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Ecological engineering for soil and water resources protection

UNDERGRADUATE STUDY PROGRAM
 
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING FOR SOIL AND WATER RESOURCES PROTECTION
(240 ЕСПБ)

I year

Term 1
Subject name ECTS Number of lessons
Mathematics 5 3+3
Petrography with geology 6 2+2
Descriptive geometry 6 3+3
Chemistry 4 2+2
Forest eco-climatology 5 3+1
Foreign language 4 4+0
Term 2
Subject name ECTS Number of lessons
Foreign language (continued) 4 3+0
Geodesy with GIS fundamentals 5 3+3
Botany 6 3+3
Dendrology 6 3+3
Fundamentals of environmental protection 5 2+3
Elective subject 1    
Elective subject 1
Sociology (2+2)
Engineering graphics (2+2)

II  year

Term 3
Subject name ECTS Number of lessons
Forest phytocoenology 5 3+2
Hydrogeology with geomorphology 7 4+4
Soil science 8 4+4
Technical mechanics 4 2+2
Elective subject 2 6  
Term 4
Subject name ECTS Number of lessons
Materials in anti-erosion works 7 4+4
Fundamentals of geotechnics in torrent control 7 4+4
Seed science and nursery practice 4 2+2
GIS application in soil and water resources protection 6 2+3
Elective subject 3 6 3+2
Elective subject 2 Elective subject 3
Soil physics (3+2) Plant nutrition (3+2)
Statistics (3+2) Protection of floristic diversity (3+2)

III  year

Term 5
Subject name ECTS Number of lessons
Fundamentals of silviculture 6 3+2
Hydraulics in soil and water resources protection 7 4+4
Machinery in anti-erosion works 5 2+3
Elective subject 4 5  
Torrential flows and erosion 7 3+3
Term 6
Subject name ECTS Number of lessons
Torrential flows and erosion (continued) 7 3+4
Soil conservation 7 3+4
Water protection 6 3+3
Elective subject 5 5  
Elective subject 6 5  
Elective subject 4 Elective subject 5 Elective subject 6
Water management in hilly-mountainous areas (3+2) Natural hazards (3+2) Aero-pollution and forest soils (3+3)
Ecological classification of degraded sites (3+2) Management of soil and water resources in protected areas (3+2) Sediment management (3+3)

IV  year

Term 7
Subject name ECTS Number of lessons
Use of waters from forest areas 6 3+3
Soil ameliorations 6 3+4
Design in torrent control 6 3+4
Elective subject 7 5  
Forest ameliorations 7 3+3
Term 8
Subject name ECTS Number of lessons
Forest ameliorations (continued) 7 3+3
Organization of anti-erosion works 6 4+3
Economics of natural resources protection 6 4+3
Elective subject 8 5  
Final paper 6  
Elective subject 7 Elective subject 8
Spatial arrangement of erodible areas (2+2) Soil and bioengineering techniques (2+2)
Mine spoil reclamation (2+2) Restoration of torrential basins (2+2)