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Syllabus

LU0100 Rural areas in climate mitigation and adaptation, 15.0 Credits

Landsbygder i klimatomställning

Subjects

Rural Development Rural Development

Education cycle

Bachelor’s level

Modules

Title	Credits	Code
Exam, seminars, and compulsory parts	10.0	0102
Project work	5.0	0103

Advanced study in the main field

First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Bachelor’s level (G1N)

Grading scale

Language

Swedish

Prior knowledge

General entry requirements for higher education.

Objectives

The aim of the course is to give students an understanding of key theories and concepts about the social consequences of climate change with a focus on rural areas. In the course you get an understanding of how societies are affected by a changing climate, for various ongoing measures and adaptations, for adjustment measures that are proposed and for the challenges, goal conflicts and ethical dilemmas that can arise when societies are transformed.

After completing the course, students should be able to:

• account for theories and concepts about the social consequences of climate change and climate policy, with a focus on rural areas;

• account for challenges, opportunities and goal conflicts for rural areas linked to climate change;

• discuss power relations in relation to climate change, including various dimensions of inequality and justice, as well as ethical dilemmas regarding vulnerability and responsibility for climate adaptation and climate action;

• discuss and compare the organization of societies in terms of both climate policy measures and other efforts to counteract climate change.

Content

The course consists of lectures, seminars and project work.

Climate change, which is largely caused by humans’, has long-term effects and poses a threat to human living conditions. Extensive changes will need to take place regarding social and economic relations in the various arenas of society. Climate change raises important questions about the future of rural and urban areas.

In this course the students will study how climate change affects rural areas and how societies and people manage climate change through international agreements, politics, planning, organizational change work and activism - at global, national, regional and local levels in the global South and the global North. Rural areas are being studied as central arenas for climate mitigation and adaptation.

Grading form

The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.

Formats and requirements for examination

Passed written exam, approved project work, approved participation in seminars and approved participation in compulsory parts.

• If a student has failed an examination, the examiner has the right to issue supplementary assignments. This applies if it is possible and there are grounds to do so.

• The examiner can provide an adapted assessment to students entitled to study support for students with disabilities following a decision by the university. Examiners may also issue an adapted examination or provide an alternative way for the students to take the exam.

• If this syllabus is withdrawn, SLU may introduce transitional provisions for examining students admitted based on this syllabus and who have not yet passed the course.

• For the assessment of an independent project (degree project), the examiner may also allow a student to add supplemental information after the deadline for submission. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.

Other information

• The right to participate in teaching and/or supervision only applies for the course instance the student was admitted to and registered on.

• If there are special reasons, students are entitled to participate in components with compulsory attendance when the course is given again. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.

Responsible department

Department of Urban and Rural Development