Climate and Landscape
Syllabus, Master's level, 1GE111
This course has been discontinued.
- Code
- 1GE111
- Education cycle
- Second cycle
- Main field(s) of study and in-depth level
- Earth Science A1F
- Grading system
- Fail (U), Pass (3), Pass with credit (4), Pass with distinction (5)
- Finalised by
- The Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 30 August 2018
- Responsible department
- Department of Earth Sciences
Entry requirements
120 credits including minimum 90 credits in Earth Science alternatively Physics. In addition knowledge and skill corresponding to Climate variations 5 credits.
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- describe the Earth's global and regional climate
- explain the interaction between climate and landscape dynamics in global climate and environmental change
- describe land use and climate i tropical areas
- describe the heating of the polar regions and how this affects permafrost areas
- explain the principles of energy exchange between the earth's surface and the atmosphere
Content
The course reviews the following topics: regional climate systems across the globe; regional climate couplings to landscape dynamics and development; the dynamic landscape-climate system and land use under global change; local scale surface-atmosphere energy exchange.
Instruction
Lectures, seminars, and independent study.
Assessment
Written and oral presentation of results. The course is graded using a written examination, 6 credits, and compulsory activities, 4 credits.
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 disability coordinator of the university.