De elektronische studiegids voor het academiejaar 2025 - 2026 is onder voorbehoud.





Environmental ethics (1995)
  
Coordinating lecturer :Prof. dr. Bart VAN KERKHOVE 
  
Member of the teaching team :Prof. dr. Jan COLPAERT 

Language of instruction : English
Credits: 3,0
  
Period: quarter 4 (3sp)
  
2nd Chance Exam1: Yes
  
Final grade2: Numerical
 
Exam contract: not possible
 
Sequentiality
 
   No sequentiality

Content

In this course students study the implications of human activities on environmental problems with the focus on the ethical and social issues. Since environmental problems - whether it be loss of biodiversity and ecosystem functions, climate change , food crisis or the degradation of our environment - are inherently linked to the continuing growth of the world population, we will have to find new solutions for the increasingly serious environmental problems we face. Students determine whether sustainable development can provide a way for our future conduct in our dealings with our environment . They learn about how these new developments can carry the moral debate with all stakeholders with a view on the possible impact of new developments in the long term .


Organisational and teaching methods
Organisational methods  
Lecture ✔  
Response lecture ✔  
Self-study assignment ✔  
Teaching methods  
Discussion/debate ✔  
Paper ✔  
Presentation ✔  


Evaluation

Period 4    Credits 3,00

Evaluation method
Written evaluaton during teaching periode50 %
Paper✔
Oral evaluation during teaching period50 %
Presentation✔

Second examination period

Evaluation second examination opportunity different from first examination opprt
Yes
Explanation (English)As discussion and presentation in the class group cannot be organized in this case, the assignment reduces 100% to a written paper developing a case study.
 

Compulsory course material
 

All necessary course material will be distributed electronically via Blackboard.
 

Remarks
 

a minimum of 3 participants / minimum 3 deelnemers


Learning outcomes
Master of Biomedical Sciences
  •  EC 

    • 2. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences can independently and critically perform a literature search.

  •  EC 

    • 6. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences  can report scientific findings in writing and orally to both experts and a wide audience in a structured way.

  •  EC 

    • 7. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences takes a critical attitude towards one's own research and that of others.   

  •  EC 

    • EHS 2. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences specialisation Environmental Health Sciences has a comprehensive understanding of the socio-economic context in which environmental problems arise.

 
  EC = learning outcomes      DC = partial outcomes      BC = evaluation criteria  
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1   Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.12.2, section 2.
2   Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.15.1, section 3.
3   Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.16.9, section 2.