Circular economy (5 cr)

Code: YT00FF16-3001

General information

Enrollment: 07.04.2025 - 21.04.2025; Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 01.09.2025 - 12.12.2025; The implementation has not yet started.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 5 cr

Local portion: 5 cr

Mode of delivery: Contact learning

Unit: Department of Forestry and Environmental Technology

Campus: Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages: Finnish

Seats: 20 - 40

Degree programmes: Degree Programme in Environmental Technology

Teachers: Liisa Routaharju

Teacher in charge: Liisa Routaharju

Groups: YTMI25SP
Environmental Technology, full-time studies

Course: YT00FF16

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Objective

You recognize the limited nature of the resources on our only planet and understand the need to shift from linear economy to circular economy.
You identify opportunities of circular economy within technical and biological cycles.
You recognize opportunities based on circular economy business models or political instruments to achieve a more sustainable future.

Content

What do life cycle thinking, linear economy, and circular economy mean?
What are biological and technical cycles?
What opportunities does circular economy offer, and what are business models?

Evaluation

Students can

a.use professional vocabulary systematically.
b.look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c.identify interrelated tasks.
d.work together with customers, users and target groups.
e.use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field.
f. work as team members in a goal-oriented way.
g. justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.