MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
Sustainable resources exploitation management and environmental protection is a foremost objective as well as a strategic mission in the development of our country in the renovation period. In the context of accelerating international integration and the process of industrialization and modernization of the country, the massive exploitation of national resources has brought about a series of environmental changes. The problem of environmental pollution is a great challenge that our country has been facing fiercely not only at present but also in the years to come.
Major: MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
Major code: 7850101
Subject combination: Maths, Physics, Chemistry/ Maths, Chemistry, Biology/ Maths, Philology, English/ Maths, Philology, Geography.
1. Training objectives:
• To train consultants, and formulate the implementation plans in organizing territorial planning on the management of natural resources and environment, the legal system, the environmental policy and the natural sciences.
2. Strengths:
• The program has been drawn up in a modern way, updated based on the social development. Under this program, students are equipped with background knowledge in natural resources management, environmental impact assessment, geographic information systems, sustainable development and technological applications in managing natural resources and environment, protecting natural resources and improving economy and society. Students are also updated on new knowledge and technology and equipped with soft skills, practical skills and scientific research skills.
3. Contents
• General education knowledge: 22 credits
• Professional knowledge: 110 credits (including 7 credits of graduation theses)
• Basic subjects: Environmental Science; Environmental Geology; Economics of Environmental Resources; Fundamentals of Reasonable Use of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection; State Management of Natural Resources and Environment; Management of Tourism Environment, Community-based Management of Natural Resources, etc.
• Specialized subjects: Monitoring of Environment, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Planning, Environmental Impact Assessment, GIS Applications in the Management of Natural Resources and Environment, Environmental Economics, Forest Ecology and Forest Management; Assessment of Natural Resources; Management of Urban and Rural Environment; Design and management of environmental projects, etc.
• Skills accumulated:
- Able to Formulate and develop the capacity of management consultancy and rational use of environmental resources for state management agencies and socio-economic organizations;
- Able to gain considerable knowledge of modern research methods and technological procedures in research on natural resources and environment and in mapping, Geographic information system (GIS) - Remote Sensing and project planning procedures.
- Proficient in some assistant software in accordance with regulations of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment such as Mapinfo, ArcGIS Desktop, QGIS, ENVI, etc.
4. Qualities and skills required
• Politically and morally good, disciplined, self-confident, professional, honest, proactive, responsible, friendly and cooperative.
5. Job opportunities
• Graduates in Management of Natural Resources and Environment are able to analyze, evaluate, consult and propose solutions to issues in the areas of: Management of Urban Environment; Environmental Management of Industrial and Manufacturing zones; Management of Environmental Information and Environmental Planning; Management of Urban Domestic Solid Waste; Management of Hazardous Waste; Environmental and Social Impact Assessment; Climate Change and Biodiversity; Ecotourism; Integrated Planning and Natural Resources Protection; Environmental Management in accordance with ISO; Monitoring, Analyzing and Processing Environmental Data; Law on Natural Resources and Environment; Environmental Communication. As a result, they can work at Institutes, universities or centers for training and research in technology and management of natural resources and environment; Department of Science and Technology, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Transportation and Public Works, Agriculture and Rural Development, urban environment companies, district management departments; project management boards, domestic and foreign organizations involved in the urban environment, industrial environment, management of environmental resources and rural environmental sanitation; environmental police; management boards of concentrated industrial and manufacturing zones; inspection agencies and laboratories which analyze, monitor and evaluate environmental quality; centers for clean water and environmental sanitation, preventive medicine center; consulting centers for construction and environmental services; Science transfer service – environmental management and engineering Co. Ltd.
6. Qualifications
• A bachelor’s degree in Management of Natural Resources and Environment
7. Opportunity for further study
• Be able to take post graduate courses in Management of Natural Resources and Environment, Land Management and other related specializations
8. Alumni’s reflections
• Alumnus Nguyen Dinh Hau said that at Quy Nhon University, he said he was fortunate in having been trained in a dynamic environment together with highly qualified lecturers who have many years’ teaching experience and research at domestic and foreign universities.
9. Strategic partnership
• Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Center for Clean Water and Environmental Sanitation
For further information, please contact:
Nguyen Thi Huyen, PhD
Email: nguyenthihuyen@qnu.edu.vn
Mobile: 0905.587.473
