CES Resolution: RPC-SO-30-No. 500-2019

Entry profile:

To be a third-level professional in the areas of:

• Aquaculture Engineer.
• Biologist.
• Zootechnical Engineer.
• Veterinary Doctor.
• Agricultural Engineer.
• Other third level degrees immersed in the area of aquaculture.

Graduate profile:

The Professional Master Degree in Aquaculture will be able to complement the interrelationship between the management and conservation of aquatic resources-environment-society-economy, in a context of knowledge generation based on the ancestral knowledge of Ecuadorian culture and technologies, with a scientific-technical, conservation, ecological, technological, production, complex and systemic approach to aquaculture species.

Drafting documents in a scientific and advanced manner, taking advantage of computer tools to manipulate and interpret large amounts of data in order to support the assurance, management and control of the management and conservation of aquatic resources. Apply computerised statistical methods to systems or processes related to the management and conservation of aquatic resources.

Determine the productive potential of crops of economic interest through the implementation of productive projects adapted to local conditions and allowing for the responsible management and conservation of aquatic resources. Apply innovative, economically viable techniques in the design and implementation of cultivation, management, nutrition and health projects in aquatic resource management and conservation systems of economic interest.

General objective

To provide students with advanced, specific and multidisciplinary training oriented towards academic, research and professional training in aquaculture, with tools to solve problems due to the loss of ecological biodiversity, the contamination of ecosystems, inadequate management of regulations, economics and marketing related to production, exploitation, management and conservation of aquatic living resources, because a global and specialised integrated vision is required to achieve greater efficiency in aquatic production processes and thus achieve food security, conserving natural resources and the environment in aquaculture, management and conservation of living aquatic resources, because a global and specialised integrated vision is required to achieve greater efficiency in aquatic production processes and thus achieve food security, conserving natural resources and the environment in the ecosystem, contributing to the needs and development of the productive matrix within the context of the country, region, province and community.

Specific objectives.

• To develop skills based on knowledge of the theoretical foundations related to the theories of sustainable development, the theory of complexity, in relation to trends in the management and preservation of aquatic resources based on climate-smart aquaculture, aquatic ecology and conservation, including systematisation and computerisation in order to achieve greater production of healthy food with fewer resources. In addition, to develop methodological and practical foundations that demonstrate a high scientific level, based on the complexity and integration of knowledge from different disciplines in order to play a leading role and lead actions in the increase and improvement, production, management and preservation of aquatic resources for the benefit of society.
• To solve the main problems that arise in the fields of action of the use, management and preservation of aquatic resources, such as low aquaculture yields, incidence of diseases, poor soil management, excessive use of chemicals and environmental pollution in the ecosystem and its surroundings, through the implementation of research projects for development and entrepreneurship in rural communities, with an advanced sustainable approach.
• To develop knowledge from the model of training by competences and meaningful learning, based on didactic techniques and tools that allow understanding the economic dimension of the production, management and preservation of aquatic resources, emphasising the use of non-conventional, natural raw materials and ecological agro-industrial by-products in order to reduce production costs.
• Evaluate the problem of the production and preservation of aquatic resources based on ethical and professional principles such as respect for the care of the environment in the ecosystem and its surroundings, the soil and water as the main natural resources in food production, as well as forming values of respect for cultural diversity, ancestral knowledge, intercultural technologies and having an honest, disciplined and professional performance in accordance with the National Development Plan 2017-2021. A Lifetime.

Class times:

Saturdays: 08:00 - 12:00 and 13:00 - 17:00
Sunday: 08:00 - 12:00 and 13:00 - 17:00

Modules:

• Scientific Research Methodology
• Biostatistics and aquaculture experimentation
• Aquatic Ecology
• Principles of Aquaculture
• Biochemistry and Comparative Physiology
• Aquaculture Engineering Systems
• Aquaculture Microbiology
• Genetics and Biotechnology applied to Aquaculture
• Plankton culture
• Degree Workshop I
• Aquaculture Nutrition
• Aquaculture Pathology and Immunology
• Degree Workshop II
• Aquaculture Culture Production Systems
• Aquaculture Environmental Impact
• Commercialisation and Marketing
• Degree Workshop III