General Competences (CG)

• CG1 : Understand the working, structure and dynamics of Mediterranean ecosystems, both terrestrial and marine, as well as those areas traditionally worked to exploit their resources.
• CG10 : Oral and written communication skills in Spanish. Capacity to prepare and defend scientific research projects.
• CG2 : Understand and value the diversity of all living things in every sense, not only referring to other organisms but also to social and cultural diversity.
• CG3 : Be able to design and develop sustainable strategies for managing Mediterranean ecosystems, both in protected natural areas and in areas of anthropic influence.
• CG4 : Evaluate global change, analysing the speed of the processes and the changes related to human activity in the region.
• CG5 : Use current technologies and methods to solve environmental problems, including genomic-proteomic analysis or organisms and remote sensor technology.
• CG6 : Develop the ability for multidisciplinary work in teams including specialists in different environmentally-related fields.
• CG7 : Be able to solve environmental problems related to business and public administration activities.
• CG8 : Oral and written communication skills in English.
• CG9 : Skills related to computer tools and the information and communication technologies, as well as access to on-line databases, including scientific bibliographies, patent and legislation databases.

Specific Competences:>>Basic Module

• MB1 : Interpret the interrelationships between environmental factors and ecological processes in the Mediterranean Sea, and their importance for the conservation and planning of biodiversity and marine resources.
• MB10 : Use, manage and produce digital cartographic bases to obtain environmental information from the images taken by remote sensors.
• MB11 : Develop models for structured populations and apply them to predict their evolution in different scenarios.
• MB12 : Model time-temporal sequences of the abundance of marine resources.
• MB2 : Apply the methods to quantify the main environmental, biotic and systemic descriptors of any kind of terrestrial Mediterranean ecosystem.
• MB3 : Identify the basic processes of the working of a terrestrial Mediterranean ecosystem and its risk of degradation and collapse.
• MB4 : Understand the importance and applications of the interactions between organisms in Mediterranean environments.
• MB5 : Understand the historical process of human colonisation on ecosystems, their effects and the future of the present landscape.
• MB6 : Understand the morphological processes that have modelled the Mediterranean basin throughout its history and its prospects.
• MB7 : Evaluate the cultural and agricultural needs for farms in the Mediterranean context.
• MB8 : Be able to assess the fertility and usage capacity of land and design conservation practices for the same.
• MB9 : Be able to characterise the climate and analyse water availability problems in ecosystems.