LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students who successfully complete are able to:
- Recognise the key institutions of environmental governance and understand the historical and context-dependent nature of all sustainability politics.
- Use key terminology in policy and politics relating to environmental governance and management.
- Engage with and use academic and other relevant vocabularies that deal with complex socio-environmental problems and that help link sustainability with politics and culture.
Credits: 6
Schedule: 05.09.2024 - 10.10.2024
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 and debated. It gives tools for examining how the roles and responsibilities of the actors involved become defined and redefined.
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:
Course includes lectures, discussions and walks, weekly commentaries, independent and group work in class and a final essay.
Overall workload 6 ECTS = 162 hours. 80% attendance in contact teaching is required.
- 18h Teaching hours,
- About 50h preparing course assignments (writing) and
- about 94h reading, of which total hours each student is expected to use 10-20% for "time to think".
DETAILS
Study Material
valid for whole curriculum period:
Materials will be available via the MyCourses study platform with weekly readings provided in advance.
In addition: White, Damian F.; A.P. Rudy & B. J. Gareau: Environments, Natures and Social Theory, 2016. Sachs, Wolfgang: Planet dialectics - explorations in environment and development, 2001.
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: 2024-2025 Autumn I
2025-2026 Autumn IRegistration:
Registration for courses Sisu. Minimum number of students 15, maximum 35.
The order of priority for admitting students:
- Creative Sustainability major students;
- Creative Sustainability minor students;
- A five student quota for students of Master's Programme in Information Networks
- 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.