Understanding Earth

The virtual part will run from 3 March to 18 April 2025. The online part uses online learning material (recorded lectures, activities) created by the University of Tübingen and hosted by CIVIS as well as online instructor-led discussions offered by Stockholm University, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the University of Tübingen and the University of Glasgow to make sure that students have understood the online learning material. The online part of the course will be led by Todd Ehlers (University of Tübingen) with online discussions held by all 4 professors. The virtual component of the program comprises 14 online sessions which include a pre-recorded lecture, reading material and online activities. There are also instructor-led online discussions once or twice each week. Explore the principles of the geosciences and how different Earth processes and parts of the Earth system, such as climate, continental drift, volcanism, landscape development, and biology are linked to each other.

Application Deadline

Virtual Part starting date 2025-03-03

Virtual Part closing date 2025-04-18

Total student workload 162

Specific field of studies This course is open to students from any academic discipline.

Pre-requisite for selection CV Motivation Letter Level of English (According to CEFR)

Academic pre-requisites for applicants This course is open to students from any academic discipline.

Physical Part starting date 2025-02-24

Physical Part Description The physical mobility part will be running from 24 to 28 February 2025. The 5-day field part will be held on the island of Naxos, which is in the Greek Cyclades. Students we observe spectacular examples of magmatic and metamorphic rocks (granites, marbles, schists, migmatites) and more recent (Quaternary) sediments. Also, students will observe a wide range of landforms (canyons, caves, tafoni, planation surfaces, beachrocks, sand dunes and hogbacks) and learn how they formed. They will also get to see marble and emery mines, as well as become familiar with the mining history of Naxos since the Antiquity. Moreover, they will understand how geological processes shape a landscape and play a key role in controlling climate. The learning goals include for students to be able to use geological principles to understand the landscape around them and how it formed. The field trip will be led by Niki Evelpidou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), together with Alasdair Skelton (Stockholm University) together with Todd Ehlers (University of Glasgow) and Christophe Glotzbach (University of Tübingen).

Physical Part closing date 2025-02-28

Language level required B2

Field of studies related to the course Social Science and Humanities Law Natural Sciences and Mathematics Environmental Sciences Urbanism and Geography

Course location Athens, Greece

Course language English