Course: Environmental Management

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Course title Environmental Management
Course code KPE/EM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Zbránková Magdalena, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Linhart Ondřej, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Topics of lectures: 1. Sustainability management: Nature as the basis of well-being. 2. Global climate change: Threat and/or opportunity? 3. Sustainable development management 4. Environmental policy for sustainability management 5. Waste management and sustainable use of resources 6. Circular economy: Closing the loop 7. Classification of environmental policy instruments and characteristics of selected administrative and economic instruments 8. Characteristics of selected voluntary environmental policy instruments 9. Sustainable business: Present and future outlook. Current topics related to sustainable development will be discussed during the exercises. At the end, there will be a presentation of semester projects.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments)
  • Contacts hours - 35 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 15 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 28 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) - 7 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 35 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The subject introduces students to the principal theoretical findings in environmental policy and their practical applications.
The course introduces students to the main theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of environment and sustainable development, conservation and sustainable use of resources, environmental policy and instruments.
Prerequisites
Unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam, Oral presentation of self-study

The condition for graduation is the preparation and defense of a semester project on a given topic and passing a written exam. The course includes lectures by experts from practice. Attendance at lectures by experts from practice is mandatory for full-time students, while attendance at other lectures is not mandatory.
Recommended literature
  • CAJTHAML, Tomáš, Jan FROUZ a Bedřich MOLDAN, ed. Environmentální výzkum a hrozby 21. století.. Praha: Karolinum, 2022. ISBN 978-80-246-4954-2.
  • CAMILLERI, M. A. Corporate Sustainability, Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. ISBN 978-3-319-46848-8.
  • MOLDAN, B. Podmaněná planeta. 2. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2015. ISBN 978-802-4629-995.
  • MOLDAN, Bedřich. Životní prostředí v globální perspektivě. Praha. 2021.
  • VEBER, J. a L. ŠVECOVÁ. Udržitelnost a udržitelný management. Praha. 2023.


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