LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students who successfully complete this course should be able to:
Discuss concepts, models and methods of futures inquiry particularly as applied in sustainability transitions.
Apply theoretical understanding in analyzing and planning a given sustainability transition situation.
Communicate verbally, visually and in writing, and reflect critically on their own role within a multidisciplinary group and relevant professional contexts.
Credits: 6
Schedule: 07.09.2022 - 12.10.2022
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): İdil Gaziulusoy
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:
The Sustainabililty Transitions and Futures course builds on theories and practices of socio-technical and socio-ecological transformations for sustainability. These include theories of transition management, resilience and social practice, typologies and processes of sustainability transformations at micro, meso and macro organisational, spatial and temporal scales, as well as methods of futures and participatory inquiry in the context of sustainability transitions. The students work on developing strategies for sustainable (socially, ecologically and economically resilient) and just futures through analysis of a given transition situation. Students will apply their learning by developing a project outline as a group and reflect on the roles and expected inputs of the relevant actors (architects, urban planners, designers, researchers, policy makers, public, private and civil society actors, etc.) in context.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
85% attendance mandatory. Assessment is done continuously by:
Participation in contact teaching sessions
Group work, group presentations and final documentation
Contribution to group work and completion of assignments
Completion of a short individual reflection
Peer-evaluation
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
Activities and teaching methods in support of learning: Lectures, class discussions and seminars, excursions/trips and excercises/workshops in- or outside of class.
6 ECTS = 162 hours.
- Contact teaching (lectures, workshops, tutoring, presentations, etc.) 45h
- Individual and group work (in contact teaching sessions and independently) 62h
- Reflection and thinking 20h
- Preparing group presentations and documentation 20h
DETAILS
Substitutes for Courses
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
13 Climate Action
15 Life on Land
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. All interested students who meet the prerequisite requirement can register regardless of their programme.
The order of priority for admitting students:
1)Creative Sustainability major students;
2)Creative Sustainability minor students;
3)Department of Design masters students;
4)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;
5)All other master students.Maximum number of students: 30. Minimum number of students: 15
Priority 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-art.