Developing Sustainable Product and Service Concepts (project) (5cr)

Code: TOU002AS2AE-3009

Basic information of implementation

Enrollment: 02.06.2025 - 17.10.2025; Enrolment for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 20.10.2025 - 12.12.2025; The implementation has not yet started.

ECTS Credits: 5 cr

Campus: Porvoo Campus

Teaching languages: English

Seats: 15 - 50

Degree programmes: RESTO Hospitality and Tourism Management

Teachers: Annika Konttinen

Groups: REE3PCTOUM
Sustainable Tourism Management, 3rd semester, Porvoo; REE3PCTOUT
Sustainable Event Management, 3rd semester, Porvoo; CONTACT
Contact implementation; EXCH
EXCH Exchange students

Course: TOU002AS2AE

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

Contact lectures on Wednesdays at 8.30-10.45 am from 22 October to 12 December 2025. Unsupervised project meetings on Fridays from 11 am to 2 pm or at another time agreed with your team Collaboration with Experience Design Processes and Tools with joint contact lectures and supervised project work on Wednesdays from 11.30 am to 1.45 pm. Field visits according to the implementation plan.

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

CONTACT / CONTACT BLENDED
DEMO
Descriptions of implementation methods can be found in Haaga-Helia's website: https://www.haaga-helia.fi/en/implementation-types.

You can complete the course unit by demonstrating or by Work&Study even if the course unit doesn't have DEMO or WORKSTUDY implementations. More information about recognition of learning at Haaga-Helia's website: https://www.haaga-helia.fi/en/career-planning/recognition-learning
The demonstrating assignment is an essay.

Intro

You are welcome to learn practical project work together with hospitality and tourism companies. You will learn how to use development methods in product development and sell and market both products and your own ideas. You will get tools and tips on how to work on projects and how to use development methods in practice.

Materials

The material will be available in Moodle

Teaching methods and instruction

Lectures, workshops, project work

Working life connections

The course is based on an industry/destination case (project): Archipelago's Beat (Saariston Syke)

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

Internationality

The course material is in English and international. The topics can be applied to a glocal context.

Learning assignments

Project work and report/presentation 100 %
Self and peer assessment

Assessment methods

Project work
Self and peer assessment