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Methods in circular economy (5 cr)

Code: KI00BR06-3003

General information


Enrollment

21.06.2022 - 02.09.2022

Timing

03.10.2022 - 10.11.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

80 % Contact teaching, 20 % Distance learning

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 60

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Energy and Environmental Technology

Teachers

  • Piia Nurmi
  • Annika Holmbom

Scheduling groups

  • Vain avoimen AMK:n opiskelijoille (Size: 10. Open UAS: 10.)

Groups

  • PEYTES20

Small groups

  • For Open UAS students only

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.