Introduction to Global Environmental History

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

• use central concepts such as the Anthropocene, sustainability, resilience, adaptation, and more-than-human approaches.
• locate and interpret historical sources connected to environmental history.
• contribute an interdisciplinary, humanities-led perspective to current socio-natural challenges.
• communicate environmental issues using a variety of genres and media.

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 is available to students admitted to HFM2-HIS, UVM5-LEP, masterspesialisering i historie, UVM2-PPU, masterspesialisering i historie and HFM2-EUH.

Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

The course will be taught in twelve two-hour sessions. The classes will consist mainly of seminars and structured debates, including one or two field trips.

During the course the students will introduce one of the topics in the syllabus - the allocation will take part in the first session. As the class discussions require a solid understanding of the reading texts, careful in-depth reading of the material provided is essential for taking this course.

Resources and information in this course will be given in Canvas.

Compulsory activities:

• an exposé (1 to 2 pages including relevant literature) on the intended term paper topic. The term paper will cover a topic that participants will choose, within the framework of the course.
• an oral presentation introducing a topic of the syllabus in class.

These two compulsory activities must be completed in the same semester as participants take the exam.

• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Withdrawal during an examination / Resitting an examination