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Sustainable Development (1 cr)

Code: MM14CG03-3006

General information


Enrollment

16.06.2022 - 23.11.2022

Timing

24.11.2022 - 16.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

1 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Technology and Seafaring

Campus

Åbo, Hertig Johans parkgata 21

Teaching languages

  • English

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Maritime Management, Captain

Teachers

  • Ossi Westilä
  • Petteri Niittymäki

Groups

  • MMC21D-Å
    Maritime Management, Captain, 2021, full-time studies

Objective

The student
• knows that SD comprise an ecologic, economic, tech-nical, social and cultural aspect which are all dependent of each other.
• understand that future possibilities to survival and a good life is dependent on a sustainable use of nature, people and environment.
• can consider the ecologic, social and cultural aspects of SD as well as accessibility aspects in all activities and in his/her own working community act in a sustainable way
• can take responsibility by contributing to a global sus-tainable development of the community.

Content

• from hunters and gatherers to farmers, the pressure on the natural resources increases
• the population explosion, industrial revolution and the environmental consequences of the interaction between the modern human society and the rest of the global ecosystem
• sustainable management of natural resources and energy supply
• global resource allocation and life-style issues
• the international environment management standards and Novia environment management system

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

No prerequisites