Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Students completing the module acquire the following:

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Can understand and on a scientific basis reflect on the knowledge attained within the geographical subjects studied
• Can identify scientific relevant geographical problems within the subjects studied and reflect on them.
• Knowledge of the scientific-theoretical and methodological embeddedness of the used geographical theories and can reflect on them
• Knowledge of important national and international geographical research in the field

Skills

• Can independently plan and carry out a geographical project at a high professional level
• Can assess possible theoretical and/or experimental methods for analysis of the research problem and reflect  and critically evaluate  the chosen methods
• Can make an independent and critical reflection of the chosen theories and methods as well as the analyses, results and conclusions
• Can communicate relevant scientific and professional aspects of project work in a clear and systematic way

Competences

• Can work independently with a project on a specific geographical problem at the highest international level
• Can define and analyse scientific geographical problems and based on that make and state the reasons for the decisions made
• Can solve new and complicated geographical problems by the use of advanced scientific geographical knowledge
• Can evaluate the progress of the project independently and select and include additional literature, field studies, experiments or supplementary data when needed in order to maintain a scientific basis for the project

Type of instruction

Problem-based project work with supervision supplemented with instructions, workshops, presentation seminars, lab tests, etc.

Exam

Exams