UN Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life below water

On completion of the course the student should have the following learning outcomes defied in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student Upon completion of the course, a student should be able to:

• should be able to explain physical and biological ocean processes that contribute to making the problems under SDG14 global.
• should be able to explain the history and contents of the most important international agreements and conventions relevant for SDG14.
• should be able to describe the roles of key governmental and intergovernmental arenas for decision-making relevant for SDG14.

Skills

The student: 

• should be able to analyse and interrelate SDG14 targets in light of other SDG targets.
• should be able to find, navigate, and make connections between scientific literature and the literature of reports, conventions, and policy documents.
• should be able to identify stakeholders and analyse their motives.
• should be able to evaluate existing research and suggest research needs related to SDG14.

General competence

The student

• should be able to compose and use scientifically grounded arguments for societally relevant debates.
• should be able to provide peer feedback while balancing critical and constructive views.
• should be able to identify and separate between scientific knowledge, values, beliefs, and ideologies.

Spring. The course will not be taught in the spring of 2026.

The course has a limited number of places and is part of the teaching admission at the NT-faculty. The deadline to register for the course is Wednesday in week 2. You will receive a response on whether you have been allocated a place in the course on Studentweb no later than Monday in week 3.

Students who have the course as a mandatory part of their degree have first priority. If there are more applicants than places, we will distribute these so that students from as many study programs as possible are represented in the course.

Attendance at the first lecture/orientation meeting is mandatory, and you risk losing your place if you do not attend. If you cannot attend the first lecture/orientation meeting, you must contact the study section by email: studie.bio@uib.no. The time for the first lecture/orientation meeting can be found in the schedule under "Resources" at the top right or on Mitt UiB.