Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA)

Bachelor's programme: Renewable Energy (B-FORNY)
 
Compulsory courses for students starting autumn 2026:

YearSemester5 ects10 ects15 ects20 ects25 ects30 ects
32029June blockFORNY260 - 5 ects
Spring parallelFORNY
220		FORNY
230		MINA
250		 
 		 
 
January blockMINA250 - 5 ects
2028Autumn parallel 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 
August block 
22028June block 
Spring parallelSTAT
100		FORNY
210		FORNY
240		 
 		 
 
January block 
2027Autumn parallelFORNY
200		PHI ***
100      		LAD
102		 
 
August blockECN180 - 5 ects
12027June block 
Spring parallelECOL
100		FORNY
150		FYS **
100    		ECN
101
January block 
2026Autumn parallelFORNY
100		JUS
100		MATH *
100  		BUS
133		 
 
August blockFORNY100 - 5 ects
* Alternatively MATH121.
** Students with specialization in physics from high school with mean grade 4 or better may get exemption from FYS100.
*** Alternatively PHI101 or PHI102.
  
Bachelor's programme,
compulsory courses
Suggested course combination:
(Schedule conflicts between courses
have not been taken into account)

· Environmental analyses

· Energy system analysis


Recommended optional courses:
BUS210Managerial Accounting and Budgeting10 ects  Spring parallel
BUS211Sustainability Reporting5 ects  Aut p or spr p
BUS240Operations Management10 ects  Autumn parallel
ECN204Introduction to Behavioral Economics5 ects  Spring parallel
ECN210Microeconomics- Consumers, Producers, Market and Welfare10 ects  Spring parallel
ECN211Microeconomics - Institutions, Games and Market Failures10 ects  Autumn parallel
ECN271Cost Benefit Project Evaluation and Environmental Valuation10 ects  Spring parallel
ECN275Natural Resource and Environmental Economics - theory10 ects  Spring parallel
ECN280Energy Economics10 ects  Spring parallel
ECOL200General Ecology10 ects  Spring parallel
EDS260Global Environmental Changes5 ects  Autumn parallel
FORNY370Internship in Renewable Energy10 ects  Whole year
FYS140Climate Change, Sustainability and Adaptation5 ects  Autumn parallel
FYS141Meteorology for Sustainable Development5 ects  August block
GMGI102Geographical Information Systems, Basics5 ects  Autumn parallel
GEO100Geology10 ects  Autumn parallel
GEO220Hydrogeology10 ects  Spring parallel
IND200Practical Project Management10 ects  Autumn parallel
INF100Principles of Information Processing5 ects  Autumn parallel
INF120Programming and Data Processing10 ects  Spring parallel
INF201Advanced Programming5 ects  Autumn parallel
INF205Ressurseffektiv programmering5 ects  Spring parallel
INF230Data processing and analysis10 ects  Spring parallel
JUS102Law of Contract and Companies5 ects  Spring parallel
JUS103Business Law II5 ects  January block
JUS201Administrative law5 ects  Autumn parallel
JUS220Environmental Governance and Law5 ects  Autumn parallel
KJM100General Chemistry10 ects  Spring parallel
LAD103Cartography and Geodatabases in Planning5 ects  Autumn parallel
LNG250Academic Writing5 ects  Autumn parallel
MATH131Linear Algebra5 ects  Autumn parallel
MATH280Applied Linear Algebra10 ects  Spring parallel
MILJØ200Pollution and Environment10 ects  Autumn parallel
NATF200Nature Conservation and Management in Norway5 ects  January block
SKOG100Forest Management10 ects  Aug bl + aut p
SKOG205Resourse Mapping and Inventory5 ects  Spring parallel
SKOG220Treatment of Forest Stands10 ects  Aug bl + aut p
SKOG230Resource Economics and Planning in Forestry10 ects  Spring parallel
STAT200Regression Analysis5 ects  January block
STAT210Design of Experiments and Analysis of Variance5 ects  August block
STIN100Biological Data Analysis10 ects  Autumn parallel
THT291Solid Waste Handling and technology5 ects  Spring parallel
VANN200Hydrology10 ects  Spring parallel
VANN210Freshwater Ecology10 ects  Autumn parallel
VANN211Limnological Methodology5 ects  June block
VANN220Water Resources and Water Supply5 ects  Spring parallel

Programme coordinator 2026: Martinsen, Thomas
Student advisor 2026: Mjelde, Marianne

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Studieprogrammer ved MINA
studieåret 2026/2027:
  1-årig
  - GRUNN Grunnstudium
  Bachelorprogrammer
  - B-FORNY Fornybar energi
  - B-MILJØ Miljøvitenskap
  - B-RAMI Radioaktivitet og miljø
  - B-SF Skogfag
  - B-ØN Økologi og naturforvaltning
  Masterprogrammer
  - M-FORNY Fornybar energi
  - M-MILJØ Miljøvitenskap
  - M-RAMI Nukleær- og miljøvitenskap
  - M-REIS Naturbasert reiseliv
  - M-NF Naturforvaltning
  - M-SF Skogfag
  - M-ECOL Økologi
  
This structure is only valid for the students starting autumn 2026. It is also possible to watch the structure for other year classes:
★ Start of study 2026
  (Subject to change)
· Start of study 2025
· Start of study 2024
· Start of study 2023
· Start of study 2022
· Start of study 2021
· Start of study 2020
· Start of study 2019
· Start of study 2018
· Start of study 2017
· Start of study 2016
· Start of study 2015
· Start of study 2014
· Start of study 2013
· Start of study 2012
· Start of study 2011
· Start of study 2010
· Start of study 2009
· Start of study 2008