Study Guide

Objective

You can describe various future studies methods and their importance in developing product, activities and organizations.
You can use future studies methods in developing products, processes and organisations.

Content

What are future studies and why, how to study them?
What methods are there for futures foresight and creation?
How do future studies methods be used in development?

Materials

The study material is available in the Learn online environment.

Teaching methods

Online studies without scheduled lectures. You may study in your own tempo within the assignment deadlines. The final assignment requires teamwork (online meetings scheduled by the group members are usually needed).

Employer connections

This course prepares anticipation skills for the professional purposes in one's own professional field. In the assignments, you can apply and develop your working life competences.

Exam schedules

The assignments have scheduled deadlines instructed in the Learn online environment.

International connections

The course offers competences that can be applied in international context.

Student workload

The course consists of 4 assignments. To complete them it takes 135 hours.

Content scheduling

Assignment 1: Orientation
Assignment 2: Summarizing
Assignment 3: Scenarios
Assignment 4: Teamwork

Further information

When you have done the enrollment, wait until the registration time is over. After that the course teacher accepts your registration. The information for the starting (schedule, online environment, assignments) this course will be informed by email a few days before the course starts. For further information, please contact the teacher.

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed

Assessment methods and criteria

Written feedback.