Course code

MLB6905.LT

old course code

MLB6905

Course title in Estonian

Läänemere regiooni elukeskkond

Course title in English

Baltic Sea Environment

ECTS credits

5.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

One of the courses within the international Baltic University Programme. The aim is to give a deepened interdisciplinary survey of the environmental state of the Baltic Sea and its catchment area, natural resources and the ways of their exploitation. Technical, economical and legislative measures aimed at keeping the state of the environment under control and future solutions will be discussed. The course is provided with printed and video material in the English language.

Brief description of the course

An overview is given of the physical geography of the region, vegetation zones in the catchment area of the Baltic Sea, biota, history of human settlement and human impact on the environment. The movement of nutrients in the human society and eutrophication in the Baltic region are discussed. Attention is paid on the impact of hazardous subjects on living organisms, problems relating with the protection of water, air and soils, international co-operation in the field of environment protection, environmental ethics and life style and prospects of sustainable society.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has an overview of natural resources in the Baltic Sea Region and ways of their use;
- is capable of comparing the ways of natural resources management and directions of social development from the standpoint of sustainable development.

Teacher

dots Tiina Elvisto

Study programmes containing that course

Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/22.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/21.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/20.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/19.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/18.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/18.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/17.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/17.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/16.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/16.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/00.LT)
Education (KAPB/15.HR)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/15.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/15.LT)