Circular economy (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

The course focuses on the principles and functions of circular economy from the perspective of sustainable development. Benefits and opportunities of circular economy for society and companies, and business models of circular economy.

The course is mainly online but during the course there will be three meetings on campus.

Meetings on campus:
5.9. at 9-12, start meeting on campus: information how the course is organised, all deadlines and information on tasks.
30.9. at 8-11 / expo, messut. on campus
3.10. at 8-11 / circula game, circula pelin pelaaminen, on campus

Objective

After completing the course student:
- masters the basic concepts of circular economy
- understands the limited scope of resources
- knows the most important business models of circular economy
- understands how circular economy links to own field of studies
- knows how to allocate resources for tasks to be done, and to take into account the objectives set by supervisor or client
- can construct a concise and informative presentation

Content

Principles and functions of circular economy from the perspective of sustainable development. Benefits and opportunities of circular economy for society and companies, and business models of circular economy.

Materials

On Itselearning platform.

Teaching methods

Assignments are related to writing an exploratory essay, innovating and implementing a circular economy business plan, and practicing overall project and time management. In addition, the course exercises critical examination skills and working life connection is promoted through real-life company examples.

The work happens mainly in online course platform (Itslearning) but there are 3 meetings on campus.

Exam schedules

There is no exam on this course. The grading is based on tasks/assignments.

All of the assignments have to be returned by deadline. If you do not meet the deadline, you will get one grade lower grade from that task that you would otherwise.

All assignments have to be returned by the end of the course, unless otherwise agreed with the teacher before the end of the implementation. If you want to ask for this, contact the main responsible teacher (Piia Nurmi) before the end of the course. In this kind of a case your course grade will be one number lower than otherwise.

In rare cases you can retake a failed assignment. If you want to ask about this, you need to contact the main responsible teacher. Also, in this case your course grade will be one number lower than otherwise.

An accepted study attainment cannot be improved.

Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development

The course is implemented in accordance with innovation pedagogy, where study is based on the development of innovation skills. During the course, the student must play an active role and take independent responsibility for his or her own learning and the implementation of learning tasks. The course is based on individual work, where the role of teacher is to support and guide the work.

The course topic is circular economy which is a key tool in society and companies to achieve sustainable development.

Internationalization: exchange students also coming to the course.

Completion alternatives

There are no alternative ways to complete the course.

Student workload

More detailed descriptions of learning tasks and instructions are available on the course's own Itslearning platform.

There are 5 tasks on the course.

TASK 1 Introduction to CE
TASK 2: Orientation to CE Business Models
Task 3: Developing a CE Business Model
TASK 4: Peer-assessing CE presentations
TASK 5: Game day

The work happens mainly in online course platform (Itslearning) but there are 3 meetings on campus.
Special information on those meetings:
30.9. expo: those present get grade 5 which is 20% of the course grade. Those not present get grade 0. / paikallaolijat saa aktiivisudesta arvosanan 5, 20% kurssin arvosanasta. Jos ei paikalla niin saa 0.
3.10.: Game day: those present get grade 5 which is 20% of the course grade. Those not present get grade 0. / paikallaolijat saa aktiivisudesta arvosanan 5, 20% kurssin arvosanasta. Jos ei paikalla niin saa 0.

The course is 5 credits and 1 credit equals 27 hrs of student work. Total workload is appr. 135 hours.

Evaluation methods and criteria

TASK 1 Introduction to CE
pass /fail

TASK 2: Orientation to CE Business Models
pass /fail

Task 3: Developing a CE Business Model
grade 1-5 , 60% of course grade

TASK 4: Peer-assessing CE presentations, those present get grade 5 which is 20% of the course grade. Those not present get grade 0. / paikallaolijat saa aktiivisudesta arvosanan 5, 20% kurssin arvosanasta. Jos ei paikalla niin saa 0.

TASK 5: Game day, those present get grade 5 which is 20% of the course grade. Those not present get grade 0. / paikallaolijat saa aktiivisudesta arvosanan 5, 20% kurssin arvosanasta. Jos ei paikalla niin saa 0.

Failed (0)

Taks not completed.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The student barely masters the basic concepts of circular economy and understands the limited scope of resources. The student is poorly able to identify the most important business models of circular economy and not able to describe them in detail. The student can vaguely perceive how the circular economy links to their own field of studies. The student poorly allocates resources for tasks to be done and is not able to take into account the objectives set by supervisor or client. The student is poorly able to construct a concise and informative presentation.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The student masters the basic concepts of circular economy and understands the limited scope of resources in a good level. The student is able to identify and describe the most important business models of circular economy. The student can perceive how the circular economy links to their own field of studies. The student knows how to allocate resources for tasks to be done, and to take into account the objectives set by supervisor or client. The student is able to construct a concise and informative presentation in good level.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student masters the basic concepts of circular economy and understands and is able to describe the limited scope of resources excellently. The student is able to identify and describe the most important business models of circular economy in an excellent level. The student can perceive how the circular economy links to their own field of studies. The student knows how to allocate resources for tasks to be done, and to take into account the objectives set by supervisor or client in an excellent level. The student is able to construct a concise and informative presentation in excellent level.

Qualifications

No need for previous studies.

Further information

We prefer email to piia.nurmi@turkuamk.fi.

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