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Methods in circular economy (5 cr)

Code: KI00BR06-3002

General information


Enrollment

01.06.2021 - 30.09.2021

Timing

18.10.2021 - 14.11.2021

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

10 - 70

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Energy and Environmental Technology

Teachers

  • Piia Nurmi
  • Annika Holmbom
  • Inka Mäkiö

Groups

  • PEYTES19

Objective

After completing the course student:
- knows the economical and administrative instruments of circular economy
- is able to recognise the opportunities for circular economy of products, services and organizations
- is able to apply and develop products, services and organizations through circular economy thinking and tools
- to develop team working skills

Content

The business opportunities of circular economy in different stages of material flows (from raw materials to manufacturing through sales and consumption, and back to different levels of circulations), identifying and removing circular leakage points, the circular business models and ecosystems. The standard of circular economy and its stages of development.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

The course Circular economy (KI00BR05) or similar one should have been accomplished or in other ways the basic knowledge linked to sustainable economy and circular economy should have been achieved before the course.