Environmental management systems (5cr)
Code: EE00EC24-3005
General information
- Enrollment
- 07.04.2026 - 19.04.2026
- Registration for introductions has not started yet.
- Timing
- 01.09.2026 - 18.12.2026
- 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, Food and Environmental Technology
- Campus
- Mikkeli Campus
- Teaching languages
- English
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Environmental Engineering
- Teachers
- Liisa Routaharju
- Teacher in charge
- Liisa Routaharju
- Groups
-
EEMI24SPEnvironmental Engineering, full-time studies
- Course
- EE00EC24
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Objective
You understand environmental management as a part of organizational management. You are able to identify different types of management systems regarding the environment, health, safety and quality and understand the difference between a standardized management system and management. You are able to participate in the development and maintenance of environmental management systems in organizations with the help of the standards available. You have a view of the role and responsibilities of EHS specialists in organizations.
Content
What are the basic principles of the most commonly used environmental management system standards (ISO 14001, EMAS)?
What does continued improvement mean in the context of environmental management?
Why is environmental management an elemental part of organizational management?
Evaluation
Students can:
use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
evaluate information sources critically.
work as team members in working life expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field.
evaluate operations in customer, user and target group situations.
choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices.
promote teams’ goal-oriented operation.
apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field in different situations.
Evaluation scale
1-5