Understanding Earth

The virtual part will be running from 6 May to 28 June 2024. 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 twice each week Explore the principles of the geosciences and how different Earth processes and parts of the Earth system, such as continental drift, volcanism, climate, landscape development, and biology are linked to each other.

Application Deadline

Virtual Part starting date 2024-05-06

Virtual Part closing date 2024-06-28

Total student workload 162

Specific field of studies Geoscience, Climate

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

Academic pre-requisites for applicants This course is open to Bachelor's, Master and PhD students at CIVIS member universities with a background and/or interest in geosciences and climate. This course does not require any university level prerequisites, or discipline specific requirements from high school. Good written and spoken English skills are a requirement. A good level of physical fitness is required for participation in the field.

Physical Part starting date 2024-07-22

Physical Part Description The physical mobility part will be running from 22 to 26 July 2024. The 5-day field part will be held on the island of Utö, which is in the Stockholm (Sweden) Archipelago. The entire area is a post-glacial landscape with spectacular examples of post-glacial rebound, esker systems, varved clays and glacial landforms such as roche moutonée and crag-and-tails. The bedrock is equally spectacular and provides a natural laboratory to explore plate tectonics, climate change, explosive volcanism, early life and the rise of oxygen on Earth. In this spectacular setting, students will learn the basics of rock description and identification, of working with sediments and landforms, of taking field notes and of piecing it all together to write geological histories. The field trip will be led by Alasdair Skelton (Stockholm University) together with Niki Evelpidou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Todd Ehlers (University of Glasgow) and Christophe Glotzbach (University of Tübingen).

Physical Part closing date 2024-07-26

Language level required B2

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

Course location Stockholm, Sweden

Course language English