Circular economy (5 cr)
Code: YT00AF47-3003
General information
- Enrollment
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20.08.2018 - 07.09.2018
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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03.09.2018 - 17.12.2018
Implementation has ended.
- 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
Objective
You understand limited resources and their sustainable use (metals, minerals, energy, water, land, forest reserves, nutrient-rich soil, clean air and biodiversity). You know how raw materials can be acquired in a sustainable way. You understand circular economy as the operating model of the future. You are able to see the resource efficiency of circular economy and the related new products and services, waste minimization and changes in consumer behavior as well as the related opportunities for new business models.
Content
What is circular economy? What are the challenges and possibilities of circular economy?
Evaluation
Students can
a) use professional vocabulary systematically.
b) look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c) identify interrelated tasks.