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Multidisciplinary Master’s studies linking computer science and environmental protection were
prepared under the project “Mobile Application Development in Environment Monitoring - a New
Program of Master Studies in English” (MADEM). The MADEM project is aimed at extending the
education offer of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Lublin University
of Technology (LUT) by creating a new, multidisciplinary Master’s specialization in English. The
prepared specialisation in the field of computer science will educate students to build information
systems, especially mobile applications, dedicated to environment monitoring with special
consideration of monitoring threats, working with detecting sensors and safety issues.
The developed curriculum includes 23 courses, most of which will be conducted in a traditional
manner in a form of lectures, laboratories, classes, projects and seminars. It was assumed that
3 courses will be fully conducted in a form of e-learning courses and the others involving traditional
learning will provide students with didactic materials on the e-learning platform.
The developed multidisciplinary curriculum before approval was evaluated by external stakeholders
from the IT industry and institutions dealing with environmental protection. The main issue
emphasized by representatives of employers was the situation in the employment market concerning
university graduates frequently lacking a uniform, sufficient level of key competencies in the area of
computer science and environmental protection. In order to bridge, and eventually also close, the
specified competency gaps six additional e-learning courses were developed. The courses were
designed to fill gaps in required competences.
The article presents the problem of education competency gaps, the developed solution, the list of
e-learning courses provided in the study curriculum of the MADEM specialisation and examples of
their contents.
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