Warmly welcome to this online course (in English) that start in November 2024 and ends in January 2025. The purpose is for the students to acquire basic knowledge of strategic sustainable development, which then enables participation in some other SSD-related courses at BTH.

The course contains a background on un-sustainability, sustainability and sustainable development, strategic thinking and planning in the context of sustainable development. It also contains a science-based definition of ecological and social sustainability, and how that can be applied to create sustainability transformations. Further information about learning entry requirements, learning outcomes, and examinations can be found in the course syllabus. 

Click on the icons below to arrive at respective module in the course.

Examinations:

The course is self-paced to enable students to learn about module 1-4 at an individual pace, and ends with a quiz and a reflective assignment, both to be passed (max 3 attempts) before starting the next module. Module 5 ends with oral exams in groups of three students in week 50 and 51 (re-exams in week 2). There will be time-slots available in Canvas calendar and more info posted later on how to sign up for these time-slots.

Learning activities:

This is a mostly self-paced, asynchronous course, which implies that the learning activities in the course include video and reading material, as well as asynchronous discussion via a discussion forum. There will be individual assignments in the form of quizzes and discussion submission, as well as a live conversation/discussion with a small group of peers and teachers. Additionally, there will be two (not mandatory) open office hours per week with teachers. The first two in week 45 (the 4th at 8.30-9.30, and the 5th at 16.30-17.30) will also be course welcoming sessions, and we will have these open office hours sessions the same days and times until week 51. We will use BTH Zoom workplace license for online meetings and the room https://bth.zoom.us/j/64054266324 for online sessions.

Please take the code of honor survey (click on the handshake figure) before starting the course

Sven Borén is the course responsible and Merlina Missimer is the examiner. Check out the page for further information about the teachers in the course.