LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Present, challenge and defend solutions to real-life sustainability issues faced by companies and organizations
- Organize arguments clearly, cohesively and concisely in speaking and in writing
- Collaborate in interdisciplinary teams
Credits: 3
Schedule: 15.09.2021 - 15.12.2021
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Matthew Billington
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period): C1
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
valid for whole curriculum period:
This three-credit interdisciplinary problem-based learning (PBL) course focuses on developing key spoken and written communication skills required for future working life.
During the course, students learn the necessary tools to collaborate in interdisciplinary teams to find solutions to real-life sustainability issues faced by companies and organizations. Each student functions as an expert on their particular area within the team and is responsible for researching the solution from that particular angle, for example, design, branding, technical or financial viability. Students practise structuring arguments and counterarguments both in speaking and in writing as well as apply different types of reasoning behind argumentation. Students analyse speeches and sample texts to identify strengths and weaknesses. During the course, students receive constructive feedback on their written and spoken argumentation skills, give feedback to others, and reflect on their own performance.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
Course assignments
Oral assignments
Written assignments
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
Workload 81h Contact hours (16-36h) plus guided independent work (45 65h)
DETAILS
Study Material
valid for whole curriculum period:
Provided by the teacher
Substitutes for Courses
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals
12 Responsible Production and Consumption
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
This course fulfils the university requirement for language studies for both oral (o) and written (w) skills. Note: This course requires a minimum enrollment of 10 students.
Teaching Period:
2020-2021 Autumn I-II,Spring III-IV,Spring IV-V
2021-2022 Autumn I-II,Spring III-IV,Spring IV-V
Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=LC-1121
Registration for Courses: In the academic year 2021-2022, registration for courses will take place on Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi) instead of WebOodi.
Weboodi. Students are considered for admission in order of highest number of credits.