Fundamentals of Sustainable Development (nonstop)

The online course provides students with basic knowledge of sustainable development and an understanding of how to act responsibly and in a way that promotes sustainability in working life and other areas of life. The online course consists of four subjects, each of which includes learning materials and a test: 1. Introduction: from the sustainability crisis towards a sustainable future 2. Environmental sustainability: preserving ecological balance and a healthy planet 3. Social and cultural sustainability: fairly-distributed human well-being 4. Economic sustainability: an economy that serves the well-being of people and the planet

The course is available on the itslearning online learning environment, where you will complete assignments independently, according to your own schedule. The course materials are available until 31 July. If you have any questions concerning the course, please get in touch with us at avoinamk@turkuamk.fi The online course includes four tests based on learning materials. Familiarizing oneself with the course platform and instructions, reading and watching the learning materials, and taking the tests requires a total of ca. 27 hours of student work. That would mean on average 6-7 hours of work per subject section. The actual use of time depends partly on your starting level, i.e. how much you already know about sustainable development before starting the online course. Time use is also affected by how deeply you want to delve into the topics using the additional materials provided.

During the course, studying takes place in a self-directed manner, following the instructions in the itslearning learning environment and utilising the instructed learning materials. The Fundamentals of Sustainable Development (1 ECTS) is implemented as an online course, in which the students familiarise themselves with learning materials in text and video format and takes a test included in each subject section. Students study independently, without instruction from a teacher.