Opinto-opas

Objective

• recognise the central principles and activities of circular economy, and its benefits from environmental, social and economic viewpoints
• analyse and develop production processes, products and organizations using circular economy thinking and tools
• apply circular economy development activities in her/his professional field

Content

• principles and activities of circular economy from the point of view of sustainable development
• benefits and advantages of circular economy to the sociatey and organizations
• circular economy standard and the stages of development activities

Location and time

Kickoff on Monday the 18th of January 2021 at 1 pm

Contact lesson on Monday the 8th of February 2021 at 1 pm

Group work presentations and feedback on Monday the 8th of March 2021 at 1 pm

Teaching methods

Online course in Moodle: mostly independent study with weekly quizzes and tasks. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of a product or service as a group work.

In Teams "Towards a Sustainable Consumer Society 2021"-team: kickoff, contact lesson, LCA group work and presentations.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students are able to
• recognise the most important principles of circular economy
• recognise the connections between the different areas of sustainable development and circular economy
• recognise the possibilities and applications of circular economy is their own professional field

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to
• recognise the most important principles and application areas of circular economy
• analyse the impacts of circular economy in the different areas of sustainable development
• analyse the possibilities and applications of circular economy in their own professional field

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to
• apply circular economy principles and application in different areas of the society
• evaluate the impacts of circular economy in the different areas of sustainable development
• apply the development activities of circular economy in the activities and processes of their own professional field

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Students are able to
• recognise the most important principles of circular economy
• analyse the impacts of circular economy in the different areas of sustainable development
• analyse the possibilities and applications of circular economy in their own professional field

Assessment methods and criteria

Grading will be based on the weekly quizzes and and the assignments. Maximum points are 100.

90-100 5
80-90 4
70-80 3
60-70 2
50-60 1

Further information

This course is part of the 3UAS joint study offering. The student should take all three interconnected courses from the Circular economy for sustainable growth (15 cr) -module.

Enrollment (all students) through this link: www.3amk.fi