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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

  • 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