This course gives a broad and critical introduction to the concept of the Anthropocene. It goes through the scientific bases of the new geological epoch and puts this in a larger social, political and historical context. The course also proivides a point of departure for thinking about the future of the environmental crisis and humans' role on the planet.
AK126V The Anthropocene 4.0 credits
Information per course offering
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Information for Autumn 2025 Start 25 Aug 2025 single courses students
- Course location
KTH Campus
- Duration
- 25 Aug 2025 - 24 Oct 2025
- Periods
- P1 (4.0 hp)
- Pace of study
33%
- Application code
10002
- Form of study
Normal Daytime
- Language of instruction
Swedish
- Course memo
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- Number of places
10 - 30
- Target group
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- Planned modular schedule
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Course syllabus as PDF
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Course syllabus AK126V (Autumn 2022–)Headings with content from the Course syllabus AK126V (Autumn 2022–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )
Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Intended learning outcomes
After passing the course, the student should be able to:
give an account of the meaning of the concept of the Anthropocene as a new geological era in a natural-science and social-science/humanities perspective
critically discuss political, social, material and historical dimensions of the Anthropocene
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
Completed upper secondary education including documented proficiency in English.
Literature
You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.
Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
P, F
Examination
- INL1 - Assignment work, 4.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course room in Canvas
Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.
Offered by
Main field of study
Technology
Education cycle
First cycle