GEO9550 – Seminar on Current Topics in Geoscience

Course content

This research-oriented seminar includes in-depth discussions of selected state-of-the-art topics in Geoscience, including emerging research directions and recent publications related to the solid Earth, the land surface and its vegetation, the hydrosphere (oceans and hydrology), the cryosphere, the atmosphere and the ocean.

Typical topics include

  • discussion of current research
  • reflection upon selected scientific publications
  • presentation and discussion of topics on the Geoscience research frontier
  • methodological innovations
  • links to other disciplines

Learning outcome

After taking this course, you will be able to

  • understand and explain the most recent methodological developments and results of recent publications by others
  • place your own research in a broader disciplinary and interdisciplinary context
  • analyze how geoscience intersects with other disciplines
  • communicate and discuss research methods and results
  • reflect critically upon research results

Admission to the course

PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through?Studentweb.

If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.

PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must?apply for a position as a visiting student?within a given deadline.

The course is mainly directed at master's students and PhD candidates at the Department of Geosciences.

Overlapping courses

Teaching

The teaching will take place as seminars that cover one special topic each and include teaching and discussion of the topics taught, project presentations, and discussion on papers.

It is obligatory to attend 10 seminar dates, and you must prepare and lead one of them. This may require seminar attendance over two semesters. You must hand in the presentation files and an extended abstract connected to the seminar presentation you have led, which will count towards the final grade.

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 Students who fail to meet are considered to have withdrawn from the course unless they have previously given notice to the course responsible.

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