ICTA-UAB, present at the UAB Barcelona Summer School
UAB Barcelona Summer School comprises a training offer of undergraduate subjects in a range of fields, and takes place from late June to the beginning of August once the ordinary academic year is over. ICTA-UAB researchers Graham Mortyn will teach one of the courses, which is offered in the first period.
The UAB Barcelona Summer School celebrates its ninth edition offering 29 courses from all academic fields (Sciences, Biosciences, Health Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Social and Legal Sciences, and Engineering). On Monday 29 January, the UAB Barcelona Summer School opened its registration period for UAB and non-UAB students.
ICTA-UAB researcher Graham Mortyn will coordinate the course Geography of Global Change.
Geography of Global Change course is an all-encompassing (global) course designed to consider critically many aspects of environmental threat today, most especially climate change. The course begins with basic principles by which all topics need to be evaluated, including spatial and temporal timescales, principles of “change”, and much more. The course then proceeds with distinct impacts spheres of the Earth, including the atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces. Special attention will be applied to the oceans given the particular importance of this realm on our blue planet Earth.
The language of instruction is English, although some courses are taught in Spanish. The UAB Barcelona Summer School takes place in two three-week periods, from 25 June to 12 July and from 15 July to 2 August, with a schedule from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Completing a course may be validated for 6 or up to 12 ECTS credits.
The price of the courses is €910 for non-UAB students. For UAB and Alumni students, the price is €214. Enrolment is open through the UAB Barcelona Summer School website.