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- ABC: About Building CellsAs laymen, and as scientists, we have always pondered upon the questions, "What is life? Can we create life-like systems?". Recent years have seen a tremendous interest from divers...EWUU
- Academic Skills for BiologistsStudents become further familiar with information resources (library, internet sites and portals) in the field of biology, with specific emphasis on university library network reso...EWUU
- Advanced (Bio)analytical ChemistryAnalytical chemistry plays a key role in numerous areas of life sciences, including the assessment of food safety, studies of food metabolism or agricultural production, but also i...EWUU
- Advanced (Bio)analytical Chemistry 2Analytical chemistry plays a key role in numerous areas of life sciences, including the assessment of food safety, studies of food metabolism or agricultural production, but also i...EWUU
- Advanced BioresourcesThe Advanced Bioresources course builds on the basis knowledge taught in the Bioresources course and aims to develop new systems that are better adapted to a Circular and Biobased...EWUU
- Advanced Inorganic ChemistryThis course deals with inorganic chemistry, discussing the presence and role of inorganic elements in coordination complexes, biological systems and novel nanomaterials. Focus is o...EWUU
- Advanced Management and MarketingThe focus of Advanced Management and Marketing (AMM) is on strategic management and marketing. During your career you will deal with strategy and marketing plans; be it in a privat...EWUU
- Advanced Omics: from Single-Cell to Meta-Omics ApproachesOmics technologies have revolutionized our ways of looking at the relationship between genotype and phenotype of living organisms. Those technologies are nowadays widely applied to...EWUU
- Advanced Python ProgrammingIn this course, the student is taught how to build interactive applications. Building interactive applications in Python is widespread in industry, research and education. For this...EWUU
- Advanced Qualitative Research Design and Data Collection MethodsThe course's educational activities comprise workshops with both lecturing and interactive learning, pre- and post-session exercises to practice and reflect on specific methods and...EWUU
- Advanced Sensory Methods and SensometricsHow does reformulating a product to reduce, e.g., its fat or sugar content, will affect consumer acceptance? Which sensory attributes explain best a consumer liking or healthiness...EWUU
- Advanced StatisticsThis course covers several more advanced statistical models and associated designs, and techniques for statistical inference, as relevant to life science studies. The main topics a...EWUU
- Advanced Systems BiologyAre you curious to understand how a biological system operates? Are you interested in knowing which elements of the system are responsible for certain characteristics that are expe...EWUU
- Agent-Based ModellingThis course presents the fundamental principles of agent-based modeling, empowering students to construct simulations that mirror the behaviors and interactions of individual agent...EWUU
- Agricultural Water Management: Water,- Society and Technology InteractionsWorldwide, a variety of processes puts increasing pressure on water resources. Global climate change causes temperatures to rise and precipitation and rainfall patterns change. An...EWUU
- Analysing Sustainability of Farming SystemsThe sustainability of our agricultural systems is hotly debated. Real and/or perceived crises are everywhere (nitrogen, climate change, biodiversity, soil degradation, and so forth...EWUU
- Animal BehaviourThis course introduces students to the field of Animal Behaviour, considering the four questions of Tinbergen, i.e. causation, development, function, and evolution of behaviour. St...EWUU
- Animal Behaviour in Conservation**To join the 100% course you need to enroll through Osiris. You can access the course through Brightspace 'SPOC: Animal Behaviour in Conservation'** Animal Behaviour in Conservat...EWUU
- Animal EcologyThe course will provide a deeper understanding of animal-animal, animal-food and animal-environment interactions at various levels. At the lowest integration level we will deal wit...EWUU
- Applied BiocatalysisThe purpose of this course is to get insight in the possibilities and the problems concerning the application of biocatalysts for the preparation or conversion of chemicals and (bi...EWUU
- Applied Information TechnologyInformation and communication systems nowadays play a vital role in our society. The course elaborates on designing and managing these information systems, a major challenge for th...EWUU
- Artificial IntelligenceThis course offers a comprehensive introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI), emphasizing the characteristics, types, and functionalities of AI agents and their applications in...EWUU
- Artificial Intelligence for Food and HealthThis course offers a comprehensive introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI), emphasising the characteristics, types, and functionalities of AI agents and their applications in...EWUU
- Atmospheric Composition and Air QualityThe objective of this course is to show how simple principles of physics and chemistry can be applied to describe a complex system as the atmosphere, and how one can reduce the com...EWUU
- Automated Learning and Testing with Synthetic BiologyPlease be aware that the name of this course will change in 2026-27 and this course guide reflects the new course design. The new course name will be: Advanced Bioengineering. The...EWUU
- Automation in Food ManufacturingAutomation in factory-based food production and processing focuses on food quality and safety quantization and automatic process control. Sensors have been installed to automatical...EWUU
- BSc Minor Agricultural Business ManagementThis BSc minor provides an overview of the main marketing, management, and financial concepts and methods in agriculture. By studying the economics of agribusiness, students obtain...EWUU
- BSc Minor Animal SciencesThe focus of Animal Sciences is on animals that are kept by humans for specific reasons, such as for food production, companionship, education, sports, etc. The general aim of Anim...EWUU
- BSc Minor Freedom from HungerFreedom from Hunger is a core element of Freedom from Want, defined as one of the four fundamental freedoms defined by President Roosevelt as the foundation of human rights. Nevert...EWUU
- BSc Minor Nutrition and HealthHuman nutrition and our health are closely related. For studying the relationship between human nutrition/human diet and our health, one can look at many different scales. In this...EWUU
- Basic Cell Factory DesignRapid advances in biology allow us to design and construct cell factories, i.e. cells which are tailored to our process. The complexity of the biochemical reaction network in a cel...EWUU
- Basics in Food SafetyEveryday reports of food scandals and recalls are published. One day reports mention scary bacteria in meat, and another day dangerous pesticides in fruits. According to some, meat...EWUU
- Basics of ImmunotechnologyThis course overlaps with CBI20803. Therefore, combining this course with CBI20803 is not allowed. This course is aimed at students with an interest in the immune system. Each or...EWUU
- Basics of Infectious DiseasesEmerging infectious diseases of humans and animals make it into the headlines of the news on a daily basis (e.g. malaria, TBC, norovirus). This multidisciplinary course approaches...EWUU
- Bayesian Data AnalysisClassical statistics offers a powerful toolbox for data analysis. This toolbox, however, may not always be sufficiently flexible for modern data situations. For example, some situa...EWUU
- Becoming a Teacher 3Becoming a Teacher 3 is a follow-up course for students who already successfully finished all the courses of the minor education and want to professionalize themselves as a teacher...EWUU
- Behavioural EcologyThe course Behavioural Ecology provides insight into how evolution through natural selection shapes behaviour of animals (domestic or wild, vertebrate or invertebrate). The course...EWUU
- Behavioural EndocrinologyBehavioral endocrinology refers to genetic, molecular, cellular, psychological, and social influences on behaviour. This course reviews the current state of knowledge at the interf...EWUU
- Big DataBig Data usually refers to data sets with sizes beyond the ability of commonly used software tools to capture, curate, manage, and process within a tolerable elapsed time. With the...EWUU
- BioNanoTechnology; NanomedicineBuilding on the foundations laid in BioNanoTechnology; an Introduction, this course will focus on applications of nanomaterials in medicinal applications. Nanomedicine is a most in...EWUU
- Biobased & Circular BusinessThe aim of this course is familiarize the student with the principles, practices and potential of realizing (small or large)-scale biobased and circular business; How and what firm...EWUU
- Biobased Materials ScienceIntroduction with incentive/context Biobased materials play a crucial role in the transition towards phasing out fossil resources. These materials can be made from many different...EWUU
- Biological Processes for Resource RecoveryThe subject of this course is the exploration of microbiological opportunities to recover resources within Environmental Technology, thereby closing material cycles with minimal lo...EWUU
- BiomimeticsIn biomimetics, the structure and function of biological systems are studied to inspire the design of materials, surfaces, instruments, buildings, processes etc. This course addres...EWUU
- BioresourcesThis course deals with recent developments in the agronomy of biomass production, methods for classical and marker-assisted plant breeding, and metabolic engineering of biosyntheti...EWUU
- Brain, Hormones and MetabolismDuring the course Brain Hormones and Metabolism different aspects of brain function will be discussed, with specific emphasis on the physiological aspects. The course is subdivided...EWUU
- Breeding for QualityNote 1: This course is offered online and it takes about 20 hours to complete the weekly task. There are assignments with deadlines and non-synchronous interaction with teachers an...EWUU
- Capita Selecta: Making sense of "degrowth"This Capita Selecta introduces students to the concept and theoretical underpinnings of "degrowth". What is degrowth? Is degrowth the solution for an environmentally and socially s...EWUU
- Catalysis and Sustainable Bio-organic SynthesisCatalysis as a phenomenon is in the core of metabolism, evolution and life itself. As a synthetic tool, catalysis was utilized starting from the XIX century, and nowadays it is imp...EWUU
- Circular EconomyThe transition towards a circular economy is one of the biggest challenges to realize a more sustainable (biobased) society. This transition requires an interdisciplinary approach,...EWUU
- Climate-Resilient Crops: an Interdisciplinary ChallengeCrop development in the current changing climate faces different challenges, including meeting global demand, becoming more sustainable, meeting farmers' demands, and promoting fai...EWUU
- Clouds in Present and Changing ClimateClouds are a key component of weather and climate. The formation and decay of clouds depends on the synoptic conditions, surface fluxes and cloud microphysics. The aim of this cour...EWUU
- Co-creating Sustainable Cities (MOOC for Credits)Around the world, major challenges of our time such as population growth and climate change are being addressed in cities. Here, citizens play an important role amidst governments,...EWUU
- Colonialism and Slavery in World HistoryCalls for 'decolonization' have grown louder and more pervasive in recent years. Demands for the recognition of past involvement in historical slavery have equally gained traction....EWUU
- Commensal and Pathogen Host-Microbe Interactions in the IntestineThe course aims to teach students the concepts involved in research on host microbe interactions rather than a detailed technological training in the field, which may be taught in...EWUU
- Communicating for Sustainability and Responsible InnovationSustainability is one of the most intractable, daunting and 'wicked' challenges of our generation. It is 'wicked' because it has multiple interrelated causes and no simple solution...EWUU
- Comparative Biology and SystematicsMany questions in biology need an evolutionary or phylogenetic perspective, for instance to distinguish convergent evolution from independent, divergent, evolution. This course foc...EWUU
- Comparative Health Problems and PoliciesThis course provides a critical, sociological perspective on public health issues and the ways in which they are understood and addressed in society. Topics change each year, but h...EWUU
- Complexity in Ecological SystemsThe course aims at increasing knowledge on the functioning of complex ecological systems as well as at a further development of a critical attitude towards science. The central the...EWUU
- Computational BiologyThe availability of large amounts of high throughput omics data gives us new insights and a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of life. This course revolves around tw...EWUU
- Consumer LawThe Consumer Law course guides you through the intricate world of consumer rights and business responsibilities in light of current and proposed EU legislation. The course uniquely...EWUU
- Conversions in Biobased SciencesTo keep our planet inhabitable for future generations we should use its resources in a sustainable manner. We also want to keep (or increase) our standard of living. Therefore we n...EWUU
- Cooperatives, family firms, and social enterprisesThis course deals with the evolution, strategy, finance, stakeholder relations, and internal governance of cooperatives, family firms, social enterprises, steward-owned enterprises...EWUU
- Crops, Physiology and EnvironmentThe abiotic environment (light, temperature and wind, CO2 concentration, drought and salinity) strongly influences plant growth and crop production. In this course the focus is on...EWUU
- Data Analysis and VisualizationMuch data is quantitative, and there is a wide range of methods available for the analysis of such data. After a brief introduction to data types and normalisation, a number of vis...EWUU
- Data Analysis for Plant and Animal BreedingData analysis is central to both plant and animal breeding, and the size and complexity of phenotypic and genomic data sets continue to increase. Thus, the ability to analyze and i...EWUU
- Data Driven Discovery in the Life Sciences: Hypothesis Generation from Omics DataAcross the life sciences, scientists utilize omics data to study biological phenomena in humans, plants, animals and microbes. This results in large and heterogeneous data sets tha...EWUU
- Data Driven Supply Chain ManagementResearch and education in the field of Operations Research (OR) and supply chain management (SCM) is spurred by the growing availability of data in supply chains and interest on ho...EWUU
- Data ManagementThis course covers database design and the use of databases in applications, with a focus on applications in the life sciences. Topics include the relational model, database design...EWUU
- Data Science Applications for Food and Consumer ScienceData on food and consumer behavior are complex in nature due to an interplay between product characteristics (e.g., nutritional properties, food quality attributes, labeling, packa...EWUU
- Data Science ConceptsThe amount and variety of data in the domains of living environment, food, health, society and natural resources increases very rapidly. Data thus plays an ever more central role i...EWUU
- Data Science EthicsInformation technology has been the core of the third industrial revolution. With big data, artificial intelligence, and automated systems -- combined with other technologies robot...EWUU
- Data Science for EcologyAdvancements in technology and information processing are rapidly changing many fields of plant sciences, animal sciences and ecology, including research, agriculture and conservat...EWUU
- Data Science for Healthy LifestylesData science plays an increasing role in healthy lifestyle research. Big data, AI, machine learning and data science techniques are gaining importance both for a better understandi...EWUU
- Decision making in Global One HealthThis course focuses on socio-economic aspects of the decision-making process in the field of Global One Health. The overall aim of the course is to appraise the wider impact of dec...EWUU
- Decolonizing Science and TechnologyWhat is decolonization? How and why decolonization relate to history of colonialism? And how history of colonialism is not about distant past but how it shapes the present? This...EWUU
- Developmental Biology of AnimalsThis course prepares you for being a researcher in the field of developmental biology of animals. Drawing from a range of vertebrate and invertebrate model species, it covers a bro...EWUU
- Digital Food MarketingThe fast-changing digital landscape offers new ways to approach and engage consumers. We need to understand the consumer behaviour in the digital environment (e.g., digital buying,...EWUU
- Disease EcologyThe overarching aim of the course is to offer a current and comprehensive view of the causes and consequences of infectious disease at the levels of individuals, populations, commu...EWUU
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Health and Sustainability: From Theory to Action*Do you want learn about how inequity, injustice, and discrimination shape access to healthy lifestyles, sustainable diets, and equitable health outcomes for people and the planet?...EWUU
- Drainage of Agricultural LandsIn this course, the role of drainage in agricultural water management will be treated. Worldwide, about the same percentages of agricultural lands are irrigated (17%) and drained (...EWUU
- Drones for Agriculture: Advanced Sensing and AnalysisIn this course you will explore how to gather precise, timely information about crops using Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones. Drones have become useful tools for optimisin...EWUU
- Drones for Agriculture: Prepare and Design Your Drone (UAV) MissionWe are all getting familiar with the image of a drone in the sky. Although flying a drone is fun, drones are not toys. More and more UAVs or drones are used by governments and comp...EWUU
- Eating, Customs and HealthHealth crises, food insecurity, and sustainable food practices are significant societal challenges today. This course teaches students to analyse these pressing issues, beginning w...EWUU
- Ecological Aspects of Bio-interactionsThe course focuses on biological interactions between invertebrates (arthropods, nematodes), micro-organisms and plants, and between beneficial organisms and pathogens and their ho...EWUU
- Ecological MethodsStudents learn how to analyse hypothesis-centred ecological field research projects on plants, animals, and their environment, with emphasis on the appropriate choice and applicati...EWUU
- Economics of AgribusinessAgribusiness is an important economic sector. It includes primary agriculture, food processing industries, and input-delivering industries. This course provides a description and a...EWUU
- Economy and Management in BiotechnologyThe biotechnology companies needs people who take decisions on when and how to make a business of a scientific novelty developed in the lab. This course teaches you how to make suc...EWUU
- EcophysiologyIn their struggle for survival, organisms have to adapt continuously to changes in their abiotic and biotic environment. This course focuses on the molecular mechanisms and consequ...EWUU
- Educational Design and Teaching for SustainabilityThis course enables students to understand, design, facilitate and experience sustainability-oriented teaching, learning and capacity-building processes. It is targeted towards stu...EWUU
- Embodied EcologiesBodies are often thought of as bounded entities, separate from each other and the world; however, our bodies are in and of our ecologies -- our environments make us up, in the fles...EWUU
- Empowerment in SustainabilityIn a world where socio-ecological concerns escalate, a question arise: How can we empower ourselves and others to shape sustainable futures? This is a challenging question when con...EWUU
- Engaging and modelling with stakeholders to solve environmental problemsEnvironmental systems are complex involving many actors with a wide range of interests and perceptions. This course aims to enhance students' understanding and practical abilities...EWUU
- Environmental Assets for HealthIn this course we take an interdisciplinary approach to environmental determinants of health. Health promotion, disease prevention, urban planning and decision-making come together...EWUU
- Environmental Data Collection and AnalysisEnvironmental scientists work on complex problems where data from different temporal and spatial scales have to be collected and linked to each other. It is the aim of this course...EWUU
- Environmental Economics for Environmental SciencesThe course provides an introduction to environmental economics and is developed for students of non-economic study programmes. It is also suitable as an introduction to environment...EWUU
- Environmental Economics in PracticeThis course prepares BSc students for a BSc thesis at the ENR group. Students are introduced to the core themes of the ENR group: climate change, social-ecological systems, and env...EWUU
- Environmental Education and Learning for SustainabilityEducation and learning, citizen participation and whole system innovations are considered important tools in developing people's environmental and sustainability interests, concern...EWUU
- Environmental Management and IndustryCentral in this course are the main trends with regard to environmental management in the industry. The most important tools and concepts in environmental management, such as pollu...EWUU
- Environmental PsychologyEnvironmental psychology studies the interactions between humans and the environment from a psychological point of view, that is, taking the individual mind as the primary unit of...EWUU
- Environmental ToxicologyThis course gives an overview of different aspects playing a role in the challenging field of environmental toxicology. Toxicology itself already is very interdisciplinary, but env...EWUU
- Epidemiology and Public Health PoliciesThis course is one of the core-courses for future public health professionals aiming at a career in the public and private sector. In this course students learn how public health p...EWUU
- Essential Law for the Living EnvironmentThis course provides students without legal background with the essential legal concepts that allow them to understand the role of law in our living environment. The course lays th...EWUU
- Evaluation of Public Health InterventionsThis course is part of the MSc program 'Nutritional Epidemiology and Public Health', and particularly relevant for students aiming at a career in the public and private sector. In...EWUU
- Experimental Design and Data Analysis of Breeding TrialsNote 1: This course can not be combined in an individual programme with ABG30806 Data Analysis for Plant Breeding and Genetics (DAPAB) and the course MAT33306 Data Science for Plan...EWUU
- Exploring Regenerative Cultures for SustainabilityThis course provides a space for students to explore perspectives and educational practices for regenerative cultures in the context of major societal and environmental challenges...EWUU
- Exploring the Future of Farming and FoodRecord temperatures around the world are adding urgency to the need for not just a sustainable, but a resilient food and farming system. A reappreciation of the importance for the...EWUU
- Exposure Assessment in Nutrition and Health ResearchThis course will address methodological aspects of exposure assessment in nutrition research. Focus is on: - dietary assessment methods and in particular food frequency questionn...EWUU
- Fieldwork SafetyAt WUR we value your safety. Going into the field for an excursion or for observations/ measurements exposes you to specific risks some of which you'd take for granted while visiti...EWUU
- Financial Management in AgricultureThis course gives an overview and insight into the economics of the farm business, with a focus on financial management and accounting. Like corporate managers, farm managers conti...EWUU
- Fisheries EcologyThe course Fisheries Ecology deals with the ecology of fishes and other aquatic organisms in relation to the exploitation of aquatic resources. Direct and indirect effects of fishi...EWUU
- Food Components and HealthThis is a general nutrition course that addresses the relation between nutrition and human health, and is primarily aimed at food technology students. The course will address the f...EWUU
- Food Crises: the Big PictureSince time immemorial, people have been plagued by food crises. However, the nature and impact of food crises have changed over time. Preindustrial European famines were mostly cau...EWUU
- Food HazardsNote: This course can not be combined in an individual programme with TOX20303 General Toxicology. This course is compulsory for students in the second year of the BSc Food Tech...EWUU
- Food LawFood Law (LAW31706) is an introduction to the technical food laws in the EU, knowledge which is certainly essential in order to work in or with the EU food sector. The course teach...EWUU
- Food Security and Sustainability: Food AccessWhat does it take to provide access to safe and nutritious food every day? In this course, you'll explore how key actors at the household, local, national and international levels...EWUU
- Food Structuring - Structuring by deformation, properties of interfacial systemsThis course aims at presenting ways to structure foods by processes involving deformation, e.g., emulsification or extrusion. Students will learn about the existing deformation-bas...EWUU
- Food Structuring - Structuring by temperature, designing edible barriersThis course aims at presenting ways to structure foods by processes involving temperature-dependent transitions, i.e., crystallization and glass transition. Students will learn abo...EWUU
- Food, Nutrition and Human RightsWorldwide 1 billion people are chronically malnourished, including some 37 million people in developed countries. The human right to adequate food was formally recognized in 1966,...EWUU
- Food, Philosophy and CultureFood is more than a collection of nutrients. It connects people to each other and to nature. Having a meal together presupposes all kind of choices about land use, animal welfare,...EWUU
- Foodscapes, Urban Lifestyles and TransitionToday, landscape architects and planners are confronted with new challenges. One of these challenges is the shaping of foodscapes. Foodscapes are places and spaces where food is pr...EWUU
- Forest Ecology and Forest ManagementThe main objectives of this course are 1) to provide an overview of the state of the art in the fields of forest ecology and forest management, and 2) how we can integrate the two...EWUU
- From Molecule to Designer MaterialThe use and availability of materials has shaped our society for centuries. From the bronze and iron ages of the past, to the silicon age of the present, material science has drive...EWUU
- Frontiers In Molecular Life SciencesUnderstanding and interpreting scientific literature is essential but often requires extensive prior, common knowledge. For MLS students prior knowledge can be quite diverse. To ex...EWUU
- Frontiers in Animal HealthConsidering the fast growth of the aquaculture sector as well as the worldwide intensive livestock farming, it is important to guarantee the health and welfare of these farmed anim...EWUU
- Frontiers in BiologyThis course deals with the latest developments in Biology and covers a wide range of themes, including molecular, organismal and ecological subjects. Highlights in current biology...EWUU
- Functional ZoologyThis course addresses basic skills required for research in functional zoology and related fields. The student is introduced to a range of important experimental and modelling tech...EWUU
- Fundamental Aspects of Plant ResilienceSessile plants have developed various adaptation mechanisms to cope with environmental challenges. Such (a)biotic challenges can be constitutive present or have seasonal or sudden...EWUU
- Fundamentals of LandscapesFor thoughtful, sustainable and suitable landscape planning and design, it is essential to have a good understanding of the landscape itself. How is the landscape formed and what t...EWUU
- Game Theory(Standard) game theory deals with mathematical models of conflict and cooperation in the real world between at least two rational and intelligent decision makers. The course prov...EWUU
- General ToxicologyIntroductory course on basic principles in toxicology, organ-specific toxic effects and risk assessment.EWUU
- Genetic Analysis Trends and ConceptsThis advanced course explains the most important genetic concepts to unravel and understand complex biological phenomena. We in detail explain the genetic processes underlying vari...EWUU
- Genomics and BioinformaticsNote 1: The period mentioned below is the period in which this course starts. For the exact academic weeks see the courseplanning on www.wur.eu/schedule. Note 2: This course is o...EWUU
- GeoscriptingSolve geographical and any spatial applied problems through scripting. Professionals in private companies and research institutes are increasingly using scripting languages for...EWUU
- Germplasm and Seed TechnologyNote 1: This course can not be combined in an individual programme with PBR-21803 Pre-breeding and PPH31306 Seed Science and Technology, because of overlap. Note 2: This course i...EWUU
- Global Food Security'Food Security' means that all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for...EWUU
- Global MigrationMigration is a highly charged subject that incites both hope and fear among those who move, their families and communities and similarly affects receiving societies. Why do people...EWUU
- Globalization and Sustainability of Food Production and ConsumptionThis course allows students to acquire in-depth understanding of recent changes in food provision, their consequences and possible responses. Introduced concepts include globalizat...EWUU
- Globalization in Historical PerspectiveThis course pays attention to the process of globalization in a historical perspective. It criticizes the view of globalization as a linear, western, homogenizing process. It pays...EWUU
- Governance for Climate Resilient CitiesThis course focuses on both general concepts on sustainable cities and the analysis of specific areas of sustainability. Questions of sustainability are approached from a local and...EWUU
- Health Demography and Global Population IssuesDemography is the study of human populations; health demography applies demographic methods and concepts to explore health status and health behaviors. This field examines how fact...EWUU
- Health EconomicsHealth economics is a special form of economics. Just as in any economic analysis, attention is paid to benefits, costs, efficiency and equity of actions of economic agents (i.e.,...EWUU
- Health Policy and ActionThe field of health is dynamic and complex. Health is influenced by a diversity of interconnected factors, and different sectors and actors are involved. Consequently, the developm...EWUU
- Health PsychologyStudents will get acquainted with theories and research methods common in the field of health psychology. The topics covered revolve around three themes: - predicting health beha...EWUU
- Health, Welfare and ManagementThe environment of animals is continuously changing in many aspects (e.g. feed availability, temperature, presence of pathogens, social contacts). The animal itself is also continu...EWUU
- Host-Parasite InteractionsThis course focuses on different aspects of the interactions between protozoan and metazoan parasites and their host organisms. The course content is tailor made to the specific in...EWUU
- Human GeographyThe course provides an overview of the reciprocal relationships between people and the environment, places and spaces. Both the ways in which people have an impact on the environme...EWUU
- Human Geography: Theory and PracticeIn this foundational course students learn to combine theoretical and conceptual thinking from human geography and related perspectives, and ways to analyse and understand the reci...EWUU
- Human Infectious DiseasesThis course focuses on human infectious diseases that are leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The infection process of selected viral, bacterial and parasitic path...EWUU
- Human MicrobiomeOur intestinal tract is colonized since birth by microbes that outnumber our body cells in number and genes. Apart from the processing of our food, these microbes also affect our h...EWUU
- Human Microbiome MOOCLearn how you can impact your health by balancing your gut health; how your microbiome together with your diet can improve normal gut function. More course information and instru...EWUU
- Human and Animal PhysiologyHuman and Animal Physiology is a 6 credits course that is closely related to the course Zoology (EZO10306 for BBI students and EZO10806 for BAS students) and continues on the funct...EWUU
- Humanitarian Aid and ReconstructionThe course concerns principles, policies and practices of humanitarian aid and reconstruction during and after conflict or natural disaster. The central ideas and models that guide...EWUU
- Immunology and ThermoregulationWithin certain limits, animals can compensate environmental stress and changes in the environment (homeostasis). Homeostasis is the basis of the adaptive capacity of an individual....EWUU
- Impact Assessment of Policies and ProgrammesGovernments, NGOs and the private sector implement numerous projects and programmes to promote development (ie to combat poverty, increase production, maintain natural resources, e...EWUU
- Innovation and TransformationDegradation of natural resources, loss of biodiversity, vulnerability of food systems, environmental pollution, pandemic influenza, climate change and social justice are but some o...EWUU
- Insects as Food and FeedEdible insects constitute high quality food for humans and feed for pigs, poultry, pet animals and fish in terms of nutrient composition. Producing insects as animal protein source...EWUU
- Integrated Fire ManagementThis course submerges students from different disciplines in the field of Pyrogreography. Recent years were only a glimpse of what to expect in the future: deadly mega-fires in Med...EWUU
- Integrated Sensory ScienceHow are products innovated or optimised to ensure consumer acceptance? This course aims to develop first-hand insights in, and advanced practical skills on, the entire process of f...EWUU
- Intellectual Property RightsThis course is about the operation of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and their roles in research and innovation, notably in the fields of genetics, food and agriculture. Intel...EWUU
- InterUniversity Sustainability ChallengeIn this course, BSc students from several study programmes at Utrecht University, Wageningen University and Eindhoven University will collaborate, each with their own expertise, to...EWUU
- International Development & TourismThis course explores the potential for tourism to function as a mechanism for social, political and economic development. While both development and tourism have long independent h...EWUU
- International Food LawInternational Food Law provides an overview of the international trading regime in light of international trade in agricultural products and the manner in which this regime deals w...EWUU
- International and EU Environmental LawThis course offers an overview of how international and EU law responds to today's most pressing environmental problems. It shows which unique solutions, and problems, the legal sy...EWUU
- Interventions for Health Behaviour ChangeMany major health issues are influenced by human behaviours. For instance, many chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and cancers are influenced by a person's diet and physic...EWUU
- Intrapreneurship: Impacting existing organizationsIntrapreneurship is about the development and implementation of innovations in existing organizations. In short, intrapreneurship is entrepreneurship in the context of organization...EWUU
- Introduction Descriptive Epidemiology and Public HealthThe course teaches you the basic concepts, measures and study designs of descriptive epidemiology and public health. All course concepts are embedded and illustrated within a *nutr...EWUU
- Introduction Environmental TechnologyThe course gives a general introduction to environmental technology and its role in sustainable development, taking the nature and background of environmental and sustainability is...EWUU
- Introduction Geo-information ScienceThe course introduces Geo-Information Science and its scientific and societal interests. The starting point of the introduction is the geo-information cycle. This cycle frames geo...EWUU
- Introduction to Animal SciencesThe course introduces the field of animal sciences and stresses its diversity across three main axes: 1. disciplines and associated methods, 2. species and animal groups, and 3. le...EWUU
- Introduction to Animal behaviour**To join the 100% online course you need to enroll through Osiris. You can access the course through Brightspace 'SPOC: Introduction to Animal Behaviour'** Introduction to Animal...EWUU
- Introduction to BioinformaticsNote: Please address all e-mail questions to bif20306@wur.nl. We cannot guarantee that e-mails sent to individual contact persons will be dealt with adequately and/orin time. Not...EWUU
- Introduction to Climate-Resilient Crops: Biology, Data & SocietyPlant breeding has been enormously successful in increasing the yield, variety and quality of crops we consume on a daily basis. However, we face a major challenge to meet the grow...EWUU
- Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms for HealthThis course will introduce students to basic concepts of computing and problem solving. The course will start with introducing concepts like computer, programming language, softwar...EWUU
- Introduction to Epidemiology and Public HealthThe course teaches the basic concepts, measures and study designs used in epidemiology and public health. It contains lectures on study design and methodological issues, lectures b...EWUU
- Introduction to Global Nutrition and HealthIn this course we will discuss nutrition in a global nutrition context focusing on assessment of malnutrition, understanding the different levels of causality and the interactions...EWUU
- Introduction to Global One HealthThe core idea of Global One Health is that health of people, animals, plants and their environments are closely connected, and that the causes for environmental problems and human/...EWUU
- Introduction to Human ImmunologyThe immune system refers to a collection of cells and proteins that function to protect the skin, respiratory tract, intestinal tract from initial pathogen entry and our entire sys...EWUU
- Introduction to Law for the Life and Social SciencesGlobal, regional, national and local societies are organized through law. As such, laws regulate almost every aspect of our lives and our environment and specific rules will be in...EWUU
- Introduction to Soil GeographyThis course explains how geological processes and soil forming processes shape the soil and lead to soil spatial variation. It describes the main physical, chemical and biological...EWUU
- Introduction to Soil ScienceThis course focuses on the relationships between global geological processes, landforms, soil-forming processes, soil types and land use potential. Practicals alternate the lect...EWUU
- Introduction to Stochastic Differential Equations and Data AssimilationRandomness and uncertainty are inherent aspects of many processes in the environmental and life sciences. Examples are plentiful and exist at all scales, including the spreading of...EWUU
- Introduction to Systems and Synthetic BiologyThe course provides an introduction to Systems and Synthetic Biology. Participants will learn how modelling and effective experimentation intertwine to understand interactions betw...EWUU
- Introduction to Tourism and SocietyTourism is one of the world's largest industries and experiencing incredible growth. Travel and tourism directly contribute $1.4 trillion (U.S.) to the global economy. One in ten o...EWUU
- Introduction to personal sustainability science – Using research for personal development and a striving planetResearch related to sustainability usually focuses on external (especially biophysical) manifestations of unsustainability, and it overemphasizes solutions through socio-economic s...EWUU
- Intuitive Intelligence'The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honours the servant and has forgotten the gift'. (Albert Einstein)....EWUU
- Key Concepts in Developmental BiologyThis course elaborates on the basic mechanisms of development that were introduced in 'Mechanisms of development' (MOB20803). Although plants and animals have developed separately...EWUU
- Laboratory SafetyAt WUR we value your safety. Working in a laboratory environment exposes you to specific risks: you work with (very) harmful substances that can cause serious injury or even death...EWUU
- Law for Agri-Food Systems TransformationThis course provides a comprehensive overview of current EU agri-food laws and policies, highlighting the key role that EU institutions play in reshaping them. Through a systematic...EWUU
- Law of Marine Environments and ResourcesOceans are essential for maintaining life on earth, their resources are increasingly important to the world economy and 90% of all international trade is seaborne. Creating an effe...EWUU
- Learn the Scientific Method in a changing climateMany societal and scientific challenges relate to systems that are too complex to understand by simple reasoning. The unique path to unravel these systems is to apply the scientifi...EWUU
- Learning about ourselves when learning about meat consumption - An introduction to reflexive knowledge generationIn our current era, a myriad of intertwined crises presents formidable challenges, known collectively as the polycrisis (Homer-Dixon et al., 2021). Interconnected challenges such a...EWUU
- Life Science Economics and PoliciesLife Science Economics and Policies will be discussed in this course. This includes the whole value chain from R\&D, over application, processing, retailing and final demand and ho...EWUU
- Lifestyles and ConsumptionConsumers are often treated as individual decision makers, however their choices are in fact embedded in all sorts of social, political and material contexts. In this course consum...EWUU
- Linked Data for Life SciencesThe term "Linked Data" refers to a set of best practices for publishing, interlinking and managing structured data on the Web. Semantic Web is an extension of the World Wide Web th...EWUU
- Literature Reviews for Health and SocietyQuestions related to health and society are often complex questions. Conducting literature reviews can help to answer these complex questions. A literature review is a critical and...EWUU
- Machine LearningMachine Learning deals with algorithms that predict certain outputs (such as crop yields or traits) given previously unseen input data from cameras, other sensors, maps, molecular...EWUU
- Management and MarketingOutline of marketing part: * understanding marketing management: the marketing concept and holistic marketing; needs, wants and demand; the marketing mix; market oriented strate...EWUU
- Marine Animal EcologyThis course aims at providing knowledge and understanding on the functioning and resilience of marine animals in a changing environment. In this course we will focus on the mechani...EWUU
- Mechanisms of DevelopmentThis course deals with the processes that coordinate the development of a single cell into a complex multi-cellular organism. In general, all cells of an organism originate from a...EWUU
- Metabolic Engineering of Industrial MicroorganismsSynthetic biology techniques are powerful and make rigorous modification of microorganisms possible and - omics techniques give us means to determine what is going on in a microorg...EWUU
- Metal Complex Coordination Chemistry & CharacterizationThe importance of metal ions in chemistry and life is often underestimated. It is only in relatively recent years that the pivotal role of metal ions has become recognized, with br...EWUU
- Methods in Behavioural BiologyIn this course, we will practice and discuss essential components of the behavioural research process, mostly in chronological order, as they would come up during your own thesis p...EWUU
- Methods in Plant EcophysiologyThis course aims at strengthening and deepening the knowledge and skills of students on measuring methods and protocols in the plant sciences. It is specifically intended for stude...EWUU
- Microbial PhysiologyThe Microbial Physiology course is an advanced course that addresses various aspects of microbial physiology. The following subjects are dealt with in the lectures: 1. Bioenergetic...EWUU
- Microbiomes and HealthThis course is aimed at teaching students the fundamentals of microbiome function, emphasising the major contributions of the collective of commensal bacteria (the microbiota) to h...EWUU
- Mindful Self-Compassion for Future Sustainability ProfessionalsDealing professionally with sustainability-related issues can be stressful in several ways. On the one hand, many of the current sustainability-related problems are highly threaten...EWUU
- Modelling Biological SystemsBiological systems are arguably the most complex systems science tries to understand. We make observations, and try to obtain useful insight in the systems. This requires hypothese...EWUU
- Modelling Infectious Diseases in Animal PopulationsThis course is focused on the prevention and control of infectious diseases and how mathematical models can help inform these efforts. The spread of infectious diseases in animal p...EWUU
- Modelling in Systems BiologyThe main goal of Systems Biology is to obtain a deeper understanding of biological systems and their behaviour. This is achieved by combining mathematical modelling, scientific pro...EWUU
- Molecular Aspects of Bio-interactionsThe course focuses on the molecular basis of interactions within or between plants or arthropods, including interactions with attackers (viruses, micro-organisms, nematodes, insect...EWUU
- Molecular Systems BiologyNowadays increasing numbers of complete genomic sequences are available and methods have been developed to study system wide gene expression, protein abundances and interactions an...EWUU
- National Food Laws in Comparative PerspectiveThe objective of this course is to understand how core issues related to food are addressed in constitutions, laws and regulations in different jurisdictions and to develop skills...EWUU
- Natural Hazards and DisastersDisasters related to earthquakes, tsunamis, mudslides, floods, droughts, (wild)fires, pandemics and famines seriously affect human societies. This interdisciplinary course introduc...EWUU
- Natural Resource Economics and ManagementThe course deals with natural resource economics, in particular how scarce natural resources would be allocated over time. That is, we focus on the dynamic aspects of resource use...EWUU
- Non-equilibrium Soft MatterThe diverse field of soft matter that comprises of many phenomena that we observe in nature and our daily life are inherently non-equilibrium processes. Moreover, these processes a...EWUU
- Nutrition and Cardiometabolic DiseasesThis course will discuss the newest insights on the role of diet, lifestyle and body composition in the aetiology, treatment and prognosis of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes m...EWUU
- Nutrition and Health: Macronutrients, Energy and HealthThis is a general nutrition course that addresses the relation between nutrition and human health with a focus on overnutrition. The course will get you introduced into the chemist...EWUU
- Nutrition and the Ageing BodyThe world is facing an unprecedented increase in population ageing. In the Netherlands, the rate of greying will even double in the next decades (CBS), whereby the pressure on heal...EWUU
- Nutritional Neuroscience: Gut and BrainThis course focuses on acquisition of knowledge and skills for research in the inter-disciplinary study of food, gut and brain interactions, and their relation to human food intake...EWUU
- Nutritional PhysiologyThis course is focused on the physiological utilisation of dietary macro-nutrients (carbohydrates, fat and protein) and discusses their flow from oral intake to their utilisation a...EWUU
- Orientation on Teaching and Training PracticeIn this course, students have the opportunity to develop educational skills and explore the field of education by means of a small internship/practical. These practical experiences...EWUU
- Personal Motivation AssessmentThis short but clarifying course offers students an opportunity to increase their self-awareness. Who doesn't want to study or work in a place that offers fulfillment and satisfact...EWUU
- Personal and Societal Resilience LabWe live in a complex world, characterized by disruptive changes. This course is part of an EWUU package that aims to prepare student for an unknown but challenging future by studyi...EWUU
- Perspectives on Sustainability Transitions in AgricultureSustainability transitions in agriculture seem inescapable. The nitrogen crisis, climate change, and diminishing biodiversity demand that governmental actors, nature conservation o...EWUU
- Persuasion in Consumer Communication for SustainabilityThis course focuses on persuasive communication in the context of consumer communication by addressing how consumers are influenced by communication, in particular in the context o...EWUU
- Pharmacology and NutritionThe boundaries between pharmacology and nutrition are sometimes less clear than you might think. Traditionally, nutrition has primarily been focusing on health maintenance and the...EWUU
- Photosynthesis from Cell to CanopyThis course aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the process of photosynthesis, emphasizing its intricate mechanisms from the individual cell level to the...EWUU
- Physiology and Development of Plants in AgricultureThis course comprises plant physiology and developmental biology described in relation to the production of agricultural plants, cut flowers, and fruits. The physiological content...EWUU
- Plant BiotechnologyNote 1: The period mentioned below is the period in which this course starts. For the exact academic weeks see the courseplanning on www.wur.eu/schedule. Note 2: This course is o...EWUU
- Plant Plasticity and AdaptationDue to their sessile nature, plants have developed a vast array of adaptation mechanisms to cope with seasonal or sudden changes in the growth environment. These adaptation mechani...EWUU
- Plant-Microbe InteractionsThis course provides up-to-date theoretical and practical training in physiological, biochemical and molecular aspects of interactions between plants and pathogenic fungi with diff...EWUU
- Political Ecologies of Natural Resource DistributionThis course problematizes the different ways that programs and policies of governance shape the livelihoods and socio-ecological environments of people - especially in the South. S...EWUU
- Political Ecology of WaterThis course explains and elaborates a political ecology approach to analyse water governance and intervention. Political ecology is a body of combined theoretical approaches that h...EWUU
- Politics of Knowledge and Inclusive InnovationThis course explores the mechanisms of inclusive innovation and development. Special attention is given to the power and politics involved in the production and negotiation of know...EWUU
- Politics, Policy Making and Accountability in International Arenas for DevelopmentThis course will deepen insights into the dynamics and complexity of the politics and policy making that takes place within and between diverse international arenas: multilateral o...EWUU
- Population and Quantitative GeneticsLife on earth shows immense variation, both in phenotypes and the underlying genotypes. Population and quantitative geneticists address questions such as where this variation comes...EWUU
- Population and Systems EcologyThe course Population and Systems Ecology teaches basic concepts in Population, Community, Ecosystem and Landscape Ecology. The course takes a quantitative approach, grounded in ba...EWUU
- Preventive Health Issues in Daily Life: an Interdisciplinary ApproachThe prevention of chronic and infectious diseases has become increasingly important due to the growing burden on healthcare systems worldwide. With rising rates of chronic conditio...EWUU
- Principles of Animal NutritionThis course gives detailed information on function, metabolism, homeostasis, requirements, responses and sources of nutrients for animals. Laboratory practicals will involve princi...EWUU
- Principles of Biobased EconomyThis course is about exploring how to create a sustainable future by moving away from dependence on fossil resources to biomass resources for the production of food, chemicals, and...EWUU
- Principles of Earth and Ecosystem ScienceThis course is intended for students with a non-natural science background who want to understand the basics of the natural sciences related to global change issues. For example, t...EWUU
- Principles of Human PhysiologyThis course addresses the basic principles of human physiology as well as its regulation, at the level of the cell, organ and organism. Topics that are covered in this course inclu...EWUU
- Principles of Plant BreedingNote 1: This course can not be combined in an individual programme with PBR-23306 Plant Breeding (as this is the online version of that course). Note 2: The period mentioned belo...EWUU
- Principles of Soil ProcessesThis course focuses on soil chemical, physical and biological processes. The soil is characterized as a buffering system with water and reactive soil particles affecting mobility a...EWUU
- Principles of Urban Environmental ManagementAs the first in the MSc Programme Urban Environmental Management, this course introduces the four core perspectives in the Programme, i.e. Urban Environmental Quality and Health, U...EWUU
- Process- and Data-Driven Modelling in Crop ScienceThis course is a hands-on course for modelling in a wide agricultural context. Besides the basic data-handling skills, this course especially focuses on the creativity-based aspect...EWUU
- Product Quality Measurements & AnalysisAre you passionate about horticulture, and aspiring to increase your knowledge on quality assessment? Whether you are aiming for a career in horticulture, agriculture, or quality c...EWUU
- Professional ProfileThe professional profile course runs during four consecutive weeks in the second year of the MADE program. The course will function as the linking pin between the Amsterdam Living...EWUU
- Professional and Personal Resilience: Exploring Your PotentialHow to become and stay the balanced and resilient you, both on a professional and personal level? As you already might have noticed while living your life, expectations (e.g. with...EWUU
- Psychology of Behaviour ChangeIn the course 'Psychology of Behaviour Change' you will learn about the psychological processes that inform eating behaviour, and the challenges in changing these behaviours. You r...EWUU
- Public Health PracticeThe course Public Health Practice is meant for future public health professionals aiming at a career in the public or private sector in western and non-western countries. In this c...EWUU
- Qualitative Data Analysis MethodsThis advanced course is for students in any program who will analyze qualitative data either to prepare more structured data collection methods (e.g. questionnaires) or to draw con...EWUU
- Regulation of Plant DevelopmentA unique feature of plants is the fact that environmental factors play a crucial role in their development. In this course, molecular, cell biological, and physiological aspects of...EWUU
- Remote Sensing of Atmospheric CompositionMonitoring spatio-temporal trends in atmospheric composition, e.g., increases in greenhouse gas, aerosol and air pollutant concentrations due to anthropogenic emissions, is essenti...EWUU
- Reproduction of PlantsSexual reproduction is one of the major characteristics of eukaryotes and involves a regular alternation between meiosis and fertilization. This course focuses on the basic princip...EWUU
- Resource Competition and Social JusticeOne of the big questions of our time is how to deal with competing claims to scarce natural resources. Given the multiple competing pressures on resources, how can we organize reso...EWUU
- Resource Dynamics and Sustainable UtilizationThis course deals with the extraction of resources from natural ecosystems. Resource use includes the exploitation of timber, the collection of fruits and resin, the extraction of...EWUU
- Resource Quality in the Circular EconomyThis course examines the chemical and biological quality of resources in the circular economy. Recovering and reusing waste streams is required to realize a truly circular, bio-bas...EWUU
- Responsible Learning Organisations for SustainabilityThe world is changing quickly and so are the challenges tomorrow's entrepreneurs and business professionals face. One of these challenges is that an organisations' license to opera...EWUU
- Role of Livestock in Future Food SystemsLivestock have been an integral part of our food systems for thousands of years, and contributed to the formation of societies and cultures. Livestock have contributed, and still d...EWUU
- Science and Expertise in Environmental ConflictsThe fields of forestry, nature conservation, and natural resource management heavily rely on scientific knowledge and expertise. However, these domains also exhibit competing value...EWUU
- Seaweed & Shellfish: Ecological SustainabilityWill the oceans feed the world? Optimistic views on a 'Blue Revolution' have recently been challenged, and in particular the future role of marine fish culture is questioned. It is...EWUU
- Seed Science and TechnologySeeds are not only the world's major source of human and animal nutrition but also provide the basis for improving agricultural practices and managing genetic resources. High-quali...EWUU
- Settings for Health PromotionMuch of what makes people healthy or sick - income, social position, where people live and work, their level of literacy, culture and political system - lies outside the direct sco...EWUU
- Social Determinants of Nutrition over the Life CourseUnderstanding and addressing the social determinants of nutrition are fundamental for improving population health and reducing health inequalities. This course deepens students' kn...EWUU
- Social Inequalities in HealthDespite all efforts to combat social inequalities in health, health inequalities worldwide are increasing. This urges for a better understanding of the underlying causes and potent...EWUU
- Social Justice, Technology and DevelopmentTechnological changes are often at the core of development projects and societal controversies. Examples include biofuels, transgenic crops, land redistribution, pesticides, microc...EWUU
- Social Theory and Practice: Perspectives on struggles around land, food and placeThe course aims to provide a theoretical, empirical, and methodological understanding of agricultural-, food-, and place-making practices in urbanizing societies, where alternative...EWUU
- Soil QualityThe dynamics of nutrients and contaminants within the terrestrial ecosystem including the groundwater and their relationship with soil biota are explained and related to actual env...EWUU
- Statistics for Data ScientistsIn many areas of biological, environmental and social science new tools and strategies are developed to measure multiple features at subjects and objects of interest. Typical for t...EWUU
- Supply Chain Design and PlanningThe Netherlands has a great reputation in managing global supply chains, which is one of the reasons why many international organisations have located distribution facilities in th...EWUU
- Sustainability Assessment of Animal SystemsConsumers in wealthy countries demand high quality safe food that is produced with minimal environmental losses, and under optimal conditions for animal welfare. In less developed...EWUU
- Sustainability Transitions: Past, Present and FutureKnowledge of and capability to work with sustainability concepts and issues belong to the core competences to be obtained in the environmental sciences. Sustainability is a concept...EWUU
- Sustainability and Resilience in HistoryHow did the Maya civilization collapse? Why did the bubonic plague kill over one third of 14th century European population? How long can current rates of global population be conti...EWUU
- Sustainability in Fish and Seafood ProductionThrough an integrated and interdisciplinary approach, students will be challenged to analyse the sustainability of fish and seafood production. We question ourselves: what do we...EWUU
- Sustainability in Food ChainsDuring this course you will analyse and develop agri-food production chains considering their economic, social and environmental impact. Focus will be on the application of quantit...EWUU
- Sustainable Food and Bioprocessing - Exergy analysisNote: This is a distance learning course. In this course we will study the influences of different choices in food production and processing methods. The evaluation of existing...EWUU
- Sustainable Food and Bioprocessing - Flow and pinch analysisNote: This is a distance learning course. In this course we will study the influences of different choices in food production and processing methods. The evaluation of existing...EWUU
- Sustainable Future Dairy Farming SystemsIn this specific course we are posing the following question: How can dairy farms still exist in the future, in a healthy, sustainable and economically feasible way, from the per...EWUU
- Sustainable Soil Management: Soil4LifeSoils represent one of our most important natural resources and is the foundation for our terrestrial based life on Earth. Yet ironically, it is one of the most neglected of our re...EWUU
- Sustainable Technology in SocietyThis social scientific course deals with the development and use of environmentally sound technology in modern societies. Global industrial pollution, resource depletion or climate...EWUU
- Sustainable Tourism: Rethinking the FutureAre you aware of the sheer size and rapid development of tourism? And do you like to engage in meaningful debates concerned with a creative rethinking of these developments? In...EWUU
- Sustainable Urban Development: Discover Advanced Metropolitan SolutionsDid you know that cities take up less than 3% of the earth'/'s land surface, but more than 50% of the world's population live in them? And, cities generate more than 70% of the glo...EWUU
- Systems Analysis and ModellingNote that this course can not be combined in an individual programme with FEM31806 'Models for Ecological Systems'. Systems approaches are widely used in studies of ecological sy...EWUU
- Systems ThinkingWe deal with a plethora of complex problems, such as why inequality is increasing? Do racial teams have greater decision-making abilities?, How can we predict the outcomes of elect...EWUU
- Teaching and Learning in Higher EducationThis course serves various individual learning trajectories in the field of education and learning sciences i.e. (1) students can follow the course as part of the Orientation Progr...EWUU
- The Politics of Healthy and Sustainable FoodFood is inherently political: what we eat, how our food has been produced and prepared, where we choose to buy and consume our food, and with whom, are all choices that are subject...EWUU
- Transformative Citizen Science for SustainabilityCitizen science has become an essential approach to address urgent sustainability challenges. It is critical that science and society work together. Science becomes more relevant a...EWUU
- Trends in Plant Reproduction Biology: from Flowers to SeedsThe evolutionary success and enormous diversity among flowering plants is mainly the result of the sexual reproduction process, which starts with flowering and results in the forma...EWUU
- Understanding and Using Sensor Data in Animal SciencesSensor data is increasingly used by commercial livestock farmers, feeding companies, breeding companies, and the scientific community. In this course, various sensors in animal pro...EWUU
- Urban HydrometeorologyThis course is dedicated to the hydrometeorology of the urban environment, from the micro-scale at street level to the regional scale. These are approached both in a descriptive ma...EWUU
- Vertebrate Structure and FunctionThis course offers an integrative exploration of vertebrate origin, evolution, diversity, and adaptive radiation, with a primary focus on understanding the relationship between an...EWUU
- Vertical FarmingThis course explores the upcoming field of vertical farming viewed from multiple disciplines in a mixed classroom where students and professionals collaborate. Indoor growing of cr...EWUU
- Veterinary Epidemiology and EconomicsThis course is a basic course on veterinary epidemiology and economics. Specific diseases and their symptoms, prevention, therapy and economic effects will be used as an illustrati...EWUU
- Water Systems: ExplorationThis course introduces the occurrence, movement and quality of water over the land surface of the earth, in particular as it affects and sustains life. The course takes a geographi...EWUU
- Wildlife Conservation GeneticsIn this course the basic concepts of conservation genetics will be explained. We will introduce measures of genetic variation and show its importance for the genetic health of popu...EWUU
- eXtended Realities and the Future of CommunicationThe course offers an introduction to and discussion of how immersive technologies transform communication and understanding. This course will provide students with the basics of wh...EWUU