Course – Master of Philosophy in Ecological Informatics

May 1, 2010

Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management-Kerala  (IIITM-K) is an autonomous premier educational institution established by the Government of Kerala in year 2000.

IIITM-K is located at Technopark Campus, Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala.

Master of Philosophy in Ecological Informatics

Course Description 

Ecological Informatics (EI) is a trans-disciplinary subject that integrates ecology, computational sciences, informatics and social sciences, in order to improve our understanding of ecological processes and expand socio-ecological theory to integrate the earth’s natural systems, human values, human health and well-being. A suite of disciplines – ecology, informatics, computational sciences, ecological economics, anthropology, sociology and demography constitute EI.

Course Duration and credits

The course will be for a period of one year with two semesters. The candidates will spend first semester at IIITM-K and the second under a mentor at one of the collaborating institution

Collaborating Departments/institution

    * Center for Ecological Sciences, Indian   Institute of Science, Bangalore
    * Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun
    * The French Institute, India, Pondicherry

Core Courses

    *      Ecological Physics and Landscape Ecology
    *      Quantitative Ecology
    *      Information Systems
    *      Spatial Informatics
    *      Programming and Database
    *      Ecological Economics
    *      Ecological Anthropology      Sociology & demography
    *      Research Methodology

For more details: http://www.iiitmk.ac.in

Researched by Maninder