About the BSc in Environmental Studies
Bachelor study program "Environmental Studies" in English is one of the few study programs created by the needs of the labour market. This program provides education in a world language which constitutes an essential communication tool both in multinational companies as well as international research teams.
Summary of the study program "Environmental Studies" consists of integrating interdisciplinary scientific disciplines useful for the needs of the knowledge society in the international arena. This greatly differs from the single-subject bachelor study programs that do not provide a sufficiently broad basis for interdisciplinary approaches needed to practice.
Graduates of the study program "Environmental Studies" will understand the characteristics and attributes of the components of the environment including humans. They also gain knowledge in interdisciplinary fields of study characterizing the basic biotic and abiotic components of the landscape such as botany, geology, zoology, geography, pedology, and hydrology. Their successors further improve their knowledge in the field of ecology, landscape ecology, biodiversity, chemistry, geochemistry, and protection of natural resources. Attention is also paid to environmental planning, sustainable development, and risk assessment of geological hazards. Graduates will be prepared for work-oriented rational land use, sustainable development, production and environmental protection, and geo-hazards assessment geopotential country as well as the preparation and implementation of projects related to geological, hydrological, biological and geographical environment components.
A comprehensive study of basic subjects of natural sciences will allow graduates to be familiar with environment and be able to predict its development, especially in relation to human intervention in the environment. Graduated further acquire basic knowledge on the functioning and administration of the company, the needs and possibilities of the environment, learn the basics of management and legislation in force in geology in environmental protection. It can be applied in executing professional tasks in the field of protection and land use and nature.
One of the advantages of the study program is a relatively small target group, approx. 20 persons, allowing improved learning with focusing on individuals. In selection of applicants for study age as well as socio-economic status, gender structure, ethnicity, disability or origin, nationality, and other criteria that could be discriminatory, will not be determining. This target group will include graduates after passing the entrance exam. In addition, a very similar specialized bachelor's degree program was created by this faculty in the past and provided the necessary expertise for the implementation of such programs. Therefore, this study program can be fully incorporated into the offer of an educational institution, thus enabling science higher education in the English language for applicants from Slovakia, 3but especially from abroad. Making quality education in a world language is the possibility for graduates in the international labour market and significantly increases their competitiveness.
Graduates of the study program Environmental Studies receive the following skills:
- Good theoretical education in botany, ecology, zoology, geology, hydrogeology, soil science, geochemistry, chemistry, geography and computing;
- Solving scientific problems on a multidisciplinary level;
- Ability to evaluate obtained data correctly;
- Basic principles of intellectual property protection;
- Work with literature and electronic database;
- Professional English at a high level.
About Faculty of Natural Sciences and Comenius University in Bratislava
Comenius University in Bratislava is the oldest and biggest university in the Slovak Republic. It was founded on June 27th, 1919 and follows the university traditions of one of the first Universities in Europe the Academia Istropolitana, which was established in Bratislava by the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus in 1465.
Comenius University is named after Johan Amos Comenius (in Slovak language Ján Amos Komenský 28 March 1592–15 November 1670), teacher of nations, an outstanding personality of the world history. Establishment of the university has had an exceptional importance for progress of education, science and culture in Slovakia. It was the first institution that offered the highest possible education in the Slovak language. Since the creation university has belonged to the best universities in Slovakia and it became an internationally recognized center of science and research.
Basic missions of the university are to acquire, develop and disseminate knowledge, and to facilitate access to it, especially for young generation; to preserve and strengthen position of the university as a scientific and educational institution of the highest international quality and to form high professional and human qualities of the graduates in the spirit of European democracy, humanism and tolerance, the major values of a person of the third millenary.
As the most complex university of classical type it keeps the position of a national university. Comenius University has 13 faculties, many of which offer courses or even complete study programmes in English, and some in French and German, too. Altogether you can find more than 28 000 students studying in Bachelor, Master or Postgraduate programs and nearly 1 800 international students from 80 foreign countries. Every year university accepts nearly 8 000 newstudents who can choose out of 1 300 study programs. The Comenius University hosts the highest number of foreign students among all universities in our country.
The Comenius University Mission Statement:
The Comenius University’s fundamental mission is the advancement and dissemination of knowledge and its understanding.
As a UNIVERSITY, it is a scientific institution in which research opens up new horizons and at the same time enhances knowledge transfer.
As a UNIVERSITY, it distinguishes itself from other research centres by its autonomous statement of problems, by the disinterested character of fundamental research, by its focus on education and by the fact that within its walls it encompasses almost all the scientific disciplines.
As a UNIVERSITY, it distinguishes itself from other educational institutions by the fact that its teaching is based on and nourished by, its own research and the world-wide scientific knowledge and by its interdisciplinary approach to solving problems.
As a UNIVERSITY, it defines its tasks and priorities autonomously, and the members of its academic community enjoy academic freedom in the exercise of their duties.
As a UNIVERSITY, it is a guarantee of freedom and democracy not only within its walls. One of its fundamental duties is to broaden and disseminate this mission also in the outside environment.
As a UNIVERSITY, it is its duty to defend its academic freedom and autonomy.
As a higher education institution which aspires to be a member of leading European centres of academic excellence and as an INTERNATIONALLY ORIENTED UNIVERSITY, the university's core strategic objectives are:
• to sustain and develop its identity as a research and teaching institution of the highest international quality;
• to provide an outstanding educational environment, supporting study across a broad range of academic disciplines;
• to produce graduates not only with high personal and professional achievement but also with high human qualities;
• to enhance the scientific and cultural vision of society as well as its economic well-being.
As a CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE, the University pays special attention to the steady evaluation of its research and teaching in order to ensure that its students are lead by outstanding experts - researchers and lecturers.
As the greatest, oldest and outstanding NATIONAL UNIVERSITY of the Slovak Republic, Comenius University especially values its intellectual and universal relationship with the Slovak nation, where it has its roots and at the same time provides the foundation from which it will continue to look to the widest international horizons, enriching both itself and Slovakia.
Chronology:
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1919
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Foundation of Comenius University, foundation
of the Faculty of Medicine
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1921
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Foundation of the Faculty of Law and the
Faculty of Philosophy
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1939
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Comenius University renamed The Slovak
University
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1940
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Foundation of the Faculty of Natural Sciences
and incorporation of the Catholic Faculty of Theology into the framework of
the University (1940−1946)
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1946
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Foundation of the Faculty of Education
(1946−1953)
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1952
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Foundation of the Faculty of Pharmacy (pharmacy
had been studied at the Faculty of Medicine from 1939)
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1952
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Foundation of the Faculty of Geology and
Geography (1952−1959)
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1954
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Comenius University returned to its original
name
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1960
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Foundation of the Institute of Physical
Education and Sports (since 1965 the Faculty of Physical Education and
Sports)
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1964
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Foundation of the Faculty of Education in
Trnava (transferred to Bratislava in 1986)
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1969
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Foundation of the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine
in Martin
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1980
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Foundation of the Faculty of Mathematics and
Physics
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1990
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Incorporation of the Evangelical Theological
Faculty and the Roman Catholic Theological Faculty
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1991
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Foundation of the Faculty of Management
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2002
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Foundation of the Faculty of Social and
Economic Sciences
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