EDS130 Introduction to Political Ecology
Credits (ECTS):10
Course responsible:Tor-Arve Benjaminsen, Melanie Erin Sommerville
Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås
Teaching language:Engelsk
Course frequency:Annually
Nominal workload:Lectures (38 hours) and own study -reading/writing (212 hours). Total: 250 hours
Teaching and exam period:This course has teaching/evaluation in Spring parallel.
About this course
Learning outcome
Knowledge:
The student is able to describe/explain
- key analytical concepts in Political Ecology
- the disciplinary origins of Political Ecology
- key issues in Political Ecology, including population and scarcity, markets and commodities, institutions and the commons, environmental ethics, risks and hazards, political economy, and social constructions of nature
Skills:
The student is able to
- exemplify the relevance of Political Ecology for addressing socio-environmental problems
- critically analyze environment and development problems
- engage in discussion around central socio-environmental issues
General competence:
The students have a general understanding of the field of Political Ecology, and a strengthened ability to address socio-environmental issues.
- Two lectures/seminars per week throughout the spring semester.
- The responsible teacher is available for support and additional explanations in their office.
There will be two submissions that each will count 40% of the final grade and an in-class seminar that will count for 20% of the final grade. The first submission is a take-home test where students answer 4 out of 6 possible questions (1 page per answer). The in class seminar involves students working in small groups to create and deliver a presentation to their fellow students. In the last week of the course, the students will work on the final paper (5 pages).
Graded A-F
Written hand-ins 2 Grading: Letter grades Written hand-ins 1 Grading: Letter grades Presentation Grading: Letter grades- An external examiner will approve the evaluation method and read a sample of papers.
- Participation in classes
- Take-home assignment
- Take-home essay
- In class presentation and delivery of a seminar
- There will be 19 double lectures, 38 hours of lectures/seminars in total.
- Students accepted into B-IEDS.
- Minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway (generell studiekompetanse)