Universität Wien

290033 SE Bachelorseminar aus Humangeographie (2023S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 29 - Geographie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Montag 06.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Montag 20.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Montag 27.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Montag 17.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Montag 24.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Montag 08.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Montag 15.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Montag 22.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Montag 05.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Montag 12.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Montag 19.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Montag 26.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Climate change impacts and vulnerability in Africa are multi-faceted, involving social, political, and environmental issues. Despite the fact that Africa has one of the lowest levels of greenhouse gas emissions, key development sectors have already suffered widespread losses and damage as a result of anthropogenic climate change, including crop and livestock losses, biodiversity loss, and water shortages, all of which have had a significant economic impact.

In the context of this course, students will learn how Africa, as a whole, is one of the most vulnerable continents due to its high exposure and low adaptive capacity of many people. Based on country-level case students, we explore three major thematic engagements in climate change debate in Africa: “Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. We will consider the way the scientist choose to pursue the human dimension of climate change in Africa – and the ways in which they pursue them– are deeply political questions that reproduce decision-making logics, funding rationalities, notions of expertise and problem framings. As climate change transcend national and political boundaries, we will use the regional divisions of Africa to examine climate change in line with Agriculture and Food/Water Security. At the end of this course, students will have a better understanding of the drivers and the impacts of global climate change and the adaptive capacity of vulnerable people on the continent.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

50% Term paper/ Homework
40% Group work/presentation
10% Class participation

Term paper: The main aim of the term paper is to provide timely feedback on the learning process. Your assignment papers must be a standard academic paper presentation, details will be provided during the class. These assignments may require the use of computer word processors and spreadsheets, thus it is assumed that you are sufficiently proficient at using these basic computer tools.

Poster presentation/group work: One assignment Poster must be submitted by each group, on/before the deadline (latest 12.00pm of due date) The same grade will be assigned to the entire group member but different grades may be assigned to each, if their contributions during the presentation of the poster vary. Your assignment poster must be a standard research paper presentation, details will be provided during the class.

Homework/portfolio: Documentation of your reading and online research. The main aim of these is to test your knowledge of the course and reading materials. You will regularly be informed of the documents to be read or reviewed. When necessary, additional instructions will guide your thinking. Write your reflection and upload it to the respective Moodle folder.
Submitting the study portfolio entry is mandatory. I hope we all have the opportunity to go through this seminar in the best way possible. If you have any problems submitting certain exercises (for whatever personal reason), please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please use a continuously updated MS Word document and always upload the updated version. The number of words expected per entry will be precisely given for each submission (work for yourself and keep a track of your work)
Participation: Participation evaluation Includes how you are actively engaged in class discussions and activities, involved in-class assignments, and class presentations (both as presenter and audience).

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

100 - 87,5 % - grade 1
87,5 - 75 % - grade 2
75 - 62,5 % - grade 3
62,5 - 50 % - grade 4
less than 50% - grade 5

Assignments have to be passed individually. An assignment is passed with a minimum grade of 4.

Prüfungsstoff

The examination will encompass the assignments as outlined in the course requirements.

Literatur

Niang, I. et a. (2014): Africa. In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part B: Regional Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Barros, V.R., C.B. Field, D.J. Dokken, M.D. Mastrandrea, K.J. Mach, T.E. Bilir, M. Chatterjee, K.L. Ebi, Y.O. Estrada, R.C. Genova, B. Girma, E.S. Kissel, A.N. Levy, S. MacCracken, P.R. Mastrandrea, and L.L.White (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 1199-1265. https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg2/

Additional reading list will be posted on Moodle.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

(BA GG 7.1) (BA UF GW 16)

Letzte Änderung: So 05.03.2023 15:29