EDS430 Environment and Development Studies for and by PhD Students
Credits (ECTS):10
Course responsible:Esben Leifsen
Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås
Teaching language:Engelsk
Limits of class size:12
Course frequency:Annually
Nominal workload:250 hours
Teaching and exam period:This course is taught in the Autumn parallel. Evaluation will normally be completed before the end of the year.
About this course
Learning outcome
The course adopts a participatory approach in that the lecturers and candidates work together. The course consists of lectures by teachers and candidate seminars with the participation of a teacher. The course will also train candidates in analysing texts in writing and in discussions.
Campus based teaching - no streaming
- Discussions between students, and between staff and students.
- Participants should hold an Master degree or equivalent. Participants should also be admitted to a PhD programme.
- Master´s degree based in either social science or interdisciplinary studies with a focus on development-oriented issues.
- Combined assessment: Book and/or article reviews of 1000 words each and a final paper of 4000 words.
- Written assignments and oral presentations during the course are evaluated by the course responsible or an internal examiner. In addition, an external examiner will evaluate a sample of the final essay submissions. The candidate should pass all written assignments to successfully complete the course.
Oblig 1 Active participation in at least 80% of the seminars
Oblig 2 Take on the roles as both chair and discussant
- Organized seminar acitivty will take place in September and October.
- The course will be based on a series of 8-10 seminars (two hours each).
- PHD-IEDS, PHD-SDP
- Passed / Not Passed
- Minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway (generell studiekompetanse)