Fundamentals of Sustainable Development (1 cr)
Code: YH00CT31-3003
General information
Enrollment
01.08.2024 - 31.08.2024
Timing
02.09.2024 - 08.12.2024
Number of ECTS credits allocated
1 op
Virtual portion
1 op
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Unit
Turku University of Applied Sciences
Campus
Location-independent
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
10 - 500
Degree programmes
- Joint Elective Studies
Teachers
- Pirita Juppi
Teacher in charge
Pirita Juppi
Groups
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VAVA2425
Objective
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- identify sustainability challenges and their interdependencies, as well as different perspectives on sustainability challenges and solutions that promote sustainable development;
- reflect on their own lifestyle and consumption choices, and the practices of their own professional field, from the perspectives of responsibility and sustainable development,
- use information related to sustainable development and their own professional field to find, implement and establish sustainable solutions and operating models.
Content
- The historical context of the sustainability crisis and the complexity of sustainability challenges
- Sustainable development as a concept and a policy process
- Sustainability transition and ecological reconstruction
- Environmental sustainability: preserving ecological balance and a healthy planet
- Social and cultural sustainability: fairly distributed human well-being
- Economic sustainability: an economy that serves the well-being of people and the planet
Evaluation scale
Hyväksytty/Hylätty