B628 – Environmental Impact Assessment

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Module
Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental Impact Assessment
Module number
B628
Version: 1
Faculty
Civil Engineering
Level
Master
Duration
1 semester
Turnus
Winter semester
Module supervisor

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrike Feistel
ulrike.feistel(at)htw-dresden.de

Lecturers

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrike Feistel
ulrike.feistel(at)htw-dresden.de
in unit "Environmental Impact Assessment 1"


Hon.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Martin Socher
martin.socher(at)htw-dresden.de
in unit "Environmental Impact Assessment 2"

Teaching language(s)

English
in unit "Environmental Impact Assessment 2"


English
in unit "Environmental Impact Assessment 1"

ECTS credits

2.00 Credits
1.00 Credit in unit "Environmental Impact Assessment 1"
1.00 Credit in unit "Environmental Impact Assessment 2"

Workload

60 hours
30 hours in unit "Environmental Impact Assessment 1"
30 hours in unit "Environmental Impact Assessment 2"

Courses

2.00 SWS (2.00 SWS Seminar)
1.00 SWS (1.00 SWS Seminar) in unit "Environmental Impact Assessment 1"
1.00 SWS (1.00 SWS Seminar) in unit "Environmental Impact Assessment 2"

Self-study time

30.00 hours
15.00 hours in unit "Environmental Impact Assessment 1"
15.00 hours in unit "Environmental Impact Assessment 2"

Pre-requisite(s) for the examination
Not specified
Examination(s)

Written examination
Module examination | Examination duration: 90 min | Weighting: 100 % | Tested in English language

Teaching form

Seminars, presentations, discussions, panel discussion, work on examples

Seminar

Media type

Presentations, videos

Teaching content / structure

Background and brief history of EIAs

Key impacts and development of mitigation measures

European legislation

Applications in Germany, example projects

International legislation

International and transboundary application, example projects

The role of climate change

Qualification objectives

- Knowing legislations and frameworks and how to apply them

- Knowing and understanding key aspects of environment impacts 

- Being able to develop respective mitigation measures

- Being able to evaluate an EIA

Social and personal skills

- Developing competence in discussing environmental impacts

- Performing cooperative and responsible team work

Special admission requirement(s)
Not specified
Recommended prerequisites
Not specified
Continuation options
Not specified
Literature
Not specified
Current teaching resources

Presentations, selected publications, examples

Notes
Not specified
Link to course or learning resources in OPAL
https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/26590380056
Modulux link:
https://apps.htw-dresden.de/modulux/en/module/4528