Course content

Environmental Geology covers the interactions between geology and human activities and gives an overview of environmental problems and challenges in geosciences. It deals with water- and soil-resources, contaminated sediments, carbon capture and storage (CCS), the use of micropaleontology in environmental studies to establish reference conditions, impacts of mining activities, climate change from a perspective of natural variation, sustainable use of natural resources, and waste- and pollution control.

Learning outcome

After having completed this course, you will be able to

  • understand the basic geological processes and principles involved in environmental geology
  • discuss different kinds of renewable energy and their main environmental challenges
  • discuss how CO2 can be stored in the subsurface
  • evaluate and discuss natural versus man-made environmental changes
  • discuss environmental aspects of mining activity
  • write a report based on a given topic in the subject field

Admission to the course

Students admitted at UiO must?apply for courses?in Studentweb. 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.

Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may?apply to take this course as a single course student.

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

At least an introductory course in geosciences and/or environmental sciences is recommended as previous knowledge.

Overlapping courses

Teaching

Lectures (4 hrs) and seminars/colloquia (4 hrs) weekly for?12 weeks. Everybody is expected to participate in the seminars/colloquia and to give 2-4 oral presentations (mandatory). The presentations must be approved before sitting the final examination. One presentation on a given topic has to be written as a report which must be approved before the final examination.

Attendance at the first lecture is compulsory. Students who fail to meet are considered to have withdrawn from the course unless they have previously given notice to the Student administration (studieinfo@geo.uio.no).

We reserve the right to change the teaching?form and examination of the course in semesters where 5 or fewer students have been admitted.

Examination

  • 2-4 mandatory oral presentations and one written report have to be approved before you can sit the final written examination.
  • A final written examination counts 100% towards the final?grade.

Mandatory activities are valid for 5 semesters starting from the semester they were approved the first time.

It is possible to take the exam up to 3 times. If you?withdraw from the exam?after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.

It will also be counted as 1 of the 3 attempts to sit the exam for this course if you sit the exam for the following course:

Examination support material

Approved calculator

Language of examination

Courses taught in English will only offer the exam paper in English.

You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

Resit an examination

Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.

Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass, the original examination.

More about examinations at UiO

You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.

Last updated from FS (Common Student System) Nov. 5, 2024 6:49:53 AM

Facts about this course

Level
Master
Credits
10
Teaching
Autumn
Examination
Autumn
Teaching language
English

Contact

Department of Geosciences