GLOBE4200 – Advanced Introduction to Development and Environment
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Kort om emnet
This course takes up key issues in sustainable development. We identify key systemic features of the Anthropocene era, and study how different lives are lived under this new planetary condition. We explore the complex interplay between different scales and localities, the role of different actors, as well as the relation between research and policy, within the sustainable development agenda. The course aims to give students a keen sense of the problems involved and how they interconnect; an advanced grasp of how those problems have been understood and theorized within social science and humanist scholarship; and the creativity to see how theory can be linked up with practice to create change.
Hva l?rer du?
- To better understand what has caused the Anthropocene, what the consequences of this condition are, and what avenues might lead to change.
- To recognize and critically assess how various actors and groups contribute to, and are affected by, processes of global change.
- To identify and discuss the problems and dilemmas involved in the ambition to transition to sustainable development.
- To write and present academic texts of various length and complexity, discuss problems in class and give presentations in various formats, and comment constructively on the work of peers.
Opptak og adgangsregulering
Studenter med studierett p? program m? hvert semester s?ke og f? plass p? undervisningen og melde seg til eksamen i Studentweb.
Studenter tatt opp til andre masterprogrammer, kan etter s?knad f? adgang til emnet hvis dette er klarert med eget program.
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Forkunnskaper
Obligatoriske forkunnskaper
The Master's programme is directed towards students with a specialization equivalent to at least 80 ECTS within subjects from the humanities or social sciences, or a specialization equivalent to at least 80 ECTS in sustainable development, or equivalent subjects, as long as the specialization is deemed relevant for the program.
The minimum requirement for admission is that the students must have a bachelor’s degree (equivalent at least to a good second-class honours degree from a reputable university). Students with a natural science background should have at least half a year`s studies (30 ECTS) within the humanities or social sciences to prepare them for the interdisciplinary challenges this programme offers.
Anbefalte forkunnskaper
Students must also have a good working knowledge of English and should be able to read and follow lectures in this language as well as produce academic texts in English.
Overlappende emner
- 15 studiepoeng overlapp mot SUM4200 – Advanced Introduction to Development and Environment (videref?rt)
- 15 studiepoeng overlapp mot SUM3000 – Development and environment: From theory to practice (nedlagt)
- 10 studiepoeng overlapp mot SUM4000 – Development and environment: Theory and policy challenges (nedlagt)
- 10 studiepoeng overlapp mot SUM3001 – Development and Environment: Theory and Policy Challenges (nedlagt)
Undervisning
The course is organized as a series of teaching units. Classes take a hybrid form, combining a lecture format with group discussions, exercises, presentations, etc. A textlab series is integrated into the course, where we will train advanced academic skills, from literature searches, to logging, to writing and presenting, all while working with assignments for the portfolio.
On average there will be three sessions of teaching per week, normally on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. All classes are compulsory.
Access to teaching
A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.
Eksamen
This course uses a portfolio assessment. During the course, students will be given approximately 3 writing assignments, of various (ascending) length and complexity, to submit to the portfolio. The lecturers will give each student feedback on each assignment. A revised, final, version of the portfolio is due a few days after the last teaching unit, and is assessed based on the guidelines in the assessment guide.
Kildebruk og referanser
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Eksamensspr?k
Eksamensoppgaven blir gitt p? engelsk, og du skal besvare eksamenen p? engelsk.
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Trekk fra eksamen
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Tilrettelagt eksamen
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