Course development support to promote interdisciplinary education
UiO:Life Science established in 2021 a support scheme for interdisciplinary life science courses. Departments and faculties at the University of Oslo are eligible to apply. The scheme has an no deadline, applications can be submitted at any time.
The scheme also supports the development of courses that are adapted to an interdisciplinary student group. This spring semester, the course FIL2900 – Fordypning i vitenskapsfilosofi was scheduled. The course has been developed by the Center for Philosophy and Science (CPS) with support from UiO:Life Science and addresses philosophical topics within life sciences and philosophical issues that have arisen in new areas of life sciences.
In the autumn, another course with support from UiO:Life Science is scheduled SOSGEO2400 – Introduksjon til demografi. The course has links to human evolution and the course of life, and is suitable as a social science course for life science students.
UiO:Life Sciences promotes interdisciplinarity in life sciences in many ways. One ambition is to contribute to giving students across the University of Oslo access to the widest possible range of courses, an opportunity that can be used to build more interdisciplinary bachelor degrees and gain broader fields of competence. A requirement for the courses that receive support is that they must be open to bachelor students with different disciplinary backgrounds.
Apply and get up to 300.000 in support
The purpose of the call is to stimulate the revision of existing or the creation of new life science-oriented courses. These course must be adapted to an interdisciplinary student group and be made available to bachelor students from all faculties. The funding scheme involves support of up to NOK 300.000 over one to three years to develop the course.
