Courses

The total number of Credit Units (ECTS) required for the award of the Master’s Degree (M.D.) is one hundred and twenty (120), with a study duration of four (4) semesters. The twenty (20) offered courses (90 ECTS) are distributed across the first three semesters (A, B, C), and the preparation and examination (30 ECTS) of the internship based Master’s Thesis, take place in the fourth (D) semester.

Ninety percent (90%) of the courses per semester are conducted in person, while ten percent (10%) are delivered through synchronous distance learning. The percentage can be modified after SPC decision.

The detailed curriculum of the Postgraduate Studies Program (PSP) is organized as follows:

Course Code Course Title  Course Type  Hours In-Person Teaching  Hours Remote Synchr. Teaching  Hours Remote Asynchr. Teaching  ECTS
1.1 Hydrology – Ecohydrology MANDATORY 36 3 0 6
1.2 Aquatic Chemistry and biology MANDATORY 36 3 0 6
1.3 Surface water modeling MANDATORY 36 3 0 6
1.4 Remote Sensing and Water Resources MANDATORY 36 3 0 6
1.5 Surface and groundwater Hydraulics MANDATORY 36 3 0 6
TOTAL CREDITS OF FIRST SEMESTER 30

Course Code Course Title Course Type ECTS
ELECTIVE COURSES IN AMU
2.1.2 Strategies for protection of freshwater ecosystems ELECTIVE 6
2.1.2 Lake restoration ELECTIVE 6
2.1.3 Transformation and restoration of rivers ELECTIVE 4
2.1.4 Functioning of aquatic ecosystems under natural conditions and anthropogenic stress ELECTIVE 4
2.1.5 Monitoring of ecological status of lakes and rivers ELECTIVE 6
2.1.6 Aquatic habitats of NATURA 2000 ELECTIVE 4
ELECTIVE COURSES IN AU
2.2.1 Vulnerabilities: Assessing the vulnerabilities of a water resource in a context of global change ELECTIVE 7
2.2.2 Hydrogeology: Understanding and measuring water and solute flows in aquifers ELECTIVE 14
2.2.3 Internship ELECTIVE 9
TOTAL CREDITS OF SECOND SEMESTER 30

 Course Code Course Title  Course Type Hours In-Person Teaching  Hours Remote Synchr. Teaching  Hours Remote Asynchr. Teaching  ECTS
3.1 Drought management and precision irrigation MANDATORY 36 3 0 5
3.2 Technologies for Drinking water and Wastewater treatment MANDATORY 36 3 0 5
3.3 Impact Pressure Analysis – NbS design MANDATORY 36 3 0 5
3.4 Coastal Protection Design MANDATORY 36 3 0 5
3.5 DSS for Integrated Water Resources Management MANDATORY 36 3 0 5
3.6 Socioeconomical issues in Water Resources Management MANDATORY 36 3 0 5
TOTAL CREDITS OF THIRD SEMESTER 30

 Course Code  Course Title  Course Type  ECTS
3.1 Master Thesis MANDATORY 30
TOTAL CREDITS OF FOURTH SEMESTER 30