Environmental Risks Management in 
the Arctic (ERMA)

1 semester

Module A: Basic Module (5 ECTS)

• Philosophical problems in natural science;
• Foreign language.

Module B: Mathematical and instrumental methods in ecology and environmental management (15 ECTS)

• Computer technologies and statistical methods in ecology and environmental management;
• Three-dimensional data analysis;
• Optimization methods in environmental management / Mathematical modeling of ecosystems;
• Scientific research practice.

Module C: Environmental Law (10 ECTS)

• Environmental law system ;
• Environmental law of the Russian Federation;
• International environmental law;
• Environmental law and Indigenous Peoples law / Traditional knowledge of Indigenous People in the sphere of environmental protection.

2 semester

Module D: Environmental monitoring (15 ECTS)

• Priority pollutants of the Arctic territories;
• Environmental pollution assessment;
• Environmental risks in the Arctic Region / Contemporary phisico-chemical methods of environmental risk reduction;
• Scientific research practice.

Module E: Environmental management and nature protection (15 ECTS)

• Environmental management system;
• Enterprise environmental management system;
• Managerial decisions in the sphere of environmental security or Sustainable development of the Russian industry;
• Scientific research practice.

3 semester

Module F1: Risk Management (15 ECTS)

• Risk management;
• Environmental risk management;
• Scientific research practice.

Module G1: Clean production technologies (15 ECTS)

• Standards in the sphere of environmental management and ecological certification;
• Environmental management of clean production in the Arctic
• Scientific research practice.

Module F2: International emergency preparedness and environmental protection in the High North (10 ECTS) — UiT

Module G2: Safety and risk analysis (10 ECTS) — UiT

Module H: Academic writing (10 ECTS) — UiT

4 semester

Science research includes work on and defense of Master’s thesis — 30 ECTS