Fundamentals of Sustainable Development (nonstop)Laajuus (1 cr)
Course unit code: C-02509-YH00CZ47
General information
- Credits
- 1 cr
- Teaching language
- Finnish
- English
- Institution
- Turku University of Applied Sciences
Objective
After completing the online course, the student will be able to: - identify critical sustainability challenges, their causes, as well as their diverse impacts on the environment and human beings, - describe the roles various institutions and social actors have in sustainability policies and sustainability transformation, - explain the different dimensions of sustainable development and the key concepts and sustainability goals relating to them, - distinguish various perspectives and conflicts of values and interests related to sustainability issues and solutions promoting sustainable development, - reflect on their own lifestyle and consumption choices as well as the practices of their own professional field from the perspectives of responsibility and sustainable development.
Content
- Historical context of the sustainability crisis and the complexity of sustainability challenges - Sustainable development as an idea(l), sustainability goals, and the related policy process - Sustainability transformation and ecological reconstruction - Dimensions of sustainable development and their interdependencies: environmental sustainability, social and cultural sustainability, economic sustainability