SL2555 Understanding green and sustainable transitions

Content

The content of the course includes:
• An introduction to strategic sustainable development (both what it is and why it is important to understand)
• An introduction to systems thinking, complexity, and the role of crises and disturbance in societal change
• Several theories of change applied to complex social-ecological systems, and the role of disturbance in creating change
• An introduction to several tools, methods, and concepts that support the implementation of green and sustainable transitions

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding

• Explain what strategic sustainable development is and why it is needed
• Identify the defining features of complex social-ecological systems and explain how these features affect how change happens in society
• Describe different ways change is theorised in the field of sustainability
Competence and skills

• Engage in constructive and reflective dialogue about sustainability transitions with peers in an online format
• Theorise how sustainability change happens, drawing on scholarship on change in the field of sustainability
Judgement and approach

• Identify appropriate tools, methods, and concepts for navigating times of disruption and disorganisation in a given context and rationalise why they are appropriate

Course literature and other teaching material

Course literature and other teaching material

Learning methods

The course is given on distance. The teaching includes recorded lectures, webinars, and discussion forums both asynchronously and in real time. The lectures introduce theories, concepts, methods and tools, while webinars are used to address students’ questions and engage them in more dynamic discussions. Teachers with different scientific backgrounds, professional experience, and perspectives deliver and facilitate the course. The students’ different educational backgrounds, professional experiences and cultural backgrounds are also taken advantage of in the learning process.

Work placement

No work placement is included in the planned learning activities. BTH is aiming for a close contact with the surrounding community when developing courses and programmes.

Teachers

Time allocation

On average, a student should study 200 hours to reach the learning outcomes.
This time includes all the various available learning activities (lectures, self studies, examinations, etc.).
This estimation is based on the fact that one academic year counts as 60 ECTS credits,
corresponding to an average student workload of 1 600 hours. This may vary individually.

Assessments

Grading

The course will be graded G Pass, UX Insufficient, supplementation required, U Fail.

Exams

Course Evaluation

The course manager is responsible for the views of students on the course being systematically and regularly gathered and that the results of the evaluations in various forms affect the form and development of the course.