Course Focus
The Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC) encompass a huge diversity of landscapes and ecosystems and is highly heterogeneous in terms of economic development and social and indigenous history. The region faces serious challenges such as climate change and natural disasters; and under conditions of population growth, urbanization and industrialization efficient environmental policies and programs are required to sustainably manage the natural resources. This calls for specialists and leadership in order to develop and employ managerial, economical, governance, and technical solutions – in short, professionals with lateral understanding and trans-disciplinary approaches for a sustainable development. Especially in Germany and Latin American countries there is a need for experts being familiar with the culture, language and politics of both sides and are skilled in intercultural communication. The objective of the master program is to qualify professionals with the necessary knowledge, skills, and competencies to evolve and apply integrated solutions for environmental and natural resources management in an international context – especially German-Latin American cooperation – and at the same time provide their work experience and regional knowledge to the mutual learning and intercultural environment. These experts are able to analyze and solve complex environmental problems in their specific socio-cultural and political contexts, given the technical and economic potentials of both regions. Content Core modules: Environmental Problems and Management, Sustainable Development, Ecology, Statistics, Ecological Economics, Project and Business Management Project Modules: Multidisciplinary Seminar, Project: Implementation Thesis preparation Modules: Thesis Seminar, Master Thesis Preparation, Modules from the catalogue ENREM from PMPCA and NRM at ITT. e.g. Ecological and Social Risks Management , Urban, Regional and Community Based Management, , Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus, Environmental Education, Prevention and Control, Integrated Environmental Health, Climate Change, Ecology of Crops Production, etc Elective Modules “Methods and Tools”: Scientific Work and Research Design, Basics of GIS and Remote Sensing, Empirical Social Research Methods, Eco-Balancing Tools, Economic Evaluation Methods, Environmental Assessment Tools, Environmental Monitoring In addition to core modules, each student has to choose a minimum of four modules from the catalogues ENREM (PMPCA-NRM), one elective module from the catalogues “Methods and Tools” and three elective modules from any module catalogue, including the catalogues of the adjoining master programs “Renewable Energy Management REM” and “Integrated Water Resources Management IWRM”. The graduates of the master program will be able to apply their knowledge and skills across a variety of positions, including the industry, private sector companies and service providers, public institutions and institutions of international / national cooperation (both public and third sector) with a high international mindset working in the field of environment and natural resources, project implementation and evaluation as well as consulting.
Target Group
The ENREM Master program targets professionals of different academic backgrounds: engineers, natural or environmental scientists, social or political scientists, who hold at least a bachelor’s degree and have some experience related to the natural resources sector. They seek to deepen their knowledge in Environment and Resources Management and wish to acquire management and leadership skills as well as regional and intercultural competences. The ENREM approach is for Mexican, German and Latin American participants, however the program is open for applicants of all nationalities, if the participants are highly motivated to work in an international cooperation with Latin America-Germany and are fluent in Spanish and English.