Course syllabus
Course-PM
MMS290 MMS290 Shipping and the environment lp1 HT25 (7.5 hp)
Course is offered by the department of Environmental and Energy Sciences
Contact details
Kent Salo, kent.salo@chalmers.se 0317725656
Selma Brynolf, selma.brynolf@chalmers.se 0317722237
Lena Granhag, lena.granhag@chalmers.se 0317721461
Fayas Kanchiralla fayas.kanchiralla@chalmers.se
Course purpose
The course aim is to inspire and stimulate the student into reflecting on how she or he can contribute to an environmentally sustainable development. The course will enable the students to act as change agents in their future work, be it within a company, authority, organization or as a researcher.
Schedule
Course literature
- Shipping and the Environment - Improving Environmental Performance in Marine
Transportation (2016). Andersson, Brynolf and Lindgren editors. Springer-Verlag, Berlin
Heidelberg http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783662490433
-literature and material published on the course web page
Course design
The course consists of lectures, group and class discussion seminars around case research literature and written exams.
The course is divided into stages, which are examined in different manners. The first stage (A) is the general course. It corresponds to 6.0 credits and is examined by a final exam conducted at the end of the course. The second stage (B), 1.5 credits, will be mandatory literature seminars which are graded “not passed”, or “passed”.
Changes made since the last occasion
A summary of changes made since the last occasion.
Learning objectives and syllabus
Learning objectives:
Knowledge and comprehension
- Explain the interrelation between shipping and the natural environment.
- Describe tools for decision support relating to environmental issues.
- Demonstrate understanding of good energy management practices in shipping companies.
- Discuss and communicate environmental boundary conditions for shipping.
- Discuss recent research literature in the field.
- Apply systems perspective to identify challenges with transition towards sustainable shipping
Link to the syllabus on Studieportalen.
https://www.chalmers.se/en/education/your-studies/find-course-and-programme-syllabi/course-syllabus/MMS290/?acYear=2025/2026
If the course is a joint course (Chalmers and Göteborgs Universitet) you should link to both syllabus (Chalmers and Göteborgs Universitet).
Examination form
Course Stages
Stage A 6.0 credits Examined by written part time exams conducted during the course.
Stage B 1.5 credits Mandatory Seminars
If you have failed on of the part time exams, in the end of the course, Stage A will also be examined by an exam. The exam is graded “not passed”, 3, 4 or 5. The grade for the course will be set by the sum of points from the part time exam and/or the full time exam.
Exam score < 60 (or not passed on one or more part time exams): “not passed”
60 ≤ exam score < 80: grade 3
81 ≤ exam score < 99 : grade 4
exam score 100 or more: grade 5
Course summary:
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