Course Descriptions
A. Core Courses
13017101
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS AND
DEVELOPMENT
3 (3-0-6)
Prerequisite: None
Understand of specific economic problems arising from
international activities, Analyzing the issues of trade policy, of
international monetary aspects, such as exchange rate policy and
indebtedness, and development.
13017102
ASPECTS OF BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT
4.5 (4.5-0-9)
Prerequisite: None
Theoretical and practical knowledge about key issues of business
management in organizations such as the nature of marketing as
market-oriented management, aspects of human resources and
organizational behavior, as well as investment analysis and financial
policy.
(1) Marketing (Introduction,
Marketing in a changing world, the Marketing Analysis, Macro- and
Microenvironment of the Company, developing Marketing Strategies,
Consumer Behavior and Market Research, developing the Marketing Mix,
managing Marketing, etc.).
(2) Human Resources Management
(changing Nature of HRM, strategic HRM Planning, analyzing and
identifying Jobs, recruiting in labor markets, selecting and placing
HR, individual behavior, differences, values and ethics, perception and
attributions, motivation, training and developing HR, compensating HR,
group & social processes, etc.).
(3) Investment and Finance
(Basic principles of Corporate Investments (Net Present Values,
Internal Rates of Return), fundamentals of Corporate Finance (equity,
credit, mezzanine capital)).
13017103
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND
POLICY
1.5 (1.5-0-3)
Prerequisite: None
Sustainability and Environmental Management (SEM): Definitions,
principles of sustainable management, applications of principles by
industrial companies, case studies.
13017104
ECONOMIC
THEORY
3 (3-0-6)
Prerequisite: None
Analyzing economic problems from the microeconomic and macro-economic perspective.
The course consists of a microeconomics and a macroeconomics section.
The micro section covers topics such as the firm, supply and demand,
competition and monopoly, labor markets. The macro section covers
topics such as theory of interest, economic growth and business cycles,
money, general equilibrium.
13017105
ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW OF RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
1
1.5 (1.5-0-3)
Prerequisite: None
Introduction to the basic terms of law and to legal problems related to resources and environment in international law.
1. General Introduction to Law and Legal Terms
Basic legal terms and an introduction to the different fields and the interpretation of law.
2. Sovereignty, Resources and Environment
Discussion of different cases, problems of allocation of resources
(e.g. water, oil, gas) between states and related environmental and
transport.
3. WTO: Conflicts Between Trade and Environment
Decisions of the WTO panel regarding conflicts of national environmental protection measures and free trade.
13017106
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION
SYSTEMS
4.5 (4.5-0-9)
Prerequisite: None
Important tasks of management in organizations which relate to operations, information flows and the management of projects.
(1) Operations Management (materials, lot sizing, material resource planning, rolling schedule, assembly line balancing, etc.)
(2) Project Management
(Management and the Matrix Form, Responsibilities of Parties, Key
Concepts of Project Management, Project Scheduling / Critical Path
Method, Procurement / Realisation of Projects).
(3) Information Management:
Planning, monitoring and controlling of the information infrastructure
of an enterprise are taking the centre stage of this lecture.
Management tasks and IT specific solutions on the strategic, tactical
and operational levels inside an enterprise. Enterprise modelling,
decision support and knowledge management in enterprises. Case studies
and practical exercises on selected methods, procedures and tools for
the business process modelling. Case studies from the energy market.
13017107
COST ACCOUNTING AND
CONTROLLING
1.5 (1.5-0-3)
Prerequisite: None
Application of different methods of cost accounting and controlling to
provide the management with guidance for operational and strategic
decisions.
Financial management in organizations:
Cost Accounting and Controlling (First part: Basics of Cost Accounting,
Cost Category Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Cost Unit Accounting,
Operating Income Statement. Second part: Basics of Controlling,
Operations Management, Strategic Management)
13017108
MANAGEMENT OF
ORGANIZATIONS
3 (3-0-6)
Prerequisite: None
(1) Corporate Ethics,
philosophical concepts: utilitarianism, Kant, discourse ethics,
transfer of these concept to institutions, business ethic principles,
guidelines for decision making, moral dimensions of strategy,
structure, leadership, culture and self-regulation
(2) Strategic Management;
Market trends as base for strategy development, the natural resources
market ("classic" natural resources), the markets for "new resources"
(resources identified in course of new technological developments),
market analysis, trends in the energy and natural resources business,
Gold, Copper and Aluminum, Uranium, steel/Iron ore, coal and gas, case
studies, strategies, composition of a strategy, general parameter,
strategic base elements, What is important? Case, examples for strategy
development
13017109
PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
1.5 (1.5-0-3)
Prerequisite: None
(1) Environmental Economics and Management (EEM):
Standards for Management, ISA 14001, PCDA Cycle, Environmental Aspects,
Environmental Management Manual, Procedures, Material Safety Data
Sheets, Life Cycle Analysis
(2) Sustainability and Environmental Management (SEM): Definitions, Principles of Sustainable Management, Applications of Principles by Industrial Companies, Case Studies
(3) Economics of Resources
(ER): Optimal Control Theory, Depletable and Renewable Resources,
Population Growth and Resources, Resources in a Globalized World, the
Resource Curse
13017110
CULTURAL
STUDIES
4.5 (3-1.5-7)
Prerequisite: None
Relating and communicating between different cultural and historical backgrounds.
(1) Recognizing the influence of the own culture on effective
communicators in which people view themselves. Understanding how they
became who they are and are less threatened by those of other
backgrounds. Knowing more about the norms and values of other cultures.
(2) Improving essential academic writing and speaking skills in
English: academic style and ethics, research methodology, preparing
outlines, formal syntax, paper content and layout, documenting sources,
abstracts and summaries, thesis writing, holding professional
presentations
(3) Introduction to the development of environmental protection and technology.
13017111
APPLIED ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
3 (3-0-6)
Prerequisite: None
The concept of sustainability and its practical implementation.
Practical problems associated with the management of resources from
certain ecological viewpoints, such as waste, and the environmental
(and health) risks.
(1) Management of Residuals
(MOR): what is waste?, characteristics of waste legislation, waste
legislation put to practice in management structures, case studies on
waste management, environmental costing and waste, waste management and
recycling, waste to energy.
(2) Assessment and management of environmental risks
with special attention to chemicals (ERA): environmental risk modeling,
environmental risk management, instruments of environmental risk
management, environmental risk and costing, case studies.
13017112
RESOURCES ECONOMICS AND EVALUATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STUDIES 4.5 (4.5-0-9)
Prerequisite: None
Understanding the economic principles of resources and their
usage as well as the methods and tools of an economic evaluation of
natural resources. Assessing environmental impacts associated with the
exploration, the extraction and the processing of natural resources.
Economics of Resources
(ER): Optimal control theory and depletable and renewable resources,
population growth and resources, resources in a globalized world the
resource curse.
Strategies of the International Resource Industry
(SIR): Structure and size of the international resources industry,
setting objectives and developing long-term planning instruments,
assessing performance through controlling instruments.
Environmental impact studies
(EIS): purposes of environmental impact assessment, environmental
impact study, phases of the environmental impact study, characteristics
and elements of an environmental impact assessment, permitting process
and procedures.
13017113
CASES AND STRATEGIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
3
(3-0-6)
Prerequisite: None
Understanding of the business and the strategic choices as well
as decision making processes of corporations in the environmental
sectors. Case studies.
Definitions, structure size and trends of the international
environmental industry, frameworks of business in the sector, in
particular within the string regulatory arrangement and the high
environmental standards, globalization of companies and local delivery
of services.
B. Elective Courses
13017201
CORPORATE ETHICS AND
ORGANIZATION
1.5 (1.5-0-3)
Prerequisite: None
Business ethics terminology, business ethics, social auditing, ethics
codes, economics or ethics, corporate ethics and compliance programs,
corporate governance, corporate ethics and international business,
corporate ethics programs
13017202
STATEGIES OF INTERNATIONAL RESOURCE
INDUSTRY
1.5 (1.5-0-3)
Prerequisite: None
Introduction: A business case in the industry, basic concepts of
valuation for strategy development in the resource industry, setting up
projections for case studies, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF-) analysis and
investment decision criteria, risk assessment, sensitivities and
scenario analysis, Including sustainable development issues into
valuation, discussion of specific issues upon students' request
13017203
OIL, GAS AND COAL
GEOLOGY
1.5 (1.5-0-3)
Prerequisite: None
Genesis of coal and coal deposits (palaeo environment, phylogeny,
climate), global coal resources, biochemical coalification and
diadenesis of coal (peat-lignite-bituminous coal-anthracite-graphite),
bog-and coal facies, fundamentals of coal petrology (macro and micro),
physical and chemical constitution of coal, main- and trace elements
and their environmental aspects, the hydrocarbon source rock concept,
accumulation of organic matter (constitution, processes, kerogen
types), burial history of oil and gas in sedimentary basins,
carbon-ratio-theory, chemical constitution of oil and gas oil-/gas- and
rock parameters and the migration of fossil hydrocarbons, traps and
trap classification, fundamentals of oil and gas exploration
13017204
INTRODUCTION TO PROCESS
ENGINEERING
1.5 (1.5-0-3)
Prerequisite: None
Basic ideas and definitions, definition of process engineering,
present and future significance of process engineering, classification
of process engineering, fundamentals of process engineering, general
fundamentals of balancing, definition of balancing and important
conservative laws, the general balance equation, steady and unsteady
processes, mass balances, energy balances, linkage of mass and
energy balances, error calculation in balancing problems, graphic
solution to balancing problems, Fundamentals of Dust Removal
Techniques, Terms and definitions, regulatory considerations,
properties of dust particles, active principles of technical dust
collectors, dust collectors, evaluation of dust collectors
13017205
ECOSYSTEMS
1.5 (1.5-0-3)
Prerequisite: None
Ecosystem concept, ecosystem structure and functions, support
functions, interactions between organisms and environment, limiting
factors, ecological thresholds, carrying capacity, energy flows, energy
inputs, primary production, consumption, decomposition, energy
pyramids, food webs, nutrient cycles, ecosystem services, soils,
freshwaters, forests, grasslands, stability, resistance and resilience
of ecosystems, human impacts on ecosystems, eutrophication,
deforestation, overgrazing, management of ecosystems, forests,
agronomic resources, phytoremediation
13017206
INTRODUCTION TO MATERIALS SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
1.5 (1.5-0-3)
Prerequisite: None
Introduction: Materials and technical progress, atomic bonding,
structure and basic properties of materials, phase equilibria and phase
transformations, structural materials, functional materials, materials
technology, materials testing
13017207
INTRODUCTION TO
GEO-ECOLOGY
1.5 (1.5-0-3)
Prerequisite: None
Introduction: Scales of time and space; what are element cycles
(examples and models; Lithosphere: Setup of planet Earth, plate
tectonics, forces, dynamics, lithospheric cycles, rock types, mineral
groups; Atmosphere: Development, function, N-cycle; deposition,
monitoring, emissions, trends, climate change; Pedosphere: Basics,
dynamics, weathering, erosion, element mobility, fertility,
acidification; Hydrosphere: Hydrological cycle, water regimes, Great
lakes, groundwater, marine water; Biosphere: Interaction of biota with
the inorganic world: lichens, mosses, higher plants; biomonitoring,
bioindication; Anthroposphere: Pollution patterns and assessment, waste
generation and management, waste incineration, final disposal
13017208
BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT
SYSTEMS
1.5 (1.5-0-3)
Prerequisite: None
Treatment of air, water and soil pollution with biological
methods, biofilters, biogas, biogasification, phytoremidiation,
biowashers, reed beds
13017209
WATER RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
1.5 (1.5-0-3)
Prerequisite: None
Aquifers, aquifer recharge, water storage, water conservation,
treatment and recycling, salt water intrusion, brackish water,
“grey” and “black” water, desalination by:
distillation, Reverse Osmosis, electro-osmosis; energy balances and
process choice
13017210
ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING AND
ANALYSIS
1.5
(1.5-0-3)
Prerequisite: None
Introduction, international standard methods for sampling of air,
soil and water samples, representative samples, sources of errors,
error propagation, statistical methods, analytical methods, field
methods
13017211
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN TROPICAL
COUNTRIES
1.5 (1.5-0-3)
Prerequisite: None
Management of natural resources in tropical countries, water shed
management, forest management, coastal resource management, mineral
resources, biodiversity, tropical forest ecology, field trip, case
studies
13017212
GIS AND REMOTE
SENSING
1.5 (1.5-0-3)
Prerequisite: None
Principles, role, technology and management of Geographic
Information Systems, application of computer programs in GIS, air photo
interpretation, remote sensing and the environment, digital image
processing, remote sensing applications.
13017213
INTRODUCTION TO
MINING
1.5 (1.5-0-3)
Prerequisite: None
Importance of mining (history and future), elements of mining,
mineral economics, government role and influence in mining, stages of
mining, mineral prospecting, mine development, mine exploitation, mine
closure / reclamation, operations in mining, production operation,
auxiliary operations, surface mining (development and methods),
underground mining (development and methods), novel and supplement
topics, innovative mining methods, openings for non-mining purposes,
post-mining operations, mining and the environment, case studies for
mining projects
13017214
ORE DEPOSITS AND ECONOMIC
GEOLOGY
1.5 (1.5-0-3)
Prerequisite: None
Introduction and principles, magmatic ore forming environments,
sedimentary ore forming environments, metamorphic ore forming
environments, iron ore deposits, alloy ore deposits, base metal ore
deposits, precious metal ore deposits, special metal ore deposits
13017215
SELECTED TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND
TECHNOLOGY
1.5 (1-0-2)
Prerequisite: None
Topics include interesting topics in environmental management and technology which will be announced in advance.
13017216
ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW OF RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
2
1.5 (1.5-0-3)
Prerequisite: None
1. Environmental policy in EU, AEAN etc. Basic understanding of
the law making process in those treaties, different types of legal
measures,
2. Individuals and companies: principles of law of contract and law of
torts, specific areas of importance for the management of resources and
environment, code of conduct.
C. Language Course
13017001
GERMAN BASIC LEVEL 1
A
1.5 (1.5-0-3)
Basics of phonetics, orthography and grammar, fundamental
knowledge in hearing, speaking, reading and writing based on everyday
situations.
D. Seminar
13017181
SEMINAR
1
1 (0-2-1)
Prerequisite: None
Review and discussion of current literature, research and
consulting results by students, faculty and invited speakers. Students
will make presentations about topics of their own choice.
13017182
SEMINAR
2
1 (0-2-1)
Prerequisite: None
Students will make presentations about topics of their own
choice. Students will be encouraged to select topics which are related
to the topic of their Master's Thesis.
E. Thesis
13017195
THESIS
1
9 (0-27-0)
Prerequisite: None
Research on a current issue related to subjects studied in the
courses. The topic has to be approved by the supervisor and the program
committee.
13017196
THESIS
2
9 (0-27-0)
Prerequisite: None
Continuation of Thesis 1 (13017195)