Welcome to the course SK1138 Environmental Politics in Theory and Practice, 7,5 credits!

Course period: 2023-11-01 to 2023-12-03

Course start

The course starts with a course introduction November 1 at 10:15 in B225, Sprängkullsgatan 25. 

Course registration

To be able to see all the pages on this learning platform, Canvas, you must be registered for the course.

For exchange students: You won´t be able to register yourself. You will be registered by the course administrator on the 27th of October after you have confirmed that you are joining the course. A confirmation request will be sent to you by email a few days before the course begins.

For freestanding students: You register yourself online on Ladok between the 25th of October to the 27th of October. Find more information about how to register here.

Contact Education Administrator Kajsa Evertsson, kajsa.evertsson@gu.se, if you have difficulties with your registration. 

Course syllabus, reading list and schedule

Course syllabus
Reading list
Schedule
Course guide

Examinations

This course is examined through 5 mandatory seminars where you as a student are expected to activly participate in the seminar discussion. The student also have to write individual assignments and in the end of the course the students are examined through a digital sit-down exam. Find more details regarding the examinations in the course guide.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism means that you use someone elses paper or work and present it as your own, without using correct references to the author or where you have collected the information. Plagiarism is under no circumstances allowed and can lead to suspension. It´s important that you take part of the information about academic writing and plagerism, which you can find both in the course guide and through the University Library´s digital resources.

Study support

You who have a documented disability including mental illness can apply for educational support. 

• Information regarding student support at the University of Gothenburg 

After you have gotten your Nais certificate and had meeting with Eva, you should apply for pedagogical adaptations that you have recommended in you certificate. You find the form to apply for the adaptations here: Application SK1138 Environmental politics in theory and practice

Contact information

Course coordinator: Niklas Harring (niklas.harring@pol.gu.se) & Patrik Michaelsen (patrik.michaelsen@gu.se)
Answers questions about the course content and examinations.

Course administrator: Kajsa Evertsson (kajsa.evertsson@gu.se). 
Answers questions about registration, certificates, grades in Ladok, Canvas and schedule. If you´re not sure who you should contact you can always contact your study administrator.

Student counselor: Eva Nilsson (studentcounselling@pol.gu.se)
Phone: +46 (0)31-786 1189
Phone hours: Tuesday 15:00-16:00 and Thursday 09:00-10:00
Answers questions about and gives support in questions concerning study situation, conditions to courses, support considering disabilities and help with planning your studies.

Director of Studies: Birgitta Niklasson (birgitta.niklasson@pol.gu.se)
Answers general questions concerning the education.

Student information- Department of Political Science and the University of Gothenburg (GU)

Learn Canvas- for students
Checklist for new students at the University of Gothenburg
Student portal
All you need to know being a student at the Department of Political Science
Equal treatment
Find your way at University of Gothenburg

Modules

We use Modules in Canvas for this course. Under Modules, we present the course content in it´s context and make it easier for you to find your way on Canvas and on the course.