BSc and MSc Programmes in Danish
The Faculty of Life Sciences has a number of degree programmes that are currently offered in Danish only.
Together with our English programmes, they reflect the diversity and span of our academic profile. You will find short descriptions of the individual programmes in the list below.
BSc programmes
Natural Resources:
The BSc in natural resources gives graduates a wide range of knowledge about nature. As a student you will learn abount plants, cells, ecology – always in a context that relates what your are learning to practical use. You will specialise in animal husbandry, plant science, environmental science or nature & society. The BSc in natural resources has the widest academic range of the faculty's BSc programmes and gives acces to a wide variety of MSc programmes. The programme gives you a wide basic knowledge within the natural sciences, but you will also learn how to put your knowledge to practical use. You will follow courses in e.g. mathematics, chemistry, ecology and economics.
Biology – Biotechnology:
The BSc in Biology – Biotechnology focuses among other things on how to make healthier foods, how to produce more natural substitutes for industrially manufactures substances and how to unveil the role of genes in the development of humans and animals. The BSc has a focus on bioethics as well as risk assessment. The programme gives graduates a basic knowledge of biology and biotechnology. Central courses are: chemistry, cell biology, biotechnology, biophysics and genetics. Later courses include: biochemistry, microbiology and organic biology. In molecular biology you will be using your theory in practical excercises in the laboratory.
Food Science:
The Food Science BSc programme provides students with knowledge about how food products without unwanted bateria can be produced and how food affects health. The student will have to choose between course packages oriented towards nutrition and health or towards food quality and technology. During the compulsory courses the student will work with chemistry, math and physics and will be introduced to to food science as an academic subject. After that the student will take on subjects such as: food chemistry, mmicrobiology, food technology, nutrition. physiology, pharmacology, pathology, science theory, gastronomy and consumer theory.
Agricultural Economics:
Agriculture is about much more than simply farming. A thorough insight into the political, judicial and economic state of affairs in individual countries and globally is a prerequisite for understanding the current conditions for the agricultural community and for the world economy. As an agricultural economics graduate you will get this insight and are made able to use it to make a positive change. First you will learn about basic dilemmas within agricultural economics and after that you will study subjects such as environmental legislation, international economics, politics and development economics. The student will follow a theme course in applied economic analysis where he or she will be using the theoretic knowledge in practice.
Landscape Architecture:
A landscape architect shapes the space that surrounds us and in which we spend most of our lives – cities, landscapes, parks etc. As a student of landscape architecture you will learn what I takes to produce stimulating and well—functioning human surroundings. The programme combines the creative understanding of aesthetics with knowledge of biology and a number of practical tools. The programme takes the student through courses in eg. botany, soil science, forestry and landscape management, urban planning, science theory and horticultural history. Students can then move on to subjects such as natural ressource management, landscape analysis, landscape history, nature protection legislation and planning. Project work is a recurrent element in the course of the programme in order to put theory to practical test.
Veterinary Medicine:
The BSc programme in veterinary medicine is a broad biological programme. Students will learn about eg. animal anatomy and how medicine affects animals and humans. They will also work with some of the ethical dilemmas involved in eg. the use of animals in research. The students will be given knowledge about the pathology, cause, development and spreading of animal diseases and how to treat and prevent them. Food safety, hygiene and toxicology are essential elements in the programme - among other things the students will learn how pathogenic substances can be traced in food products.
Forestry and Landscape Engineering:
The forestry and landscape engineer programme is a both practical and theoretical programme aiming at providing the graduate with the necessary background knowledge to make qualified decisions concerning the management of forests, parks and landscapes. The "green engineer" is given an understanding of how nature and its resources work together and interact with eg. economics and planning.
There are a number of core subjects such as ecology, organisation theory, business economics, planning and technology and later on courses in eg. socioeconomics, law, management and consultancy. The programme includes a one year internship within the forestry and landscape area – eg. within municipal forest management or in a development firm.
MSc programmes
Human Nutrition:
The MSc programme in human nutrition gives graduates a thorough knowledge of the importance of food with regard to human health and in a social and cultural context. Students will learn about e.g. the effect of nutrition in various phases of life, its effect on health and about the fundamental principles, methods and tools of nutrional science. Subjects include: nutritional food quality, nutrient metabolism, the effect of nutrients on health - nationnaly and globally (eg. developing countries).
Clinical Nutrition:
Clinical nutrition is about the use of food and nutrients in the treatment of disease. By using nutrition clinically graduates help spare people for unnecessarily long hospitalisation and to save money and resources for society. MSc students are given a thorough basic knowledge of nutrients, diseases, nutrition physiology and treatment and an insight into the social and cultural factors that affect our every day choice of food.
Gastronomy and Health:
The MSc programme in Gastronomy and Health combines knowledge about nutrition and food safety with gastronomy and consumer perception. MSc students work with gastronomy in theory and in practice, including molecular gastronomy. Healthy food can be made more tasty and filling by using scientific principles from chemistry, physics and sensory science in the preparation of food. MSc students are given an insight into food culture, meals and eating habits in a cultural and social context and a thorough basic knowledge of food safety, hygiene and nutrition and the quality of primary products.
Landscape Management:
Landscape management is about how to develop the surrounding landscape and protect nature, the environment and cultural assets in the open landscape while finding solutions to our need for recreational space and the industry’s need for room for production. Students will be dealing with private and public decisionmaking concerning development and protection of the open land while taking the many varying interests of the various relevant interest groups into consideration.
Veterinary Medicine:
The MSc programme in veterinary medicine gives students the opportunity to use the basic knowledge from the BSc programme in more applied contexts. Students will learn how to diagnose and perform treatment and surgery on sick animals. The programme also touches upon the behaviour and well-being of domestic animals and the development of pharmaceuticals for human and animal use. The last part of the programme requires a choice between a number of specialisations: Food safety, production animals, small animals, biomedicine or horses.
Michael Guldager, - last update:23 July 2010