Sustainability and Digitalization

2025/2026

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

  • on digitalization processes – the conditions for enhancing digitalization processes and the potential implications of digitalization
  • on how digitalization can strengthen sustainability environmentally and socially and how digital technologies can be made more environmentally sustainable
  • on theories regarding the implications of digitalization on sustainability, environmentally and socially

Skills

  • in applying relevant theory and methodology for analyzing digitalization processes
  • in applying relevant theory and methodology for analyzing how sustainable development can be supported by digitalization
  • in selecting and analyzing the relevant technology systems for promoting sustainable development or secure systems respectively

Competences

  • in developing projects incl. business development which strengthen the potentials of digitalization for sustainability
  • in assessing and selecting the appropriate digital technologies relating to communication systems and/or data for digitalization and sustainability

Exam

Prerequisite for enrollment for the exam

  • An approved PBL competency profile is a prerequisite for participation in the project exam

Exams

Name of examSustainability and Digitalization
Type of exam
Oral exam based on a project
ECTS15
Permitted aidsFind the information about the allowed tools on the exam specification
Assessment7-point grading scale
Type of gradingInternal examination
Criteria of assessmentThe criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures

Facts about the module

Danish titleBæredygtighed og Digitalisering
Module codeESNDCLK3P2
Module typeProject
Duration1 semester
SemesterAutumn
ECTS15
Language of instructionEnglish
Empty-place SchemeYes
Location of the lectureCampus Copenhagen
Responsible for the module

Organisation

Education ownerMaster of Science (MSc) in Information Technology (Digital Communication Leadership)
Study BoardStudy Board of Electronics and IT
DepartmentDepartment of Electronic Systems
FacultyThe Technical Faculty of IT and Design