Global Challenges and Sustainable Futures
Syllabus, Bachelor's level, 1MV071
- Code
- 1MV071
- Education cycle
- First cycle
- Main field(s) of study and in-depth level
- Sustainable Development G1N
- Grading system
- Pass with distinction, Pass with credit, Pass, Fail
- Finalised by
- The Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 10 February 2022
- Responsible department
- Department of Earth Sciences
Entry requirements
General entry requirements
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- from a multidisciplinary perspective account for the present sustainability challenges in a global context;
- account for different causes to and possible solutions to sustainability challenges in a specific city or region, and be able to relate these to global challenges within the sustainability field;
- reflect and critically relate to their own role relating to the causes and solutions of sustainability challenges;
- evaluate and relate to different visions and ideas about what a possible and/or preferable future could entail.
Content
The course gives a broad orientation to the complex sustainability challenge's. In a multidisciplinary lecture series with invited guest lecturers, the present day and future environment, development and sustainability problems, and suggestions for sustainable solutions are discussed and developed. Through case studies global challenges are related to local and regional sustainability challenges.
Instruction
The teaching consists of lectures, seminars and workshops. The lectures are given by guest lecturers from various academic disciplines and relevant areas of society. Ample opportunities are provided for active student participation and critical reflection. Participation in seminars and workshops is compulsory. Non-compulsory study visits or equivalent may occur.
Assessment
The student is examined through written preparation for (2 credits) and active participation in seminars and workshops (1.5 credits), and through written documentation (3.5 credits) and oral presentation (0.5 credit) of a project.
If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.
Other directives
Active participation is reassessed through a re-seminar. If a student after having been offered a re-seminar still does not meet the requirements to pass the active participation elements the examiner can choose reassessment by another method.
Reading list
- Reading list valid from Autumn 2024
- Reading list valid from Spring 2023
- Reading list valid from Autumn 2022, version 2
- Reading list valid from Autumn 2022, version 1
- Reading list valid from Spring 2021
- Reading list valid from Spring 2020
- Reading list valid from Autumn 2019
- Reading list valid from Spring 2018