Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Students completing the module acquire the following: 

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Thorough knowledge and understanding of the framework conditions, challenges and roles of enterprises and organisations in relation to sustainable development, including also the tools and systems which are relevant on an organisation level

Skills

• Can identify a relevant research problem within the field of environmental management and sustainability
• Can design a research project and use relevant research methods in order to analyse and assess the chosen problem and its consequences
• Can justify and substantiate the relevance of the chosen research problem based on relevant theories
• Can independently structure project management activities and carry out subject specific and interdisciplinary study project
• Can understand, use and critically reflect on relevant quantitative as well as qualitative methods of analysis
• Can independently procure relevant data in relation to the challenge and problem of the project and assess the quality and reliability of these data
• Can motivate, argue and communicate the general structure and methods of the project. Must also be able to reflect critically on sources and use accurate source referencing
• Can use project-relevant theories to structure plans and action for improved sustainability at organisation level
• Can plan and manage a study project in a PBL learning environment
• Can apply spreadsheets for numerical analyses
• Can apply spreadsheets to make relevant numerical-based illustrations for the project
• Can apply a reference-handling software package to properly reference the project report (e.g. Mendeley or Refworks)

Competences

• Can structure and handle the complex combinations of specific challenges at an organisation level (eg. business level)
• Can combine and compose the use of relevant theories, understandings, methods and models so that they form an analytical framework to be used when preparing specific strategies and plans adapted to the possibilities of the enterprise(s) or organisation(s).
• Can independently take responsibility for own learning, professional development and specialisation
• Can reflect on the project process and identify development potentials for the next study project 

Type of instruction

Problem-based project work in groups. 

Exam

Exams