Master of Science in Environmental Science

Master of Science in Environmental Science

GENERAL INFORMATION

  • Program title in Vietnamese: Thạc sỹ Quản lý Tài nguyên và Môi trường
  • Program title in English: Master Science in Natural Resources and Environmental Management
  • Degree: Master of Science
  • Program code: 8850101
  • Duration: Full-time, (standard) 24 months (2 years)
  • Study language: Vietnamese

Program types and modes

  • Mode 1:Postgraduate students must take program courses, publish at least one peer-reviewed scientific article, and complete a master’s thesis.
  • Mode 2: Postgraduate students must study take program courses, and complete a master’s thesis.
  • Mode 3: Postgraduate students must take program courses, and complete an internship and a master’s project.

Program structure

Program modes

Total number of credits

Credits

General knowledge

Fundamental and specialized knowledge

Thesis/project

(Philosophy, foreign languages)

Compulsory (1)

Elective

Mode 1(2)

≥ 60

3 17 10

30

Mode 2

≥ 60

3 17 28

12

Mode 3

≥ 60

3 23 28

6

(1) Compulsory courses included in Modes 1 & 2: Scientific research methods; other specialized subjects (if any)

(1) Compulsory courses included in Mode 3: Specialized courses; Internship at minimum 6 credits

(2) The total number of master’s thesis credits includes 12 credits for scientific publication and 18 thesis credits. Before defending the master’s thesis, students must publish at least one scientific article containing the entire or a portion of the thesis’s research content (in which the student must be the lead or corresponding author). The article must be published or accepted for publication in scientific journals or proceedings as prescribed by the State Council for Professorship.

Program Content 

No.

Course ID

Course titles

Credits

Total

Theory

Practice, Lab, Project

A

 

General knowledge

3

3

0

1.

MTR

Philosophy

3

3

0

2.

MNN

Foreign languages (English)

 

 

 

B

 

Fundamental and specialized knowledge

 

 

 

B.1

 

Compulsory courses

 

 

 

 

 

Modes 1, 2, and 3

 

 

 

1.

 

Scientific Research Methods

3

2

1

2.

MMT001

Principles of Environmental Science

2

2

0

3.

MMT002

Environmental Ecology

3

2

1

4.

MMT003

Applied Environmental Geology

3

2

1

5.

MMT004

Advanced Environmental Chemistry

3

2

1

6.

MMT005

Remote Sensing and Applied GIS

3

2

1

 

 

Mode 3

 

 

 

7.

 MMT059

Practical Internship

6

0

6

B.2

 

Elective courses

 

 

 

1.

MMT006

Water Resources and Reasonable Usage

3

2

1

2.

MMT007

Wetland: Ecology and Environment

3

2

1

3.

MMT008

State-of-the-art Environmental Analysis Methods

3

2

1

4.

MMT009

Monitoring and Evaluating Environmental Quality

3

2

1

5.

MMT010

Wastewater Treatment Technology

3

2

1

6.

MMT012

Systems Analysis in Environmental Management

3

2

1

7.

MMT014

Environmental Impact Assessment

2

2

0

8.

MMT015

Environmental Modeling

3

2

1

9.

MMT016

Methods of Processing Environmental Data

3

2

1

10.

MMT017

Environmental Risk Assessment

2

2

0

11.

MMT018

Environmental Economics

2

2

 

12.

MMT024

Environmental Management

2

2

0

13.

MMT019

Climate Change and Global Environmental Policy

2

2

0

14.

MMT020

Seminar on Environmental Science

3

2

1

15.

MMT021

Environmental Microbiology

3

2

1

16.

MMT039

Energy and Environment

3

2

1

17.

MMT022

Environmental Toxicology

2

2

0

18.

MMT023

Intellectual Property Management & Technology Transfer in Natural Science And Technology

3

3

0

 

 

Modes 2 and 3

 

 

 

19.

 

Courses in the Master Program of Natural Resources and Environmental Management

≤ 15

 

 

C

 MLV

Graduation

 

 

 

1

Mode 1

Thesis (18 TC)

Journal articles (12 TC)

30

 

 

2

Mode 2

Thesis

12

 

 

3

Mode 3

Project

6

 

 

Program curriculum for Master Science of Environmental Science

 Environmental Science_ Year 2022

 Environmental Science_ Year 2021

 Environmental Science_ Year 2020

 Environmental Science_ Year 2019

 Environmental Science_ Year 2018

Detailed information: https://sdh.hcmus.edu.vn/