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Climate.now basics (5 cr)

Code: TE00BT85-3004

General information


Enrollment
01.12.2022 - 07.01.2023
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
09.01.2023 - 10.03.2023
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
0 cr
Virtual portion
5 cr
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Unit
Engineering and Business
Teaching languages
English
Seats
20 - 70
Degree programmes
Degree Programme in Energy and Environmental Technology
Teachers
Marketta Virta
Piia Nurmi
Scheduling groups
Vain avoimen AMK:n opiskelijoille (Size: 10 . Open UAS : 10.)
Small groups
For Open UAS students only
Course
TE00BT85
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Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

Climate.now is mainly done online, but we also have four meetings on the campus (or you can join online).These meetings are for interaction and asking about the tasks (like clinics).

The course starts 9.1.2023 and ends 10.3.2023. You are supposed to dedicate all Mondays to this course.

The online materials can be studied in Finnish or English.

Objective

On the course, in addition to understanding climate change and the related interactions, learning also focuses on becoming aware of different attitudes and ways of thinking.
The course is part of the CDIO-framework that is guiding the studies at Turku University of Applied Sciences as on the course the students learn more about how climate change is linked to the students’ own fields of study. Additionally, on the course the students will learn more about sustainable development.
After the course, the student will:
- understand climate change as a scientific phenomenon
- learn how climate change can be prevented
- learn how adaptation to it is possible
- understand that climate chance is a global challenge
- understand that climate change is also an ethical challenge to our understanding of human life
- understand how climate change is linked to the students’ own fields of study
- learn about the students’ personal roles as influencers

Content

Climate.now is a multidisciplinary study and teaching module on the basics of climate change. It consists of written material, video lectures and assignments that will help anyone familiarize themselves with the basics of the climate change.

Materials

On ITSlearning platform. Materials based on http://www.climatenow.fi/climatenow.html

Teaching methods

Activating tasks on online platform, studies on climate change.

The activating tasks are:
The learning diary
Assignment 1: Teach climate change
Assignment 2: My role as a climate change influencer
Assignment 3: Turku Climate Plan 2029

Exam schedules

No exam.

As this is an online course based on tasks:
- You don't have the possibility to raise your final grade or a grade for an individual task.

You need to do the tasks by deadline.

Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development

Tasks and materials on ITSlearning platform https://turkuamk.itslearning.com/
Four meetings on campus so that students can ask and interact.

Completion alternatives

The only way to do the course is to do the tasks, no alternative ways to complete the course.

Student workload

Suomeksi
Tasks on ITSlearning platform https://turkuamk.itslearning.com/

The course is 5 ects so the workload is 135 hours all together.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Grading:
Learning diary (50%)
Assignment 1 (25%)
Assignment 2 (obligatory but not affecting your grade)
Assignment 3 (25%)

Qualifications

No need for previous studies.

Further information

Itslearning and email

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