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H. Krukplaces”, “Fuel and energy management” and “Sustainable transport, tourism and agriculture”.In the field of economics as well, at University of Szczecin (Faculty of Economicsand Management) at II degree of studies the following specialty is available: Economicsof Environment Protection and Urban Economy. The study curriculum contains thefollowing modules: “Environment protection and management in local governmentunits (LGU)”. “Ecological investment in LGU”, “Urban economy”, “Wastes and hazardoussubstances’ management”. However, this specialty is not strictly related to enterprises,but rather to local and regional levels.On the contrary, at University of Gdansk, there is (in study field: management) aspecialty called Management of Quality and Environment (I degree study) but in acurriculum structure there are only courses connected with the environment, for instance:“CSR”, “Sustainable development”, “Financing of the sustainable development”,“Basis of environmental protection” and “Auditor ISO 9001”.University of Gdansk also offers a new field of study: Business and ecologicaltechnology (II degree of study). The programme structure includes such modules, as:“Green technologies”, “Management of the ecological projects”, “Renewable energy”,“Ecological business planning”, “Environmental monitoring in enterprises” etc. Theonly module not related directly to environmental aspects of economic activity is“Managerial economics”.As far as universities of technology (in Bialystok and Lublin) are concerned, a newfield of studies was prepared: Management and Production Engineering, with coursesincluding some ecological aspects of economic activity (such topics like: “Ecology ofnatural resources and environment protection”). Comparing these two study programmes,ecological and environmental question are presented in a wider way at Universityof Technology in Bialystok (there are the following modules” “Environmentalmanagement”, “Economic analysis in management of environment” etc.).It seems that new pro-ecological fields of studies are growing in the offers that areprovided by the university7. ConclusionsEnvironmental aspects of economic activity are more often included in the structureof the economic and management studies. However, this conclusion does not refer toall universities. There exist academic centres which study programmes do not offer anycourse regarding environment whatsoever. In case of others – some topics are includedbut at selected specialties only. In some universities modules referring to environmentalquestions are mandatory, while in others they remain optional.The most popular modules at Polish universities are CSR, sustainable development,protection of the environment (sometimes together with the use of natural resources or111

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