Sustainable life cycle approach (5 cr)
Code: MU00DT37-3002
General information
- Enrollment
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06.11.2023 - 17.11.2023
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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10.01.2024 - 21.02.2024
Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- RDI portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Department of Culture
- Campus
- Kouvola Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 8 - 25
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Bioproduct Design
- Teachers
- Melina Maunula
- Teacher in charge
- Heli Abdel-Rahman
- Groups
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BTMKV22KPBioproduct design, full-time studies
- Course
- MU00DT37
Objective
- you are familiar with eco-efficiency and environmental protection requirements
- you can design products which follow the principles of ecological design
- you can design products which are recycled and dispoded of in a proper way
- you pay attention to the separate stages of the production: anticipating, planning, choice of materials, manufacturing process, packing and logistics, use, maintenance and recyclability
Content
What does the sustainable life cycle approach mean?
How are the environmental considerations and life cycle approach taken into account and ensured in the product design stage?
How do you implement the life cycle approach in your own design?
Evaluation
Students can
3a. use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations
3b. evaluate information sources critically
3c. work as team members in working life expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field
3e. choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices
3f. promote teams’ goal-oriented operation
3g. apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field in different situations
Course material
Available in Learn platform.
Study forms and methods
Xamk offers its students an opportunity to pursue studies flexibly to suit their various life situations. Students can choose between three learning routes: a learning route based on a working week, a learning route that accelerates the studies, and a work-based learning route.
RDI and work-related cooperation
Possible working life oriented excercise, in which assignment from external cooperation company.
Student workload
5cr is 135h where contact teaching is 40h and independence working is 95h
Further information
Learning tasks which are related to the subject will be carried out in the study module.
Evaluation scale
1-5
Assessment methods and criteria
Student's self-reflection and peer evaluation
Evaluation of learning exercise
Active participation
Exam