Minor Sustainable Development
- Introduction
- A minor is a half year study (30 EC) during your bachelor program. The content of this study can be totally different from your major program. At Leiden University you can attend a minor during the first semester of the third year of the bachelor. It is also possible to do a half minor (15 EC). Information about the amount of EC reserved for electives in your program is available at the minor-website of Leiden University (in Dutch).
The minor “Sustainable Development” has an interdisciplinary character and is designed for studies of all faculties. This means that it does not matter whether you study humanities, natural sciences or social sciences. The minor “Sustainable Development” is new and open for everyone.
The minor starts in September 2009 and runs essentially full-time during the first semester.
- Content
- The minor consists of three courses in Dutch and one in English:
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Introduction to sustainable development (6 EC)
Concepts, world and Dutch environmental problems, drivers behind these problems, innovation of societies and industries.
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Methods for sustainable development (6 EC)
Planning and visioning, negotiation, participatory research, ecological design principles, economic instruments.
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Theme: analysis and solutions (6 EC)
in which students work in groups on a theme in sustainable development, such as biofuels or sustainable use of the sea.
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Sustainable development: theory and practice (12 EC), in English.
This course focuses on land use, conservation and society, industrial transition and the Earth System. For more details, see below.
- Sustainable development: theory and practice (12 EC)
- This course is an English-language part of CML’s minor curriculum Sustainable Development (that is taught mainly in Dutch). The course is open for students with any background. It is designed for the 3rd year of the bachelor but is advanced enough to function in a Masters curriculum as well. It will start in november 2009.
The course teaches themes that lie close to CML’s research programme. The current themes are:
- Sustainable land (and sea) use in the Netherlands and the developing countries
- Biodiversity conservation in the Netherlands and on the global level
- The transition towards sustainable industry
- Modeling and managing the earth system.
In all themes, attention will be paid to theory and models as well as applied and societal aspects.
- Schedule
- The minor Sustainable Development starts on Monday August 31, 2009 and ends on Friday February 1, 2010.
- During the first period (August 31, 2009 – October 23, 2009), the minor focuses on the courses Introduction to Sustainable Development (Dutch) and Methods for Sustainable Development (Dutch).
- The second period (October 26, 2009 – February 1, 2010) encompasses the courses Theme: Analysis and Solutions (Dutch) and Sustainable Development: Theory and Practice (English).
Lectures, seminars and excursions will take place on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays. Tuesdays and Thursdays are – in principle – reserved for self-study.
No classes will take place during the examination periods and the winter holidays.
See also the more detailed schedule for the minor Sustainable Development 2009/2010.
- Registration
- Information about admission and registration is available
- Newsletter (Dutch)
- The newsletter appears before and during the minor and reports about the courses, speakers and results.
Beneath you can find the previous Dutch newsletters in PDF-format.
- Contact
- For more information contact:
