Do you have a passion for oceans, fish, and coastal areas? Do you want to contribute to the protection of ocean life or sustainable food production from the sea?
Then follow this minor and discover if you want to continue with our master’s programme.

For whom?

This minor is meant for HBO and WO bachelor’s students who are interested in Aquaculture and Marine Resource Management, or who consider following a master’s in that field.
Students from natural science, social science, and interdisciplinary bachelors are welcome, as sustainable solutions for marine challenges requires combining natural and social sciences.

Advantages of this minor

• Discover if a study programme in Aquaculture and Marine Resource Management is a good fit for you
• Properly prepart for the MSc important knowledge so you can (usually) start our master’s without a premaster’s. This means lower costs and no study delay!

 Courses

Click on the course titles and read more about the contents.

Did you acquire the knowledge already in your bachelor’s? Please contact us via mam@wur.nl, so we can develop a tailor-made minor for you. This is not possible through Kies op Maat.

AFI20306 Aquaculture Biology

ENP12306 Marine and Coastal Governance

WEC21306 Introduction to Animal Ecology

EZO11306 Marine Life

MAT15103 Mathematics Applied: Analysis

MAT15403 Statistics 2

After successfully following this minor, students have gained disciplinary knowledge and skills that prepare them for the master’s in Aquaculture and Marine Resource Management.

For the learning outcomes per course, please click on the courses above.

• Je hebt minimaal 120 EC van je bachelor behaald
• Biologiekennis op HAVO/VWO eindexamenniveau
• Wiskundekennis vergelijkbaar met VWO wiskunde B
• Statistiekkennis vergelijkbaar met VWO wiskunde A
• De vakken zijn Engelstalig, dus een goede beheersing van het Engels is belangrijk

Vragen over de ingangseisen? Mail naar mam@wur.nl

Textbooks used in the courses are listed in de detailed course descriptions listed above.

In many cases e-book versions of textbooks are available for students, once enrolled, through the Wageningen University Library.

Courses in Wageingen are offered throughout the week Monday-Friday. 

Period 4 has 6 credits and runs for 4 weeks, with usually 1 course of 6 credits.
Peirod 5 and 6 both have 12 credits, run for 8 weeks and usually have one course in the morning and another in the afternoon. 

The detailed schedule of each course is published on TimeEdit, and linked from the course-links given above.  

The annual calendar can be found online.  

Each course has it's own set of assessment methods. This is outlined in the course description linked above.

Upon passing all courses of the minor, the minor is successfully completed.

Written tests of courses can be taken twice each academic year. Once when the course is attended, and once in a subsequent resit period. 
Details on when a written test of a course can be re-taken, are listed in the linked course-descriptions.    

For questions about this minor, email to:

Programme Team Aquaculture and Marine Resource Management  @ mam@wur.nl