Sustainability in the Urban European Context (1 cr)
Code: XX00FW79-3012
General information
- Enrollment
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02.12.2025 - 31.12.2025
Registration for implementation has not started yet.
- Timing
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12.01.2026 - 31.05.2026
The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- On-campus
- Unit
- (2019-2024) School of Real Estate and Construction
- Campus
- Myllypurontie 1
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 0 - 100
- Degree programmes
- Building Services Engineering
- Course
- XX00FW79
Objective
After completing the course the student
• is aware of the planetary ecological boundaries, climate change and biodiversity loss
• understands the three dimensions of sustainable development as a systemic whole and can argue the interdependencies between them
• is aware of the European Union regulations related to digital and green transitions
• is able to identify the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals and how the goals are promoted within U!REKA cities
• is aware of the sustainability focus within U!REKA European University Alliance.
Content
1. Awareness of the values and mindset behind the sustainability shift
2. Sustainability: systemicity and the ecological planetary boundaries
3. Ecological, social and economic sustainability
4. EU regulations related to digital and green transition
5. Sustainable development in European cities, case studies
Evaluation scale
0-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
See the assessment criterion at the 'pass' level.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
See the assessment criterion at the 'pass' level.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
See the assessment criterion at the 'pass' level.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
The student understands what planetary boundaries mean and how the UN’s 17 SDGs are connected. The student is aware of the European Union regulations and standards related to the digital and green transitions. The student has become familiar with the green transition measures of at least one European city.
Further information
This course is a U!REKA co-created module
Objective
After completing the course the student
• is aware of the planetary ecological boundaries, climate change and biodiversity loss
• understands the three dimensions of sustainable development as a systemic whole and can argue the interdependencies between them
• is aware of the European Union regulations related to digital and green transitions
• is able to identify the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals and how the goals are promoted within U!REKA cities
• is aware of the sustainability focus within U!REKA European University Alliance.
Content
1. Awareness of the values and mindset behind the sustainability shift
2. Sustainability: systemicity and the ecological planetary boundaries
3. Ecological, social and economic sustainability
4. EU regulations related to digital and green transition
5. Sustainable development in European cities, case studies
Further information
This course is a U!REKA co-created module
Execution methods
Self-directed learning on Moodle platform
Accomplishment methods
Students will complete all 5 content topics with passing points in order to pass the course