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Center for Environment and Development Studies Welcome

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Today’s Schedule 10:15 – 12:00 Roll Call CEMUS Course Introductions Hambergsalen (Introduction to Interdisciplinary Science & Worldviews & Visions) 12:00 – 13:15 Lunch & Poster Set-up 13:15 – 15:00 Poster Session Hambergsalen &Foyer 15:15 – 17:00 Introduction to MSD Programme Hambergsalen 18:30 – 20:30 CEMUS Open Lecture: The Role of the Ihre-Salen, University and Students; and their Role in Engelska Parken Society

This Mornings Session What is CEMUS? Course Intro: Introduction to Interdisciplinary Science Course Intro: Worldviews & Visions

Center for Environment and Development Studies Ihre-Salen, Engelska Parken Blåsenhus EBC Hambergsalen, Geocentrum Geocentrum, Villavägen 16 Telephone: 018 417 27 95 http://www.web.cemus.se/ CEMUS, Ken Robinson – Changing Geocentrum Education Paradigms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U

Center for Environment and Development Studies W HERE DOES CEMUS FIT WITHIN THE UNIVERSITIES ? Uppsala University TEKNAT Faculty for Science and Technology CSD Uppsala Center for Sustainable Development Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) http://www.web.cemus.se/

Center for Environment and Development Studies CEMUS’ E DUCATIONAL M ODEL Course Director of Resource Studies & Person Educational Coordintor Working Group University Teachers, Course Students researchers, local Coordinators actors and former students CEMUS Collegues & other resources within the organisaton

MSD @ CEMUS Introduction to Interdisciplinary Science 31 Aug – 17 Sept Worldviews & Visions 18 Sept – Jan 2016 Worldviews & Discourses Mar 2016 – Jun 2016

MSD @ CEMUS: F LOW OF I NFO Studentportalen IIS WV&V WV&D studentportalen.uu.se Students CEMUS Course Portal One Course Portal for all CEMUS courses www.web.cemus.se/msd/ Jesse Schrage msd@csduppsala.uu.se jesse.schrage@csduppsala.uu.se Ben Owen ben.owen@csduppsala.uu.se

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I NTRODUCTION TO I NTERDISCIPLINARY S CIENCE (out of 120 Credits required for MSD) 5 credits Pass/Fail Learning Outcomes • Gather and compile relevant scientific literature in printed and digital form; • Use scientific literature according to different disciplinary and interdisciplinary traditions and work methods; Define and evaluate ethical questions with relevance for sustainable development; • • Analyze scientific concepts and their field of use; • Scientifically communicate in spoken and written form, within and between different scientific areas. Get to know each other – Get to know Uppsala – Intro to SD Examination • Active participation – 75% attendance including Mandatory sessions • An interdisciplinary group project 2 individual assignments (one poster and one written) •

IIS: C OURSE M ATERIAL Course Books There are three books that you will work with during the course: • Öberg, Gunilla (2011) Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies: A Primer , Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. Graff, Gerald & Birkenstein, Cathy (2010) They Say / I Say: The moves that • matter in academic writing , 2. ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. • Jensen, Derrick (2003) Walking on Water , White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing Other Relevant Material • Course Portal • Studentportalen

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IIS: W ORKLOAD 132 hours of which we have 64 hours scheduled leaving 68 hours for reading/viewing course materials, group work and examination Week 3 Week 1 Week 2 Poster Session Group Assignment Individual Reflection Specific articles related to lectures or workshops Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Walking on Water They Say I say

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W ORLDVIEWS & V ISIONS Introduction to Interdisciplinary Science Worldviews & Visions Runs every FRIDAY and has a morning and afternoon session 5 Credits Pass/Fail End of first semester • Sustainability & You • Ecocide • COP21 & International Negotiations

W ORLDVIEWS & V ISIONS Learning Outcomes • be able to understand different dimensions of Sustainable development on a local, regional and global scale; • be able to critically relate to and analyse the history and development of the concept of Sustainable development; • be able to critically relate to and value different definitions and indicators of Sustainable development; • be able to critically relate to and value different actors’ visions of a sustainable future and different strategies to attain a sustainable society. Examination • Active participation – 75% attendance including Mandatory sessions • 4 individual assignments Literature • Course Reader – a collection of articles and book chapters ONLINE • Higgins, Polly (2010), Eradicating Ecocide , London: Shephard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd, 2 nd course book to be announced soon • • Additional articles and videos related to specific lectures and workshops will also be posted online An Information Pack with this info and a schedule will be available before the start of the course – 18th September!

WV&V: F LOW OF I NFO Studentportalen IIS WV&V studentportalen.uu.se Students CEMUS Course Portal One Course Portal for all CEMUS courses www.web.cemus.se/msd/ Jesse Schrage msd@csduppsala.uu.se jesse.schrage@csduppsala.uu.se Ben Owen ben.owen@csduppsala.uu.se

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Today’s Schedule 10:15 – 12:00 Roll Call CEMUS Course Introductions Hambergsalen (Introduction to Interdisciplinary Science & Worldviews & Visions) 12:00 – 13:15 Lunch & Poster Set-up 13:15 – 15:00 Poster Session Hambergsalen & Foyer 15:15 – 17:00 Introduction to MSD Programme Hambergsalen 18:30 – 20:30 CEMUS Open Lecture: The Role of the Ihre-Salen, University and Students; and their Role in Engelska Parken Society