Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for
participation in the module
Bachelor in Sustainable design or similar qualifications.
Content, progress and pedagogy of the
module
A student who has been through the module:
Learning objectives
Knowledge
- has knowledge about a diversity of possible dimensions in the
concept of sustainability such as environmental, social, economic,
ethical sustainability
- understands current challenges concerned with sustainability on
different levels of societal life
Skills
- can characterise and analyse current challenges concerned with
sustainable development
- can develop scenarios and considerations concerning viable
strategic options as a response to the sustainable challenges
- can plan sustainable solutions to specified challenges
including how to stage and organise a process for sustainable
transition at company level or in another chosen context
- can develop or redesign business models to support sustainable
transitions
- can work together with and enrol interested parties in
companies, governmental bodies and / or from the civil society in a
sustainable transition project
Competences
- can reflect upon viable strategies for sustainable transitions
and consider the possibilities in a design oriented approach
- can reflect upon viable ways of engaging and enrolling actors
from a diversity of knowledge, institutional and business domains
by taking into account the repertoire of transition
strategies
Type of instruction
Project assignment, carried out in groups of 2 to 5 students.
The project should be planned in cooperation with a company or an
institution.
Exam
Exams
Name of exam | Sustainability challenges |
Type of exam | Written and oral exam |
ECTS | 15 |
Permitted aids | |
Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
Type of grading | External examination |
Criteria of assessment | The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination
Policies and Procedures |