Objectives and competences
Basic information
| Certificate | Microcredencial |
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| Coordinating faculty | Facultat de Ciències de la Terra |
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| Mode of delivery | Face-to-face |
| Credits | 3 |
| Length of course | 1 academic year |
| Language(s) of instruction | Catalan |
| Enrolment fee | Price: 485,00 € With a 70% discount: 145,50 € Consult the conditions for obtaining the discount, financed under the MicrocredsCat programme with EU NextGeneration funds. Administrative fee: 10% of the non-discounted price, up to a maximum of €70 |
| In-company placement(s) | No |
| Start of teaching period | 13/01/2026 |
| End of teaching period | 03/03/2026 |
| microcred.info@il3.ub.edu | |
| Webpage | https://www.il3.ub.edu/microcredenciales-paleoclimatologia-claves-registro-geologico-para-contextualizar-cambio-climatico-actual |
| Managment | Margalef Marrasé, Olga |
| Open pre-enrolment | https://www.il3.ub.edu/microcredenciales-paleoclimatologia-claves-registro-geologico-para-contextualizar-cambio-climatico-actual |
| Lead to doctoral studies | No |
| Admission for applicants not holding a degree qualification | Yes |
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Objectives and competences
Objectives
- Become familiar with the main sources of palaeoclimatic information and their time frames.
- Understand the construction of age models to date past geological events.
- Learn about key past climate changes to contextualize and better understand current climate change.
- Learn about the human footprint in the geological record.
- Develop scientific communication skills to transmit palaeoclimatic knowledge in a rigorous manner and combat denialist arguments with an empirical basis.
Access and admission
Applicant profile and access requirements
Recommended applicant profile
The course is aimed mainly at secondary school teachers, communicators and disseminators of climate change-related content. As well as for people who work in the field of current climate change and want to deepen their knowledge of past climate changes (climatologists, ecologists, data scientists, public administration personnel working on adaptation or mitigation).Access requirements and conditions
The course is also open to students with no prior university education, who will acquire the same knowledge and skills and receive a specific qualification for their learner group. Information on the access requirements and other conditions can be obtained from the course directors.Pre-enrolment
Calendar
Contact us
Classes
| Address | Facultat de Ciències de la Terra C/ Martí i Franquès s/n 08028 - Barcelona Espanya |
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| Email address | microcred.info@il3.ub.edu |
| Webpage | www.il3.ub.edu/ca/programes/microcredencials |
| Telephone | 93 309 36 54 |
| Observations | Tuesday, from 4 to 8 p.m. |
Further information
| Address | Institut de Formació Contínua - UB C/ Ciutat de Granada, 131 08018 - Barcelona Espanya |
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| Email address | microcred.info@il3.ub.edu |
| Webpage | https://www.il3.ub.edu/microcredenciales-paleoclimatologia-claves-registro-geologico-para-contextualizar-cambio-climatico-actual |
| Telephone | 93 309 36 54 |