Environmental Sciences: Understanding Climate Change

Students will be able to:

• Explain the basic concepts of climate change science.
• Identify the anthropogenic drivers of climate change.
• Explain observed and projected trends in the climate system.
• Understand different climate change scenarios and their implications.
• Read and discuss scientific literature about climate change.

This course is part of the ${include:ref referencetype=[studieprogram] id=[HFMASEHS]}.

Students not enrolled in the certificate programme can be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.

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.

The course will be held over 8 weeks (1 lecture block per week). Each lecture block (2x 45min) will consist of a lecture, student presentations and discussions. Each lecture topic is accompanied by compulsory preparatory reading and preparation of short student presentations/interventions.

Lectures 2-8 will start with a 30min discussion of the preparatory reading material which will be initiated by 3-4 short student interventions (reflections of the reading material).

Compulsory activities:

• At least 80 percent attendance with active participation in class, preparatory readings, and discussions.

This is how you apply for valid absence from compulsory activities/compulsory attendance.

• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Resitting an examination