B628 – Environmental Impact Assessment

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

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

Lecturer(s)

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

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

Course language(s)

English
in "Environmental Impact Assessment 2"

English
in "Environmental Impact Assessment 1"

ECTS credits

2.00 credits
1.00 credits in "Environmental Impact Assessment 1"
1.00 credits in "Environmental Impact Assessment 2"

Workload

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

Courses

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

Self-study time

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

Pre-examination(s)
None
Examination(s)

Written examination
Module examination | Examination time: 90 min | Weighting: 100% | tested in English language
in "Environmental Impact Assessment 1"

Form of teaching

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

Seminar

Media type

Presentations, videos

Instruction 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 requirements
Recommended prerequisites
Continuation options
Literature
None
Current teaching resources

Presentations, selected publications, examples

Notes
No information