Sustainability in the Urban European Context (1 ECTS)
Code: XX00FW79-3022
General information
- Enrollment
- 01.12.2025 - 30.12.2025
- Registration for implementation has not started yet.
- Timing
- 31.12.2025 - 31.07.2026
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 1 ECTS
- Virtual portion
- 1 ECTS
- Mode of delivery
- Online
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 0 - 150
- Degree programmes
- Education
- Course
- XX00FW79
Learning outcomes
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
Learning materials and recommended literature
The material available on Moodle is produced by six U!REKA Higher Education and Worklife Alliance partners. The material is based on current research and cases submitted from each national context.
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
assessment criterion at the 'pass' level.
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.