Understanding Earth

*Recognition of ECTS depends on your home university.

Physical mobility

The physical mobility part will be running from 24 to 28 February 2025. The 5-day field part will be held on the island of Naxos, which is in the Greek Cyclades.

Students we observe spectacular examples of magmatic and metamorphic rocks (granites, marbles, schists, migmatites) and more recent (Quaternary) sediments. Also, students will observe a wide range of landforms (canyons, caves, tafoni, planation surfaces, beachrocks, sand dunes and hogbacks) and learn how they formed. They will also get to see marble and emery mines, as well as become familiar with the mining history of Naxos since the Antiquity. Moreover, they will understand how geological processes shape a landscape and play a key role in controlling climate.

The learning goals include for students to be able to use geological principles to understand the landscape around them and how it formed.

The field trip will be led by Niki Evelpidou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), along with Alasdair Skelton (Stockholm University), Todd Ehlers (University of Glasgow) and Christophe Glotzbach (University of Tübingen).

Virtual part

The virtual part will be running from 3 March to 18 April 2025.

- Moreover, the online part of the course uses online learning material (recorded lectures, activities) created by the University of Tübingen and hosted by CIVIS as well as online instructor-led discussions offered by Stockholm University, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the University of Tübingen and the University of Glasgow to make sure that students have understood the online learning material.

- The online part of the course will be led by Todd Ehlers (University of Tübingen) with online discussions held by all 4 professors.

- The virtual component of the program comprises 14 online sessions which include a pre-recorded lecture, reading material and online activities. There are also instructor-led online discussions once or twice each week.

Requirements

This course is open to Bachelor's, Master's and PhD students at CIVIS member universities from any academic discipline.

Needed skills: A previous experience in Geological fieldwork, Critical thinking, Data analysis, Interdisciplinarity.

NB: Visiting Students - Erasmus Funding Eligibility

To be eligible for your selected CIVIS programme, you must be a fully enrolled student at your CIVIS home university at the time you will be undertaking the programme. Click here to learn more about the eligibility criteria.

Students from CIVIS’ strategic partner universities in Africa cannot apply for participation in this course.

Application process

Send your application by filling in the online application form by 31 October 2024, including:

• CV
• Motivation letter

• Level of english (According to CEFR)

- Preference will be given to students who motivate an interest for interdisciplinarity.

- Selection will be made on the basis of the order in which fully complete application are received.

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Assessment

Evaluation will be based on:

• Assessment of the virtual part of the course is based on an online written exam.
• Assessment of the physical part of the course is based on a written field assignment.

Blended Intensive Programme

This CIVIS course is a Blended Intensive Programme (BIP): a new format of Erasmus+ mobility which combines online teaching with a short trip to another campus to learn alongside students and professors across Europe. Click here to learn more about CIVIS BIPs.

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