GEO5411 – Field Course in Climate Change Impact on High-Mountain Landscapes

After taking this course, you will

• understand the geomorphological processes in cold environments and the most recent developments in cryospheric research
• have an understanding of methods and results of recent scientific publications in cold climate geomorphology, and be able to discuss the methods and results
• be able to plan and carry out field measurements

Both master's students and PhD candidates can take this course.

Participation in this course is restricted and not open to all applicants. Only students travelling on a bilateral agreement and/or needing a 5 ECTS field course, or whose master’s or PhD thesis is relevant to the course content, may apply. Capacity is limited, and all applicants will be individually assessed by the course responsible before admission is granted. Students who do not meet these criteria are asked to register for GEO4410 – Climate Change Impact on High-Mountain Landscapes instead, as the two courses share the same field trip.

Students admitted at UiO must apply for courses in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other master's degree programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.

Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may apply to take this course as a single course student.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.

PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through Studentweb.

The course is offered irregularly and is related to particular activities at the Department of Geosciences. The course has limited capacity.

If there are more applicants than available places, applicants will be ranked after the following categories:

1. PhD candidates from the University of Oslo (MN-faculty)
2. Master's students in Geosciences admitted to one of the following programme options (not prioritized order):
   • Geosciences (master)
   • CS: Geoscience (programme option)
3. Other students

All applicants within category 1 are ranked before applicants in category 2 and so on. If there are space limitations in the course, available places will be given to students selected randomly within the same category.

The course includes a compulsory field course and excursions. A health and safety course for safety in the field must be passed before you can go on these.

• HMS0504 – Field Safety

This course consists of 5-8 days with a supervised field trip where full-day teaching is given each day. From the field trip, an individual field report, based on the data gathered during the field trip and demanding substantial work, must be submitted and counts towards the final grade.

Also, a project report must be submitted and presented to fellow students. The project report and the presentation jointly count towards the final grade. The topic of this report (min. 6 pages) can be flexible with regard to the student’s scientific interests and background.

Attending the field trip is compulsory.

We reserve the right to change the teaching form and examination of the course in semesters where 5 or fewer students have been admitted.

General information about excursions at the Department of Geosciences

As the teaching involves laboratory and/or fieldwork, you should consider taking out separate travel and personal risk insurance. Read about your insurance coverage as a student.

To attend the field trip/excursion it is required that you have passed the following HSE-training:

• HMS0504 – Field Safety

• Attendance at the field trip.
• A field report based on the field trip counts 50% towards the final grade.
• A project report and the presentation of this together count 50% towards the final grade.
• Both the field report and the project report with the presentation need to be passed separately in order to pass the course.

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:

• GEO9411

Courses taught in English will only offer the exam paper in English.

You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.

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.