Curriculum for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture

Programme provision

In order to obtain the MSc degree in Sustainble Fisheries and Aquaculture the student must fulfill the following requirements:

  • Have passed 10 ECTS from within the group of the polytechnical foundation
  • Have passed 50 ECTS from within the group of programme specific courses
  • Have completed a Master Thesis of 30-35 ECTS within the field of Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture
  • Have passed a sufficient number of Elective Courses to bring the total number of ECTS for the entire study up to 120

Curriculum

Polytechnical foundation courses (10 ECTS)

The following courses are mandatory

12100 Quantitative Sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation) 5 point F7 (Tues 18-22)
or
12106 Quantitative Sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation) 5 point Autumn E3B (Fri 13-17)
or
12105 Quantitative Sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation) 5 point E7 (Tues 18-22)
or
12101 Quantitative Sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation) 5 point Spring F3B (Fri 13-17)
42500 Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation) 5 point January
or
42504 Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation) 5 point August
or
42501 Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation) 5 point June

Students with advanced innovation competences may take one of the following courses as an alternative to 42500/42501/42504:

42502 Facilitating Innovation in Multidisciplinary Teams 5 point January
or
42505 Facilitating Innovation in Multidisciplinary Teams 5 point August
or
42503 Facilitating Innovation in Multidisciplinary Teams 5 point June

Programme specific courses (50 ECTS)

Innovation course II mandatory (5 ECTS) : 

25352 Blue Bioeconomy Innovation 5 point Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17)

Core competence courses - mandatory (20 ECTS)
25328 Mathematical models in ecology 10 point Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) and Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17)
25345 Introduction to modelling observations of natural resources 5 point Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17)
25350 Introduction to aquatic ecosystems and their organisms 5 point Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12) and Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12)

Choose at least 25 ECTS among the following courses: 
25311 Fisheries oceanography 5 point Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17)
25312 Fisheries systems – management and modelling 5 point Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17)
25313 Genetic methods in fisheries and aquatic biodiversity conservation 5 point June
25314 Computational marine ecological modelling 5 point Spring F3A (Tues 8-12)
25315 Genetic methods in aquaculture 5 point January
25316 Recirculating aquaculture systems 5 point Spring F2A (Mon 13-17)
25317 Diseases and veterinary aspects related to aquaculture 5 point Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17)
25318 Management, biodiversity, and conservation of aquatic ecosystems 5 point Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17)
25321 Fish nutrition and bioenergetics 5 point Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) and Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12)
25322 Advanced course in recirculating aquaculture systems: Design and application 5 point June
25325 Marine ecosystems and climate change 5 point Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12)
25326 Fish physiology and welfare 5 point Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) and Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12)
25331 Exercises in recirculating aquaculture systems 5 point Spring F4A (Tues 13-17)
25335 Sustainability of Fish Capture Methods 5 point Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) and Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12)
25336 Fish Capture Technology 5 point August
25340 Digital Ocean 5 point Spring F4A (Tues 13-17)
25342 Evidence Based Advice for Aquatic Management 5 point Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17)
25343 Quantitative Modelling of Natural Resources 5 point Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17)
25346 Water quality in aquaculture 5 point Autumn E1A (Mon 8-12) and Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12)
25348 Low Trophic Aquaculture 5 point August
25349 Applied Fisheries Ecology 5 point Spring F5B (Wed 13-17)
25351 Aquaculture End-of-pipe treatment with focus on residual resources 5 point Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12) and Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12)
25353 Recreation fisheries; Biological impacts; management and human dimensions 5 point Autumn
25354 Applied Methods in Fisheries Technologies 5 point Outside schedule structure
25355 Genomic Methods for Breeding and Management for Aquatic Resources 5 point Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17)

Elective Courses
Any course classified as MSc course in DTU's course base may be an elective course. This includes programme specific courses in excess of the minimal requirements. Master students may choose as much as 10 credit points among the bachelor courses at DTU and courses at an equivalent level from other higher institutions. In addition, it is possible to take MSc-level courses at other Danish universities or abroad.

Head of Studies

Peter Vilhelm Skov

Peter Vilhelm Skov Associate Professor National Institute of Aquatic Resources Phone: +45 35883263