MAT1020 – Mathematics and Sustainable Management
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
Climate change impacts our lives, and society must become more?sustainable to limit?human-made climate changes and adapt to these. In this course we develop knowledge around climate modeling and data, and apply mathematics to analyse problems in sustainable management. We focus our studies around selected problems, including management of fishing resources, reduction of carbon emissions, design of renewable energy systems and green management of financial investments. The course is based on sequential decision theory and optimisation, where we use mathematics to?formulate?problems,?model?systems and?find?(compute)?the answers. ??
Learning outcome
After completing the course you
- know?how to formulate and analyse specific sustainable management problems using sequential decision theory and dynamic programming
- have insight into climate and environmental data, and the connection between measurements and general circulation?models in climate science
- know how to analyse financial portfolios in light of sustainable requirements (ESG-requirements) using Markowitz' portfolio theory
- have learned to use quadratic optimisation theory with side constraints to design energy systems of wind and solar power
- understand data?uncertainty and how to quantify this statistically
- how to use the computer to solve some optimisation problems
- have developed a critical view on the relationship between theory and reality.
Admission to the course
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for?in Studentweb.
Special admission requirements
In addition to fulfilling the Higher Education Entrance Qualification, applicants have to meet the following special admission requirements:
Mathematics R1 or Mathematics (S1+S2)
The special admission requirements may also be covered by equivalent studies from Norwegian upper secondary school or by other equivalent studies. Read more about special admission requirements (in Norwegian).