MUO-E8052 - Critical and transformative futures , Lecture, 23.10.2024-28.11.2024

Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students who successfully complete this course should be able to:

  • Explain the basic constructs of critical and transformative futures;
  • Explore and critically evaluate various images of sustainable futures, including their own;
  • Propose and defend alternative images of sustainable futures based on research and creative imagination.

Credits: 6

Schedule: 23.10.2024 - 28.11.2024

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 course introduces theories, tools and methods of critical and transformative futures with references to long-term, systemic change for sustainability. The conceptual constructs of the course are based on poststructural, decolonized, feminist and post-normal schools of futures studies. Through these conceptual tools, the students analyse images of futures produced by diverse actors in socio-ecological-technical systems critically, challenge their underlying assumptions and propose alternatives.

Workload

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Activities and teaching methods in support of learning: reading, group work, writing reflective essay and various class activities.

    Overall workload 6 ECTS = 162 hours:

    • Guided studying, contact teaching: 36 h
    • Independent studying, including teamwork: 100h
    • Time to think: 25h
    • Giving course feedback: 1h

DETAILS

Study Material

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Students will be provided with reading materials through MyCourses. 

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites
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: 2024-2025 Autumn II
    2025-2026 Autumn II

    Registration:

    Registration for courses Sisu. Minimum number of students 15, maximum 30.

    This course is compulsory for CS Design 2-year students.

    The order of priority for admitting students:

    1.Creative Sustainability major students (ARTS);
    2.Creative Sustainability minor students (ARTS);
    3.Creative Sustainability major students (BIZ; CHEM);
    4.Creative Sustainability minor students (other than ARTS);
    5.Department of Design masters students.
    6.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;
    7.All other master students.

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