Organic Agriculture (MOA) / MSc

Description Organic Agriculture

» Planning programme
A - Agroecology
B - Sustainable Food Systems
C - Double Degree Agroecology

MSc Common part

» Planning programme common part

Common Part
The Common Part does not apply to specialization C - Double Degree Agroecology.
RO0: Choose in consultation with your study adviser courses if these or equivalent
courses have not been part of your BSc-programme.
RO1: Choose in consultation and agreement with your study adviser either RO1A,
RO1B, or RO1C + an additional optional course:
- RO1A focuses on consultancy and business.
- RO1B focuses on research proposal writing and funding.
- RO1C is meant for students with verifiable prior experience in project work and
reflective learning.
YMC-60300 is an 'umbrella' code. Instead, choose and register for 3 credits worth
of modular skills (MOS) courses. For an overview of possible MOS courses please
see under YMC-60300 in the study handbook.
RO2: these courses are compulsory for students who choose specialization A or B

Course Ects CS/RO PhasePeriod

MAT-20306 Advanced Statistics 6.00 RO0 M1 1AF, 5MO, 6MO

Principles of
MCB-20806 Consumer Studies 6.00 RO0 M1 1MO

Organic Agriculture
FSE-21306 and Society 6.00 RO0 M1 1MO, 5AF

Wageningen
Scientific Preparation
YFS-10801 Week 1.00 RO0 M1 1WD

Quantitative Research
Methodology and
MAT-22306 Statistics 6.00 RO0 M1 3WD, 4WD

Modular Skills
YMC-60300 Training 3.00 RO1A M1 1AF, 2AF, 3AF, 5AF, 6AF

Modular Skills
YMC-60300 Training 3.00 RO1C M1 1AF, 2AF, 3AF, 5AF, 6AF
 Scientific Skills
YMC-61303 Training 3.00 RO1C M1 1MO, 1AF

Academic
YMC-60809 Consultancy Training 9.00 RO1A M1/2 1WD, 2WD, 3MO+4WD, 5WD, 6WD

Research Master
Cluster: Proposal
YEI-60312 Writing 12.00 RO1B M1/2 1WD, 2WD, 3WD+4WD, 5WD, 6WD

Masterclass Organic
CSA-33303 Agriculture Part 1 3.00 RO2 M1 1WD+2WD+3WD+4WD+5WD+6WD

Masterclass Organic
CSA-33803 Agriculture Part 2 3.00 RO2 M1 1WD+2WD+3WD+4WD+5WD+6WD

Social
Transformations
towards Sustainable
RSO-34806 Food Systems 6.00 RO2 M1 2AF

Integrated Natural
Resource
Management in
SOQ-33306 Organic Agriculture 6.00 RO2 M1 2MO

A - Agroecology
» Planning programme & specialization

Limited choice:
RO1-RO7: Choose one RO-cluster:
- If RO2 is selected, choose one course and the thesis. The selected course must be
related to the thesis topic.
- If RO3 is selected, choose one course and the thesis. The selected course must be
related to the thesis topic.
- If RO6 is selected, choose one course and the thesis. The selected course must be
related to the thesis topic.
RO8: Choose one internship
The thesis and internship may be combined into a 60 credits interdisciplinary action
research project, that is co-supervised by two chairgroups.

Course Ects CS/RO PhasePeriod

APS-30306 Sustainability Assessment of Animal Systems 6.00 RO1 M1 5MO

APS-80436 MSc Thesis Animal Production Systems 36.00 RO1 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

FSE-30306 Analysis and Design of Organic Farming Systems 6.00 RO2 M1 6WD

FSE-31306 Organic Animal Production 6.00 RO2 M1 6WD

FSE-31806 Agroecology 6.00 RO2 M1 6WD

FSE-80436 MSc Thesis Farming Systems Ecology 36.00 RO2 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

CSA-30806 Research Methods in Crop Science 6.00 RO3 M1 1AF

CSA-31806 Grassland Science 6.00 RO3 M1 1AF

Functional Diversity for Sustainable Crop

CSA-32806 Production 6.00 RO3 M1 4WD

CSA-80436 MSc Thesis Crop and Weed Ecology 36.00 RO3 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

CSA-30306 Advanced Crop Physiology 6.00 RO4 M1 4WD

CSA-80936 MSc Thesis Crop Physiology 36.00 RO4 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

ENT-30306 Ecological Aspects of Bio-interactions 6.00 RO5 M1 1AF

ENT-80436 MSc Thesis Entomology 36.00 RO5 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

Quantitative Analysis of Land Use Systems

PPS-30306 (QUALUS) 6.00 RO6 M1 3WD

PPS-30806 Analysing Sustainability of Farming Systems 6.00 RO6 M1 5AF

PPS-80436 MSc Thesis Plant Production Systems 36.00 RO6 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

SOQ-31806 Nutrient Management 6.00 RO7 M1 5AF

MSc Thesis Soil Biology and Biological Soil

SOQ-81836 Quality 36.00 RO7 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

MSc Internship Agricultural Economics and Rural

AEP-70424 Policy 24.00 RO8 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

APS-70424 MSc Internship Animal Production Systems 24.00 RO8 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

BEC-70424 MSc Internship Business Economics 24.00 RO8 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

MSc Internship Knowledge, Technology and

CPT-70824 Innovation 24.00 RO8 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

CSA-70424 MSc Internship Crop and Weed Ecology 24.00 RO8 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

CSA-70924 MSc Internship Crop Physiology 24.00 RO8 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

 MSc Internship Education and Competence
ECS-70424 Studies 24.00 RO8 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

ENP-70424 MSc Internship Environmental Policy 24.00 RO8 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

ENT-70424 MSc Internship Entomology 24.00 RO8 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

FSE-70424 MSc Internship Farming Systems Ecology 24.00 RO8 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

MSc Internship Marketing and Consumer

MCB-70424 Behaviour 24.00 RO8 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

PPS-70424 MSc Internship Plant Production Systems 24.00 RO8 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

RSO-70424 MSc Internship Rural Sociology 24.00 RO8 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

MSc Internship Sociology of Development and

SDC-70424 Change 24.00 RO8 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

SOQ-70424 MSc Internship Soil Quality 24.00 RO8 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

B - Sustainable Food Systems

» Planning programme & specialization

Limited choice:
RO1-RO8: Choose one RO-cluster:
- If RO6 is selected, choose MCB-31306 and the thesis, and one other RO6 course
(MST-21306 for a thesis on Marketing Management; MCB-30306 for a thesis on
Consumer Behaviour).
- If RO8 is selected, choose one course and the thesis. The selected course must be
related to the thesis topic.
RO9: Choose one internship.
The thesis and internship may be combined into a 60 credits interdisciplinary action
research project, that is co-supervised by two chairgroups.

Course Ects CS/RO PhasePeriod

AEP-20306 Economics of Agribusiness 6.00 RO1 M1 1MO

The Economics and Politics of European

Integration: Agricultural, Trade and Foreign Policy
AEP-30306 Analysis 6.00 RO1 M1 5AF

MSc Thesis Agricultural Economics and Rural

AEP-80436 Policy 36.00 RO1 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

BEC-30306 Advanced Business Economics 6.00 RO2 M1 6AF

BEC-80436 MSc Thesis Business Economics 36.00 RO2 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

Researching Socio-Technical Practices, Innovation

CPT-37806 and Responsible Futures 6.00 RO3 M1 5AF

MSc Thesis Knowledge, Technology and

CPT-80836 Innovation 36.00 RO3 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

Environmental Education and Learning for

ECS-31806 Sustainability 6.00 RO4 M1 6AF

ECS-80436 MSc Thesis Education and Competence Studies 36.00 RO4 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

Globalization and Sustainability of Food

ENP-31806 Production and Consumption 6.00 RO5 M1 4WD

ENP-80436 MSc Thesis Environmental Policy 36.00 RO5 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

MST-21306 Advanced Management and Marketing 6.00 RO6 M1 3WD

Consumer Behaviour: Concepts and Research

MCB-30306 Methods 6.00 RO6 M1 4WD

Creating Frameworks for Marketing and

MCB-31306 Consumer Behaviour 6.00 RO6 M1 6AF

MCB-80436 MSc Thesis Marketing and Consumer Behaviour 36.00 RO6 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

Political Ecologies of Natural Resource

SDC-30806 Distribution 6.00 RO7 M1 5AF

MSc Thesis Sociology of Development and

SDC-80436 Change 36.00 RO7 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

RSO-30806 The Sociology of Farming and Rural Life 6.00 RO8 M1 5AF

RSO-31806 Sociology of Food and Place 6.00 RO8 M1 5MO

RSO-80436 MSc Thesis Rural Sociology 36.00 RO8 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

MSc Internship Agricultural Economics and Rural

AEP-70424 Policy 24.00 RO9 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

APS-70424 MSc Internship Animal Production Systems 24.00 RO9 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

BEC-70424 MSc Internship Business Economics 24.00 RO9 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

MSc Internship Knowledge, Technology and

CPT-70824 Innovation 24.00 RO9 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

CSA-70424 MSc Internship Crop and Weed Ecology 24.00 RO9 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6
CSA-70924 MSc Internship Crop Physiology 24.00 RO9 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

MSc Internship Education and Competence

ECS-70424 Studies 24.00 RO9 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

ENP-70424 MSc Internship Environmental Policy 24.00 RO9 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

ENT-70424 MSc Internship Entomology 24.00 RO9 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

FSE-70424 MSc Internship Farming Systems Ecology 24.00 RO9 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

MSc Internship Marketing and Consumer

MCB-70424 Behaviour 24.00 RO9 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

PPS-70424 MSc Internship Plant Production Systems 24.00 RO9 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

RSO-70424 MSc Internship Rural Sociology 24.00 RO9 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

MSc Internship Sociology of Development and

SDC-70424 Change 24.00 RO9 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

SOQ-70424 MSc Internship Soil Quality 24.00 RO9 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

C - Double Degree Agroecology

» Planning programme & specialization

Limited choice:
RO1: Choose one course if these or equivalent courses have not been part of your
BSc-programme.
RO2: Choose one course depending on your choice of thesis from RO4:
- Choose FSE-30306 or FSE-31806 for a thesis at FSE. The selected course must be
related to the thesis topic.
- Choose CSA-30806 for a thesis at CSA.
- Choose PPS-30306 for a thesis at PPS.
- Choose SOQ-33306 for a thesis at SOQ.
RO3: Choose one internship or second thesis from RO3.
RO4: Choose one thesis from RO4; choose in consultation with the study adviser
and the examiner of your thesis an additional course related to the subject of the
thesis.

Course Ects CS/RO PhasePeriod

YMC-60300 Modular Skills Training 3.00 CS M1 1AF, 3AF

FSE-21306 Organic Agriculture and Society 6.00 CS M1 1MO

Social Transformations towards Sustainable

RSO-34806 Food Systems 6.00 CS M1 2AF

Agriculture and Landscape Management in a

XIS-30304 Particular Agricultural Region 4.00 CS M2 1WD
XIS-31807 Agroecological Cropping Practices 7.00 CS M2 1WD

XIS-30805 World Ecosystems and Agricultural Use 5.00 CS M2 2WD

Management of Agroecosystems: Implications

XIS-31306 from Policies and Nature Conservation 6.00 CS M2 2WD

XIS-62308 Group Project Management 8.00 CS M2 3WD

1MO,
MAT-20306 Advanced Statistics 6.00 RO1 M1 2MO, 5MO

Quantitative Research Methodology and

MAT-22306 Statistics 6.00 RO1 M1 3WD, 4WD

Integrated Natural Resource Management in

SOQ-33306 Organic Agriculture 6.00 RO2 M1 2MO

Quantitative Analysis of Land Use Systems

PPS-30306 (QUALUS) 6.00 RO2 M1 3WD

Functional Diversity for Sustainable Crop

CSA-32806 Production 6.00 RO2 M1 4WD

Analysis and Design of Organic Farming

FSE-30306 Systems 6.00 RO2 M1 6WD

FSE-31806 Agroecology 6.00 RO2 M1 6WD

CSA-70424 MSc Internship Crop and Weed Ecology 24.00 RO3 M1 4,5,6

CSA-80424 MSc Thesis Crop and Weed Ecology 24.00 RO3 M1 4,5,6

FSE-70424 MSc Internship Farming Systems Ecology 24.00 RO3 M1 4,5,6

FSE-80424 MSc Thesis Farming Systems Ecology 24.00 RO3 M1 4,5,6

PPS-70424 MSc Internship Plant Production Systems 24.00 RO3 M1 4,5,6

PPS-80424 MSc Thesis Plant Production Systems 24.00 RO3 M1 4,5,6

MSc Thesis Soil Biology and Biological Soil

SOQ-81824 Quality 24.00 RO3 M1 4,5,6

4WD,
SOQ-70424 MSc Internship Soil Quality 24.00 RO3 M1 5WD, 6WD

CSA-80430 MSc Thesis Crop and Weed Ecology 30.00 RO4 M2 4,5,6

FSE-80430 MSc Thesis Farming Systems Ecology 30.00 RO4 M2 4,5,6

PPS-80430 MSc Thesis Plant Production Systems 30.00 RO4 M2 4,5,6

MSc Thesis Soil Biology and Biological Soil

SOQ-81830 Quality 30.00 RO4 M2 4,5,6
Biosystems Engineering (MAB) / MSc
Description Biosystems Engineering
» Planning programme

MSc Common part

» Planning programme common part

Common Part
YMC-60300 is an 'umbrella' code. Instead, choose and register for 3 credits worth
of modular skills (MOS) courses. For an overview of possible MOS courses please
see under YMC-60300 in the study handbook.
RO1-RO6: Choose 1 RO-cluster
- within RO1 choose 2 courses from RO1A
- within RO2 choose 2 courses from RO2A
- within RO3 choose 2 courses from RO3A
- within RO6 choose 1 course from RO6A
RO7: Choose 1 course. The internship in RO7 may be replaced by a 2nd thesis if
the programme director or study adviser supports the replacement.
RO7A: This internship can only be chosen if the MSc track entrepreneurship is
completed. If this course is chosen and completed and the MSc track
entrepreneurship is not completed, this internship becomes invalid as fulfilment for
RO7.
RO8: Choose 1 course in consultation and agreement with the study adviser,
depending on prior training or relevant working experience. If YMC-61303 is
chosen, the choice for YMC-60300 will be limited and one disciplinary course has to
be chosen in addition.

Course Ects CS/RO PhasePeriod

Modelling of Biobased Production
FTE-34806 Systems 6.00 CS M1 1AF

Quantitative Analysis of Innovative

FTE-34306 Biosystems 6.00 CS M1 2AF

FTE-33806 Biosystems Design 6.00 CS M1 2MO

1AF, 2AF, 3AF, 5AF,

YMC-60300 Modular Skills Training 3.00 CS M1/2 6AF

BCT-30806 Physical Modelling 6.00 RO1A M1 1MO

Parameter Estimation and Model

BCT-31806 Structure Identification 6.00 RO1A M1 4WD

BCT-31306 Systems and Control Theory 6.00 RO1A M1 5MO

MSc Thesis Biobased Chemistry

BCT-80436 and Technology 36.00 RO1 M1/2 1,2,3,4,5,6
FTE-31306 Greenhouse Technology 6.00 RO2A M1 3WD

FTE-30306 Livestock Technology 6.00 RO2A M1 4WD

FTE-35306 Machine Learning 6.00 RO2A M1 4WD

FTE-32806 Automation for Bio-production 6.00 RO2A M1 6AF

FTE-80436 MSc Thesis Farm Technology 36.00 RO2 M1/2 1,2,3,4,5,6

INF-21306 Data Management 6.00 RO3A M1 1MO, 5MO

INF-32306 Software Engineering 6.00 RO3A M1 5AF

Information Systems for Managers

INF-31306 and Engineers 6.00 RO3A M1 6MO

MSc Thesis Information

INF-80436 Technology 36.00 RO3 M1/2 1,2,3,4,5,6

Biological Processes for Resource

ETE-30306 Recovery 6.00 RO4 M1 4WD

Renewable Energy: Sources,

ETE-32306 Technology & Applications 6.00 RO4 M1 5MO

MSc Thesis Environmental

ETE-80436 Technology 36.00 RO4 M1/2 1,2,3,4,5,6

ORL-30306 Decision Science 2 6.00 RO5 M1 5MO

ORL-30806 Operations Research and Logistics 6.00 RO5 M1 6MO

MSc Thesis Operations Research

ORL-80436 and Logistics 36.00 RO5 M1/2 1,2,3,4,5,6

BCT-32306 Advanced Biorefinery 6.00 RO6 M1 5AF

BCT-30806 Physical Modelling 6.00 RO6A M1 1MO

MST-34806 Biobased Business 6.00 RO6A M1 5AF

BCT-32806 Sustainability Analysis 6.00 RO6A M1 5MO

Renewable Energy: Sources,

ETE-32306 Technology & Applications 6.00 RO6A M1 5MO

ORL-32306 Biobased Logistics 6.00 RO6A M1 6AF

MSc Thesis Biobased Chemistry

BCT-80436 and Technology 36.00 RO6 M1/2 1,2,3,4,5,6
 MSc Internship Biobased Chemistry
BCT-70424 and Technology 24.00 RO7 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

MSc Internship Environmental

ETE-70424 Technology 24.00 RO7 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

FTE-70424 MSc Internship Farm Technology 24.00 RO7 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

MSc Internship Information

INF-70424 Technology 24.00 RO7 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

MSc Internship Operations

ORL-70424 Research and Logistics 24.00 RO7 M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

MSc Internship Track

ECS-70824 Entrepreneurship 24.00 RO7A M2 1,2,3,4,5,6

YMC-61303 Scientific Skills Training 3.00 RO8 M1 1MO, 2AF

1WD, 2WD,
3MO+4WD, 5WD,
YMC-60809 Academic Consultancy Training 9.00 RO8 M1/2 6WD

Specialisation Cellular and Molecular

Biotechnology
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Focus on the practical application of cellular and molecular knowledge with the aim of enhancing or
improving production in micro-organisms or cell cultures. Knowledge and skills from this specialization
can be applied in biobased technology, food biotechnology, medicine and vaccine development as well as
in environmental technology.

Students who want to focus on the molecular and biological aspects of biotechnology will prefer this
specialization.

Students will follow one year of courses, some compulsory and other optional. In the second year of the
MSc students will perform two research projects: major thesis and internship or 2nd thesis.

Research projects

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