Below are the teaching schedules for the current academic year 2023-2024 and the upcoming academic year 2024-2025. 
Here's the full schedule for 2023-2024. 

Here's the full schedule for 2024-2025.

Note, the schedule is subject to change.

Teaching Schedule 2023 - 2024

Autumn Term 2023

CMM CORE COURSES CRD CORE COURSES CMM CRD COMMON COURSES CMM CRD COMMON ELECTIVES

 

 

Date

 

ECTS

 

Academic Writing Workshop

(taught throughout the semester)

1

21 - 25

Aug

Icelandic Society and Environment

2

28 Aug -

15 Sep

Coastal and Marine Ecology

 

Regional trans­form­ation and dev­elop­ment: Sociological theories and practices

6 (4)

People and the Sea: Geographical Perspectives

4 (6)

18 - 29

Sep

Coastal and Marine Management: Theory and Tools

2 - 13

Oct

Physical Processes of Coastal Environments

Public Policy Making – From Idea to Realization

4

16 - 27

Oct

Arctic Ocean Governance (Arctic Circle participation)

Environmental History

The Blue Economy and Coastal Communities (Arctic Circle participation)

4

30 Oct -

 

Oceanography

 

Regional and Community Economies

6

20 Nov -

1 Dec

Environmental Economics

4

4 - 15

Dec

Environmental Impact Assessment

 

Welfare and Development: Concepts and Indicators

4

WINTER BREAK

 

Spring Term 2024

CMM CORE COURSES CRD CORE COURSES CMM CRD COMMON COURSES CMM CRD COMMON ELECTIVES

 

 

Current Topics and Challenges in the Coastal Arctic

(Online course - taught throughout the semester)

4

 

Proposal Writing

(taught throughout the semester)

2

08 - 19

Jan

Applied Methodology

4

22 Jan-

2 Feb

Fisheries Management and Technology

 

Geographical Information Systems

4

5 – 16

Feb

Data Analysis and Interpretation

Talking Science

4

19 Feb -

1 Mar

Pollution in the Coastal Arctic

Community and the Built Environment

Coping with Disasters

4

4 - 15

Mar

Marine Spatial Planning

Migration and Population Development

Sustainable Aquaculture

4

18- 27

Mar

Marine Protected Area Management

Marine Renewable Energy

Business Incubator

 

28 Mar -

 

SPRING BREAK

15 - 26

Apr

Conflict Resolution

 

Outlook to the Future: Coastal Arctic Scenarios

4

 

Summer Term 2024

CMM CORE COURSES CRD CORE COURSES CMM CRD COMMON COURSES CMM CRD COMMON ELECTIVES

 

 

Indigenous Voices & Community Development

(Online course - taught throughout the semester)

2

29 Apr -

10 May

Navigation, Shipping and Offshore Activities in the Arctic

Equality and Diversity

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

4

13 - 24

May

From Extraction to Attraction: Coastal Communities in an Era of Leisure and Tourism

Sustainable Waste Management in Coastal Communities

 

4

27 May

- 7 Jun

Adaptation Planning

Coastal Food Systems

Tools for Community Development

4

10 - 21

Jun

Coastal and Marine Management: Practical Applications and Challenges

 

Regional Policy Evaluation

4

 

Teaching Schedule 2024 - 2025

Autumn Term 2024

CMM CORE COURSES CRD CORE COURSES CMM CRD COMMON COURSES CMM CRD COMMON ELECTIVES

 

DATE AUTUMN TERM
26 - 30 Aug

 

Icelandic Society and Environtment  1 ECTS

 

26 - 30 Aug

 

Academic Writing  1 ECTS

 

2 - 20 Sep

Coastal and Marine Ecology 

6 ECTS

 

Regional transformation and development  4 ECTS

23 Sep
- 4 Oct

Coastal and Marine Management: Theory and Tools 4 ECTS

 

People and the Sea: Geographical Perspectives
6 ECTS

7 - 22 Oct

Arctic Ocean Governance (ACA participation)
4 ECTS

Ethics of conservation and resource use  
4 ECTS

Just Transitions in the Coastal Zone (ACA participation)
  4 ECTS

23 - 27 Oct Midterm break
28 Oct
- 8 Nov

Physical Processes of Coastal Environments  6 ECTS

 

Regional and Community Economies  6 ECTS

11 - 29 Nov

Oceanography  4 ECTS

 

Public Policy Making – From Idea to Realization  4 ECTS

2 - 13 Dec

 

Environmental Economics

4 ECTS

 

14 Dec
- 5 Jan

Winter break

Spring Term 2025

CMM CORE COURSES CRD CORE COURSES CMM CRD COMMON COURSES CMM CRD COMMON ELECTIVES

 

DATE SPRING TERM
Whole term   Current Topics and Challenges in the Coastal Arctic  4 ECTS  
Whole term   Proposal Writing  2 ECTS  
6 - 17 Jan   Applied Methodology  4 ECTS  
20 Jan - 7 Feb Fisheries Management and Technology  6 ECTS   Geographical Information Systems  6 ECTS
10 - 28 Feb Data Analysis and Interpretation  6 ECTS   Outlook to the Future: Coastal Arctic Scenarios  6 ECTS
3 - 14 Mar

Marine Spatial Planning  4 ECTS

 

  Talking Science - a practical guide to science communication  4 ECTS
17 - 28 Mar Environmental Impact Assessment  4 ECTS Coping with Disasters  4 ECTS  
31 Mar
- 16 Apr
Aquaculture, Environment and Society  6 ECTS   Climate change in costal regions: adaption and mitigation  6 ECTS

Summer Term 2025

CMM CORE COURSES CRD CORE COURSES CMM CRD COMMON COURSES CMM CRD COMMON ELECTIVES

 

DATE SUMMER TERM
Whole term  

Indigenous Voices & Community Development
(Online course - 2 ECTS

 
17-27 Apr Easter break

28 Apr -
9 May

Pollution in the Coastal Arctic
4 ECTS

Marine Renewable Energy 
4 ECTS

Innovation and Entrepreneurship 4 ECTS


12-23 May

Navigation, Shipping and Offshore Activities in the Arctic 4 ECTS Sustainable Waste Management in Coastal Communities 4 ECTS Community and the Built Environment 4 ECTS
26 May -
6 June
Marine Protected Area Management 4 ECTS Coastal Communities in an Era of Leisure and Tourism 4 ECTS

Tools for Community Development 4 ECTS

10-20 June Coastal and Marine Management: Practical Applications  4 ECTS

 

 

Regional Policy Evaluation 
4 ECTS