GEO9550 – Seminar on Current Topics in Geoscience
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
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.
Recommended previous knowledge
The course is mainly directed at master's students and PhD candidates at the Department of Geosciences.
Overlapping courses
- 5 credits overlap with GEO5550 – Seminar on Current Topics in Geoscience.
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 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
- Attendance at 10 seminar dates must be approved in order for you to receive the final grade in the course.
- You will be assessed?based on the?seminar presentation you have led (40%), the handed-in extended abstract (30%) and the handed-in presentation files (30%), and these will together count 100% towards the final grade.
- All three parts must be passed separately in order to pass the course.
Mandatory attendance is 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:
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. 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
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.