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Kursnamn Specialization Unit
Kursdatum 17.03.2025 - 09.05.2025
Yrkeshögskolan Hämeen ammattikorkeakoulu
Kursens språk Engelska
Studiepoäng 5 SP

Bransch Business HUB
Lärare Sajal Kabiraj
Email
För öppna YH studenter Nej
Nivå YH

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Anmälningstid 11.11.2024 - 13.12.2024
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Specialization Unit

17.03.2025 - 09.05.2025

Beskrivning

The aim of this course is to foster Sustainability thinking with perspectives from Finland. Finland has been leading the world in sustainability practices and its adaptation. The course would draw upon examples and practices of Finnish companies and consumers and give the learner an understanding of the sustainability principles and SDGs in a holistic manner. One of the highlights of this course is to explore how design thinking approach can be incorporated into sustainability practices to accelerate the pace of sustainable development. HAMK Design Factory is a front runner in this sphere and helps students, researchers and industry inculcate design thinking as a tool to develop sustainable products, solutions and thereby solve complex problems. (Jussila, J., et al, 2022). Understanding sustainability thinking is important as corporates try to incorporate sustainable practices to address critical risks from climate change, for ethical considerations, to meet stakeholder commitments and gain sustainable competitive advantage. The learners would gain an understanding of how Finnish businesses develop and implement strategies to address climate change and promote sustainability through a design thinking approach. The learners would develop both a design thinking mindset as well learn the application of strategic sustainability tools in practice.

Bedömningskriterier

Evaluation scale 1-5

Arbetsformer och schemaläggning

The teaching and learning strategy is designed to encourage students to think critically about sustainability, the context where they operate and consequent management strategies undertaken. The overall teaching and learning strategy is designed to foster the active and reflective engagement of students in the learning process. The principal teaching and learning method is a combination of lecture, tutorials and feedback sessions. Two-hour lecture slots are designed to illustrate and explain key theoretical concepts and debates in sustainability field. Each topic discussed during the lecture will be backed up by concrete business examples through the case studies, videos and guest lecturers. Tutorials are also designed to stimulate peer discussion on theoretical concepts with reference to specific cases or real-life examples. In order to encourage independent learning and provide additional support, we will organise feedback sessions. The role of feedback in the learning process (formative feedback) is to inform the student of where and how their learning and performance can be improved. In order to make sure that each student gets equal chances for additional feedback a spread sheet with 10 minutes time slots will be available for registration and booking on the HAMK Moodle platform for interaction through lecturers’ zoom meeting id and each student who wants to take this opportunity has to register and reserve their name under specific time slot.

Learning outcomes

  • The learning outcomes vary depending on the selected course or project
  • Critical thinking
  • Intrapreneurial mindset
  • Adaptability and resilience

Info

17.03.2025 – 09.05.2025, online through zoom meeting

The lecture in week 1 will be plenary lecture, guiding students in their learning. We will discuss the content of the module, how to participate in the e-tivities, how to write a group report and how to read and reference academic papers.

Mer information

  • Enroll in the course primarily through your own Peppi/Pakki/student desktop. If your home UAS is not yet part of the cross-study system Ripa, you can register using the enrollment form that opens from the button at the top of the page. The registration form closes on December 13, 2024. After this date, you can only register through Peppi/Pakki/student’s desktop.
  • You can find more information about enrollment on the Cross-institutional studies If needed, ask for more information from your home university. You can ask about enrollment or course approval from HAMK’s study coordinator, studentservices@hamk.fi
  • Please note that the teacher will only answer questions about the content of the course

Anmälningsinformation

  • Check the implementation plan before enrolling!
  • Enroll at Peppi/Pakki
    • You can see the enrollment status on your PSP.
    • Please note that the ranking of your registration status does not reflect your actual situation, as enrollments are accepted via the registration form until December 13.
    • You can find more information about enrollment on the Cross-institutional studies website
  • Or until December 13, 2024: if using Peppi/Pakki for cross-study enrollment is not possible
    • Select your home UAS from the list. If it is not there, you cannot register using the form.
    • Write your personal identity number in the correct format on the form! An incompletely reported ID may prevent you from accessing the course.
    • Fill in the email address of your home university on the enrolment form – entering a different email address does not entitle you to a study place! Make sure your address is spelled correctly.
    • Make a note for yourself of which course you have enrolled for.
    • Registration is binding. If you must cancel your registration, make room for another student by sending email to studentservices@hamk.fi
  • Enrollments will be processed at once after the enrollment period has ended.
  • You will receive an email when you have been approved and an ID has been created for HAMK’s information systems. Email sometimes goes into spam, so check your spam as well.
  • Activate the HAMK user ID! We require the registration and use of HAMK IDs during the course.