The assignment of the course consists on two parts.
First, the students have to write an essay of 5 pages with the methodology
used to work out the transport carbon emissions. This part of the course counts for the 30% of the final grade.
The objective of this part of the course is that you know the basic methodology to work out transport carbon
emissions for cars, buses, boats, planes, motorbikes. I would like that the students provide some basic
information about the carbon emissions of those means of conveyance. The students can fine-tune their
methodology by differentiating among fuel types: diesel, electric.
An introduction to frame the discussion, and an example to give some numerical analysis could be also useful.
For example, a comparison of the carbon emissions between Bergen and Oslo depending on the means of
conveyance can be useful and illustrative.
The methodology could be fine-tuned in different respects. For example, by differentiating between
types of hydrogen used in transport: brown, grey, blue or green. By differentiating the types of bioenergy,
or the source of electricity to charge electric batteries. The methodology could also be fine-tuned by considering
life cycle of batteries, and the means of conveyance. However, I do not want the students go in that direction.
The students will have the opportunity to go deeper and further in their analysis in their 20 pages project, since
that is the topic that the students consider interesting for them.
Second, the students have to write an essay of 20 pages on a topic that they choose related to the content of
the course. The students also have to present this research in the conference organized at the end of the course.
This part of the course counts for the 70% of the final grade. This part of the course will be evaluated by me, and
Elisa Trujillo from University of Lleida.
The objective of this part of the course is that you choose a topic that interest you, and that you write 20
pages about it. The way in which you address that topic depends on you. You can write a survey, a
theoretical, an empirical, or an operation research paper. That depends on your preferences. It is
important that the style of the paper suits the methodology that you choose. It is also important that
the style fits the 20 pages objective. Most of the students tend to use the structure of a 100 pages
master thesis even when I ask them to write 20 pages. The objective of this part of the course is
that you learn to write different types of documents, with different length and different styles.
The app developed by the students does not account for the final grade.
The students have to write a one page summary of their final essay to be published in the newsletter of the course, but
that part does not account for the final grade.
