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

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

No re-sit opportunities are offered for the report. Students who do not pass the report can retake it the next time the course is held. The project assignment is written on an individual basis. 

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 should be conducted in all or selected groups of courses offered by the faculty. The purpose is to gather feedback from students for making changes and adjustments to the course during the current semester. In addition, a digital evaluation, students’ course evaluation, must be conducted at least once every three years. Its purpose is to collect students` experiences with the course.

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