ENV-412: Microbial ecologyThe course will focus on fundamental concepts of microbial ecology and environmental microbiology, with emphasis on bacteria and archaea, although fungi, algae, and protists will also be covered.
ENV-103: BiologyThis course will cover the fundamental principles governing life and the living world. Topics will include the diversity of living organisms, cellular biology, genetics, evolution, and ecology. This c
ENV-422: Applied ecologyThe course will provide the ecological systems knowledge needed to question applied sustainability solutions. We will
critically assess the complexity of current environmental issues, illustrating bas
ENV-220: Fundamentals in ecologyThe students will learn the fundamentals in ecology with the goal to perceive the environment beyond its physical and chemical characteristics. Starting from basic concepts, they will acquire mechanis
ENV-321: Aquatic ecosystemsInland waters are now being recognized are major players of global biogeochemical cycles. They also provide essential ecosystem services such as fresh water and fish, and link continental processes wi
PENS-225: RhonescapeRHONEscape aims at realizing the necessary interdisciplinary educational background of the problematics affecting highly-corrected large rivers, by examining riverine ecological, hydrological and morp
ENV-306: EcotoxicologyEcotoxicology aims to understand the impact of chemicals and other stressors on organisms in the environment with a particular focus on population-, community- and ecosystem effects. Based on a mechan
MGT-534: Strategic partnershipStrategic partnerships is about better understanding the lifecycle of alliances and ecosystems.It concerns how to strategize, scout, structure, start, and steer strategic partnerships to maximize trus
AR-619: Designing cities in a changing worldThis course develops, within the urban domain, a critical review of challenges/opportunities of the One Health concept, based on the inexorable link between human, animal, and ecosystem health.
AR-301(ac): Studio BA5 (Bosshard et Vaquer)The term sauvegarde is approached holistically from the side of care with the will to assist, protect, and therefore save. Design proposals grow out of the will to understand, looking for an overall c
AR-401(ac): Studio MA1 (Bosshard et Vaquer)The term sauvegarde is approached holistically from the side of care with the will to assist, protect, and therefore save. Design proposals grow out of the will to understand, looking for an overall c
AR-302(af): Studio BA6 (Tsuneyama)Urban Wild Ecology / Production and Decomposition Urbanism / SOIL studio focuses on earth-conscious construction methods and materials that return to the soil. A radical vision will be sought to incor
AR-402(af): Studio MA2 (Tsuneyama)Urban Wild Ecology / Production and Decomposition Urbanism / SOIL studio focuses on earth-conscious construction methods and materials that return to the soil. A radical vision will be sought to incor
AR-401(af): Studio MA1 (Tsuneyama)Urban Wild Ecology / Production and Decomposition Urbanism / FOOD studio examines urban collective housing integrating a self-sustaining cycle of food, from production to disposal. A highly contextual
AR-301(af): Studio BA5 (Tsuneyama)Urban Wild Ecology / Production and Decomposition Urbanism / FOOD studio examines urban collective housing integrating a self-sustaining cycle of food, from production to disposal. A highly contextual
ENV-426: Fluvial biogeosciencesStream and river ecosystems are increasingly deteriorated owing to global change and climate change. Students will understand basic physical, chemical and biological processes in streams and rivers, a
AR-301(o): Studio BA5 (elii)Fiction is one of the laboratories that architecture uses for its tests. This should not come as a surprise, since architecture has always been a "science of fiction". The studio holds by elii [archit
