 90 ECTS. The third year is devoted to elaboration of a master thesis. Subjects will be organised in the afternoon and at weekends. The program does not have specific study areas.
5. Professional title obtained
After completion of studies, the student obtains the title master of the economics of natural resources (MSc.), written after their name.
6. Employment opportunities for graduates
Graduates have very wide employment opportunities in public services and in the business, in governmental and non-governmental sectors connected with the leadership, management, organisational and administrative work in the field of agriculture, forestry, food sciences, woodworking, environmental protection, European integrations and other fields.