Fundamentals of Sustainable Development (nonstop)
Date of implementation
1.1. – 31.7.2025
Scope
Type of studies and location
Which degree program is the course from?
Joint Elective Studies
Teaching language
What will you learn?
After completing the online course, the student will be able to:
– identify critical sustainability challenges, their causes, as well as their diverse impacts on the environment and human beings,
– describe the roles various institutions and social actors have in sustainability policies and sustainability transformation,
– explain the different dimensions of sustainable development and the key concepts and sustainability goals relating to them,
– distinguish various perspectives and conflicts of values and interests related to sustainability issues and solutions promoting sustainable development,
– reflect on their own lifestyle and consumption choices as well as the practices of their own professional field from the perspectives of responsibility and sustainable development.
What do the studies include?
– Historical context of the sustainability crisis and the complexity of sustainability challenges
– Sustainable development as an idea(l), sustainability goals, and the related policy process
– Sustainability transformation and ecological reconstruction
– Dimensions of sustainable development and their interdependencies: environmental sustainability, social and cultural sustainability, economic sustainability
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
When can I start the course?
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Enroll to the course
In a nonstop online course, you study at your own pace and can start your studies when it suits you best. Your study right is valid for the end of the semester.
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Once you have enrolled, you will receive an e-mail with instructions and a payment link
After you have paid the fee, your enrollment will be accepted.
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Start your course
Course material can be found in the learning environment itsLearning within a few business days of your enrollment being accepted.
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Study places
500
Price:
15 €
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