PhD Project course in Risk Management (RIS905)

The course will contain topics at advanced level in risk analysis and management. The course is intended to bring the student to the research front in an area pertaining to his/her PhD project.


Course description for study year 2025-2026. Please note that changes may occur.

See course description and exam/assesment information for this semester (2024-2025)
Facts

Course code

RIS905

Version

1

Credits (ECTS)

10

Semester tution start

Spring, Autumn

Number of semesters

1

Exam semester

Spring, Autumn

Language of instruction

English

Offered by

Content

The course will contain topics at the advanced level in risk management. The course is intended to bring the student to the research front in an area pertaining to his/her PhD project.

Learning outcome

After completed the course, the student shall have sufficiently detailed knowledge of the topic to be at the research front within the field and will be able to perform thorough research and development within the specific topic.

Required prerequisite knowledge

None

Recommended prerequisites

RIS505 Foundations of Risk Analysis and Risk Science

Exam

Form of assessment Weight Duration Marks Aid
Course paper 1/1 1 Semesters Passed / Not Passed All

Course teacher(s)

Course teacher:

Frederic Emmanuel Bouder

Course teacher:

Jon Tømmerås Selvik

Course teacher:

Roger Flage

Course teacher:

Eirik Bjorheim Abrahamsen

Course coordinator:

Terje Aven

Head of Department:

Tore Markeset

Method of work

Teaching, supervision, report writing, presentation, defense, and critique.

Open for

Technology and Natural Science - PhD programme

Course assessment

The faculty decides whether early dialogue will be held in all courses or in selected groups of courses. The aim is to collect student feedback for improvements during the semester. In addition, a digital course evaluation must be conducted at least every three years to gather students’ experiences.

Literature

Search for literature in Leganto