Environmental Studies (Q3+Q4) ( forår 2010 - 30 ECTS )
Rammer for udbud
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Uddannelsessprog:
engelsk
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Niveau:
Kandidatkursus
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Semester/kvarter:
3 and 4 quater
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Timer per uge:
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Deltagerbegrænsning:
20
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Undervisningssted:
Århus
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Hovedområde:
Det Naturvidenskabelige Fakultet
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Udbud ID:
14407
Formål
The aim of the course is to make the students use their specialized knowledge in interdisciplinary co-operation, that will enable them to analyse, understand and evaluate solutions to heterogeneous environmental problems.
Indhold
Environmental studies is an interdisciplinary course in which theory and methods of individual subjects has to give insight into the different aspects of basic environmental problems. By combining some of the core knowledge from Natural Science, Health Science, Social Science and Humanity, the course will give the students the possibility to achieve a holistic understanding of complex environmental problems. Throughout the course, lectures and seminars in the different disciplines will be grouped around themes such as water, energy and nature management wherever possible. Thus complex subjects will be analysed from different points of view over a period of up to several weeks. To relate theory and practice, excursions, field work and study visits are an integrated part of the course.
Faglige forudsætninger
Underviser
Coordinater Ole Bjørslev Nielsen, Department of Earth Sciences
Undervisnings- og arbejdsform
Lectures, prscticals, seminars, excurtions
English
Litteratur
Særligt om dette kursus
Environmental studies udbydes kun til internationale studerende, så venligst se på den engelske beskrivelse
Studieordning og bedømmelse
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Hj.opg. gr. + Mdt., bedømt efter 7-skala med ekstern censur
At the end of the course, groups of 3-4 participants from different disciplines will carry out a project on an environmental issue of current interest. The project should analyse the problem in an interdisciplinary way and include an evaluation of solutions to the problem. After an oral examination of the project report, the project is evaluated. External censor, and ECTS grade. (the danish 7 step scale)
