Sustainable Development, 3.0 credits

Entry requirements

Entry requirement for studies on third-cycle education courses

• second-cycle degree,
  
  
  
• 240 credits in required courses, including at least 60 second-cycle
  
  credits, or
  
  
  
• acquisition of equivalent knowledge in some other manner.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course the students will be able to:

• Give an overall description of the United N's 17 sustainability goals within Agenda 2030 and exemplify interrelations
• Identifiera en utmaning med att uppnå hållbarhetsmål inom Agenda 2030 samt analysera detta problemområde med utgångspunkt från temporala/ kulturella/geografiska perspektiv
• Explain how the student’s own or a related research field is affected by Agenda 2030

• Obtain, interpret and compile information from scientific literature and the surrounding society, relevant to a defined problem area within Agenda2030
• Identify different perspectives of an Agenda 2030 challenge, based on information from relevant sources
• Use different presentation techniques to communicate goals related to Agenda 2030
• Communicate the result of a project related to sustainable development in English, both in writing and orally
• Analyze and scientifically discuss aspects of sustainable development within the student’s own or a related research field

• Highlight the student’s own and others' values in relation to the societal challenges in Agenda 2030
• Relate to value conflicts from different perspectives and possible solutions within an identified problem area.
• Analyze the values that create conflicts of interest regarding sustainability issues within the student’s own or a related research field

Contents

The course is based on the UN's 17 sustainability goals and the course participants carry out in-depth group work within one of the goals, and broaden their knowledge in other sustainability goals by becoming familiar with the work of other groups.

Interprofessional communication skills are trained and each course participant's specific skills should be integrated into the studies. The course includes project work with links to locally relevant social problems connected to Agenda 2030.

In addition, in-depth studies of sustainability issues in the student’s own research area are included.

Educational methods

The pedagogical approach applied at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences is student centered, problem-based learning (PBL). The student takes responsibility for his/her own learning and seeks and evaluates information and knowledge based on own queries and formulated problems. The role of the teacher is to guide and support the students.

Examination

Examination takes place through continuous written and oral reporting in English individually and in groups: individually reporting the progress, and finally a compilation and group presentation at the oral examination session attended by all students at the course.

Students who fail are offered one re-examination occasion in close connection to the course. After that participation in a coming course examination is offered. The re-examination should be equally comprehensive as the ordinary examination.

Grading

Course literature

A list of recommended literature will be provided by the course coordinator before

the start of the course.

General information

The course is planned and carried out according to what is stated in this syllabus. Course evaluation, analysis and suggestions for improvement should be fed back to the Research and PhD studies Committee (FUN) by the course coordinator.