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Course name Water, Waste and Material Management
Course date 01.08.2024 - 31.07.2025
Institution LAB University of Applied Sciences
Course language English
Credits 9 ECTS credit
Field Technology HUB
Teacher Saku Syngelmä
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Available for open UAS Chargeable
Level Bachelor
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Enrolment period 01.08.2024 - 16.06.2025
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Water, Waste and Material Management

01.08.2024 - 31.07.2025

Course description

Learning outcomes and content:

Sustainable Water Management/Students will learn about

  • principles of a circular economy for water
  • institutions and frameworks for water management
  • popular and growing technologies in the field of water management
  • the relationship between water management, climate change, and climate mitigation and adaptation

Sustainable waste management/Students will learn about

  • the relationship between water management, climate change, and climate mitigation and adaptation
  • basic principles of waste management
  • policies for waste management and a digital circular economy
  • technologies for enabling a circular economy

Material efficiency and sustainable materials/Students will learn about

  • basics of material qualities
  • principles of sustainable material selection
  • secondary materials and their use
  • circular and ecological design methodologies

Each of these will have its own theory sections, and then an exam at the end. Completing all three segments will grant students 9 study credits for completing the full course package.

Prerequisites

This course is designed in a way, that you don’t need a background in SSE, in order to pass the course. However, this is the 3rd part of our goLAB course series, and we recommend that you complete parts 1 and 2 first.

Part 1:  Principles of Sustainability and Circular Economy 3 ECTS Part 2: Environmental and Technical Cycles 9 ECTS

Assessment criteria

Approved/Failed

Course way of working and time table

Study according to your personal timetable, everyone can choose their own. The entire course can be completed independently.

Course enrolment info

Students of the other UAS (Degree students and Open Studies’ path students):

Enroll for the course in your home university’s Peppi/PAKKI via cross-institutional studies(RIPA).

For more information, please check your own university’s intranet or contact your student office.

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Others/Open UAS students: Enrol via Avoin AMK ilmoittautuminen/Open UAS Enrolment.