LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students who successfully complete this course will:
- Be familiar with the institutions of environmental governance and how they emerged
- Have a sense of environmentalism as something historical and context-dependent, with detailed knowledge of some cases
- Understand given key terms in studying political life
- Be familiar with and somewhat practiced in using vocabularies for discussing complex and hybrid problems and linking politics to sustainability issues
- Demonstrate improved reading and writing skills with regards to environmental issues.
Credits: 6
Schedule: 08.09.2022 - 13.10.2022
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Eeva Berglund
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
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:
Through a selection of texts written for academic and policy audiences, the course traces the emergence of environmental discourses as issues of public and political concern, and explores differences in the ways that socio-environmental concerns can be framed. It gives tools for examining how the roles and responsibilities of the actors involved become defined and redefined. Key topics will be:
- Approaching sustainability as a social and political issue rather than a technical problem
- Sociotechnical transitions and types of knowledge and expertise
- Regulation and policy, including informal initiatives towards sustainability
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
Active participation in teaching sessions, weekly reaction papers, essay drawing on the course literature.
Grading scale 0 - 5 with successful students demonstrating the ability to
- Thoughtfully identify and enquire into the politics around sustainability, based on academic and other resources
- Critically analyse and evaluate relevant policies and political interventions as well academic debates concerning these
- Clearly articulate and neatly present (to academic standards) what has been learned
- Attendance and participation in teaching sessions and completion of all teaching assignments and exercises within deadlines given. Participation in the first session is mandatory.
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
6 ECTS = 162 hours. 80% attendance in contact teaching required.
18h teaching hours
About 48h preparing course assignments (writing) and about 96h reading, of which total hours each student is expected to use 10-20% for "time to think".
DETAILS
Substitutes for Courses
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals
1 No Poverty
2 Zero Hunger
3 Good Health and Well-being
4 Quality Education
5 Gender Equality
6 Clean Water and Sanitation
7 Affordable and Clean Energy
8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
10 Reduced Inequality
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
12 Responsible Production and Consumption
13 Climate Action
14 Life Below Water
15 Life on Land
16 Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
17 Partnerships for the Goals
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Teaching Language : English
Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Autumn I
2023-2024 Autumn IEnrollment :
Registration for courses: Sisu.
The order of priority for admitting students:
Creative Sustainability major students;
Creative Sustainability minor students;
Department of Design masters students;
Students for whom the course is part of his/her major's or programme's alternative studies and has been scheduled in the student's PSP (HOPS) for the current academic year;
All other master students.Maximum number of students: 30
Minimum number of students: 15Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture, https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-at-aalto-arts