Climate change (5 cr)

Objective

You will learn about Climate Science, the status of changing climate and how it is developing over time. You will also learn about the impact of climate change. You will also get familiar on how you can study climate change, what the governments, IPCC and companies are doing, and your role and responsibilities towards the climate change. Finally, you will be able to apply climate change in your working and personal environment while being able to win the debates with climate sceptics.

Content

Introduction to Climate Change
Climate Change status and observation
Global Carbon Cycle
Climate Change projection and study
Impacts of climate change on ecosystems and ecosystems services
Adaptation and Mitigation to Climate Change
Outlook, policy, and economics of Climate Change

Course material

The material is available in Learn platform.

Study forms and methods

- There are no scheduled assignments and lectures, so the students can proceed at their own pace.
- There will only be independent works and no group works.
- There are no time-bound group discussions.
- The lectures are available at any time and there is no time bound for it.

RDI and work-related cooperation

NA

Timing of exams and assignments

- Tasks and assignments will be to explore the topics discussed in lecture in a form of text answers or presentation style answers.
- There will be an exam, but the exam will be open-ended with explorative question. The exam will focus on the process of understanding and addressing climate change rather than memorising specific points from the topics to answer. There will be no time limit to complete the exam on the exam day (which becomes active after the completion of the course lectures and tasks).
- The evaluation will be based on assignments (40%) and exam (60%).
- The assignments are evaluated based on the ability to discuss the provided topics, and exam will be evaluated based on the creative and genuine solutions or answers presented against the exam questions.

International cooperation

NA

Student workload

135 hours including lecture and self work sessions.

Course part description

Introduction to Climate Change
Climate Change status and observation
Global Carbon Cycle
Climate Change projection and study
Impacts of climate change on ecosystems and ecosystems services
Adaptation and Mitigation to Climate Change
Outlook, policy, and economics of Climate Change

Further information

This course is included in the offering of Xamk Pulse Open University of Applied Sciences.
There are 10 places for Xamk degree students in this implementation.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Details as provided in learn based on assignments and exam.