Sustainable Development and Climate Change (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

31.8.2021 - 28.9.2021

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

1. Introduction to Sustainable development
2. Climate change
3. Sustainability challenges, market and economy
4. Key elements of sustainable well-being
5. Presenting the cases and conclusions, assessment and feedback of the course

Intro

In this course you will study the basics of Sustainable Development and climate change as well as understand the needed societal transformation to a carbon neutral society and a sustainable future. You will also reflect sustainable well-being. Can sustainability and life satisfaction be achieved together?

Materials

Course material will be available in Moodle including relevant literature. Handouts delivered by teachers
Material provided by external lecturers.

Teaching methods and instruction

Student will attend series of lessons (total five times) during 31.8.2021-28.9.2021 and complete case work during the course. Contact teaching will be organized as a hybrid, including both classroom teaching in Pasila campus and online teaching, still taking account current instructions of Covid-19.

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

No exam included

Internationality

This course will be piloted as a part of SuFi-project with international cooperation together with partners from Åland, Estonia and Liethuania. The project is funded by EU Interreg Central Baltic funds.

Learning assignments

Case work and other assignments related to course content will be returned to Moodle

Assessment methods

Students' performance is graded on the following scale: Excellent (5), Very good (4), Good (3), Satisfactory (2), Fair (1), Fail (0).

All tasks must be completed with at least grade 1.