We have put together courses that provide the latest researched information on climate change and sustainable development.
The contents of the courses are
Examples of the themes and topics of the courses included in this thematic entity
Some courses do not feature any prerequisites and are suited to students in all disciplines.
You will learn to look at climate change and sustainability challenges from many different perspectives - and learn to find solutions.
The thematic entity of Climate Change consists of several different courses. If you wish, you can complete either all of the courses or just individual courses according to your own interests and needs.
You can complete either all of the courses or just individual courses according to your own interests and needs.
Compulsory courses: ATM302 Climate.now and ATM 378 Sustainable.now
You can choose one or more of the optional courses.
Optional courses: ATM379 SystemsChange.now, ATM380 Solutions.now, MAAT-051Circular.now/Kiertotalous.nyt, ATM373 Leadership for sustainable change and ATM308 Statistical tools for climate and atmospheric science.
See below the courses that belong to study module Climate University:
What everyone needs to know about climate change? Climate.now is a course on the basics of climate system, its change and effects of the change, how to mitigate and adapt to changing climate.
After completing the course you know sustainable development as a political and normative concept and recognize its ecological, social, economic and cultural dimension and the connections and contradictions associated with them.
The course is part of Master’s Programme in Atmospheric Sciences.
Systems thinking is necessary to comprehend the implications of climate change and other global challenges and relate them to changes in the Earth system and human eco-social systems.
Course schedule: spring 2023 (the study programme will be published in the fall 2022)
In the course you will learn how to be able to mitigate and solve sustainability problems and to understand structure and dynamics of complex systems related to solving sustainability challenges in a real-life project.
Develop an overall image of the circular economy and understand its basic principles.
Leadership for sustainable change is a course about sustainable world and how to get there.
Statistical tools for climate and atmospheric science introduces you to basic statistical methods for analyzing atmospheric and climate measurement data
Kaikille ilmastokysymyksistä kiinnostuneille soveltuva tutustumiskurssi. Oppimisen tavoitteena on, että opiskelija hallitsee perusteet ilmastonmuutoksesta luonnontieteellisenä ilmiönä sekä sen hillinnästä ja siihen sopeutumisesta.
Tätä kurssia ei voi liittää Climate University kokonaisuuteen!
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