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Master's Degree Programme in Urban Sustainability

Tutkinto:
Tekniikan ylempi ammattikorkeakoulututkinto

Tutkintonimike:
Insinööri (ylempi AMK)

Laajuus:
60 op

Master of Engineering, Urban Sustainability 24K, online studies
Tunnus
(TLTIYURS24KV)
Master of Engineering, Urban Sustainability 23K, online studies
Tunnus
(TLTIYURS23KV)
Master of Engineering, Urban Sustainability 21S, Lahti
Tunnus
(YURS21SLTI)
Master of Engineering, Urban Sustainability, Lahti
Tunnus
(YURS20SLTI)
Ilmoittautumisaika

06.05.2024 - 30.08.2024

Ajoitus

01.08.2024 - 31.12.2024

Opintopistemäärä

5 op

Virtuaaliosuus

5 op

Toteutustapa

Etäopetus

Yksikkö

Teknologia (LAB)

Toimipiste

Verkkokampus, Lahti

Opetuskielet
  • Englanti
Koulutus
  • Master's Degree Programme in Urban Sustainability
  • Tekniikan koulutus (ylempi AMK), Kestävä kaupunkiympäristö
Opettaja
  • Alexandra Maksheeva
  • Paul Carroll
Opetusryhmät
  • Online lectures (Koko: 0. Avoin AMK: 0.)
Ryhmät
  • TLTIYURS24KV
    Master's Degree Programme in Urban Sustainability 24KV Lahti
  • TLTIYKKY24KV
    Kestävä kaupunkiympäristö (YAMK) 24KV Lahti
Pienryhmät
  • Online lectures

Osaamistavoitteet

The student
- is able to describe the main principles of circular economy and identifies the importance of resource efficiency as a part of the concept of circular economy
- is able to demonstrate the life cycle analysis and its principles
- is able to evaluate the environmental impacts of products and processes during their life cycle and develops opportunities to decrease them
- is able to analyse and identify means to improve material and energy efficiency in different environments and urban areas

Ajoitus ja läsnäolo

Autumn 2024

Oppimateriaali ja suositeltava kirjallisuus

The course material will be available on the course platform.

Toteutuksen valinnaiset suoritustavat

Compensatory tasks should be agreed with the tutoring teacher.

Uusintamahdollisuudet

To be announced at the beginning of the course.

Sisältö

- Principles of the circular economy (CE)
- Difference and interdependence between technical and biological cycles
- CE in chemistry
- Enterprise CE activities and responsibility

Lisätietoja opiskelijalle: mm. edeltävä osaaminen

No prerequisites required

Arviointiasteikko

1-5

Hylätty (0)

Required assignments are not delivered or they are inadequate, or they are not submitted during the course implementation.
Assessment results are less than 50% of the total points.

Arviointikriteerit: taso 1: (arviointiasteikko 1-5)

The student
- knows the principles of the circular economy (CE)
- knows the differences and interdependence between technical and biological cycles
- understands the principles of chemistry and its role in CE
- is able to analyse an enterprise's responsibility from the CE perspective

Arviointikriteerit: taso 3 (arviointiasteikko 1-5)

The student
- knows the principles of the circular economy (CE) and is able to discuss them
- knows the differences and interdependence between technical and biological cycles and is able to point out examples
- understands the principles of chemistry and its role in CE, and is able to explain a case/cases
- is able to analyse an enterprise's responsibility from the CE approach and justify opinions on it

Arviointikriteerit: taso 5 (arviointiasteikko 1-5)

The student
- knows the principles of the circular economy (CE) and is able to discuss about them, express opinions in an analytical way
- knows the differences and interdependence between technical and biological cycles and is able to provide details about examples
- understands the principles of chemistry and role in the CE and is able to explain a case/cases with deep knowledge
- is able to analyse an enterprise's responsibility from the CE perspective and justify opinions using relevant literature sources

Ilmoittautumisaika

06.05.2024 - 30.08.2024

Ajoitus

01.08.2024 - 31.12.2024

Opintopistemäärä

5 op

Virtuaaliosuus

5 op

Toteutustapa

Etäopetus

Yksikkö

Teknologia (LAB)

Toimipiste

Verkkokampus, Lahti

Opetuskielet
  • Englanti
Paikat

5 - 25

Koulutus
  • Master's Degree Programme in Urban Sustainability
  • Tekniikan koulutus (ylempi AMK), Kestävä kaupunkiympäristö
Opettaja
  • Eeva Aarrevaara
Ryhmät
  • TLTIYURS24KV
    Master's Degree Programme in Urban Sustainability 24KV Lahti
  • TLTIYKKY24KV
    Kestävä kaupunkiympäristö (YAMK) 24KV Lahti

Osaamistavoitteet

The student is able to
- understand the main features about the history of the cities
- identify and define different values in urban built environment as well as means to preserve them
- understand important international treaties and national legislation protecting valuable environments as well as the meaning of international organisations in preservation
- present case examples to demonstrate the variability of built heritage and means to preserve it (for example town planning, local participation of civil society, renovation)

Toteutustapa ja opetusmenetelmät

The course is carried out virtually, containing virtual lectures, learning materials in Moodle and individual courseworks. Finnish students can submit their courseworks in Finnish.

Ajoitus ja läsnäolo

The course will be available on 20th September in Moodle. The duration of the course is until 15th December. Submission of the courseworks is scheduled in Moodle.

Oppimateriaali ja suositeltava kirjallisuus

Learning materials are introduced and listed in Moodle.

Toteutuksen valinnaiset suoritustavat

No other options.

Oppimisympäristö

The course is availble in Moodle which contains all the information.

Sisältö

The main topics in the course are the following viewpoints:

• Understanding how the values of urban environment are understood and defined.
• How to enhance preservation in international and national levels
• The opportunities to protect valuable built environments in challenging situations
• Evaluate different processes of preservation through case studies and analyse the roles and impacts of different stakeholders in them.
• Develop ideas by which methods the preservation of urban environment can be carried out in different case studies.

Lisätietoja opiskelijalle: mm. edeltävä osaaminen

Bachelor degree, no other requirements.

Arviointimenetelmät

Accepted courseworks.

Arviointiasteikko

1-5

Hylätty (0)

Courseworks not meeting the requirements or missing.

Ilmoittautumisaika

06.05.2024 - 30.08.2024

Ajoitus

01.08.2024 - 31.12.2024

Opintopistemäärä

5 op

Virtuaaliosuus

5 op

Toteutustapa

Etäopetus

Yksikkö

Teknologia (LAB)

Toimipiste

Verkkokampus, Lahti

Opetuskielet
  • Suomi
Koulutus
  • Master's Degree Programme in Urban Sustainability
Opettaja
  • Eeva Aarrevaara
  • Paul Carroll
Opetusryhmät
  • Online lectures (Koko: 0. Avoin AMK: 0.)
Ryhmät
  • TLTIYURS24KV
    Master's Degree Programme in Urban Sustainability 24KV Lahti
Pienryhmät
  • Online lectures

Osaamistavoitteet

Student
- is able to describe the different characteristics of a sustainable society and learns to search for and critically evaluate related professional and scientific source material
- gets acquainted with the research and development methods applied in the subject area and practices their use
- understands the requirements of the content required for the thesis and prepares the research plan of the thesis

Toteutustapa ja opetusmenetelmät

Lectures, courseworks and seminars according to a separate program.

Ajoitus ja läsnäolo

Implementation during the autumn semester from September to early December, virtual contact days according TimeEdit.

Oppimateriaali ja suositeltava kirjallisuus

Available in Moodle.

Toteutuksen valinnaiset suoritustavat

No alternative performances.

Työelämäyhteistyö

The course contains assignments connected with working life based projects and competences.

Oppimisympäristö

Learning environment contains Moodle and online lectures.

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

The time and load of the course is 5 x 27 hours of which about 80% is independent work.

Sisältö

The course introduces current research and development work in the field in Finland and internationally. In addition, different types of research methods in the built environment and key concepts are introduced. The students are introduced the theses carried out in Urban Sustainability program and the projects are evaluated critically. The student acquires the ability to search for and use source material related to his or her thesis topic.The contents of an individual research plan are introduced.

Lisätietoja opiskelijalle: mm. edeltävä osaaminen

No preliminary competencies required.

Arviointimenetelmät

Courseworks and presentations need to be acceptable.

Arviointiasteikko

1-5

Hylätty (0)

Assignments don´t fulfill the criteria of the course.

Arviointikriteerit: taso 1: (arviointiasteikko 1-5)

Student
- identifies the principles related to the preparation of the thesis
- is able to present a supervised research plan for the thesis
- is able to use source materials and research methods with the assistance of supervision
- is able to use professional source material
- is able to utilize the key principles of scientific writing with the assistance of supervision

Arviointikriteerit: taso 3 (arviointiasteikko 1-5)

Student
- is able to identify and present the principles related to the preparation of a thesis
- is able to prepare a feasible research plan for the thesis
- is able to evaluate to some extent source materials and research methods
- is able to use scientific and professional source material
- is able to make partial use of the key principles of scientific writing

Arviointikriteerit: taso 5 (arviointiasteikko 1-5)

Student
- is able to critically identify and present the principles related to the preparation of a thesis
- is able to draw up an independent and feasible research plan for the thesis
- is able to critically evaluate possible source materials and research methods
- is able to successfully use international and scientific as well as professional source materials
- masters the basic principles of scientific writing

Ilmoittautumisaika

06.05.2024 - 30.08.2024

Ajoitus

01.08.2024 - 31.12.2024

Opintopistemäärä

5 op

Virtuaaliosuus

5 op

Toteutustapa

Etäopetus

Yksikkö

Teknologia (LAB)

Toimipiste

Verkkokampus, Lahti

Opetuskielet
  • Englanti
Koulutus
  • Master's Degree Programme in Urban Sustainability
Opettaja
  • Eeva Aarrevaara
  • Juha Poskela
  • Paul Carroll
Opetusryhmät
  • Online lectures (Koko: 0. Avoin AMK: 0.)
Ryhmät
  • TLTIYURS24KV
    Master's Degree Programme in Urban Sustainability 24KV Lahti
Pienryhmät
  • Online lectures

Osaamistavoitteet

The student is able to
- analyze and discuss contemporary phenomenons like urbanization and urban sprawl, transitions in urban areas and collaboration of professionals and stakeholders
- evaluate recent development and planning processes, their management and arrangement of participation in the processes
- reflect environmental issues from the professional point of view
- develop applications from theoretical background into practical situations

Toteutustapa ja opetusmenetelmät

The course contains lectures, group work and student presentations. Lectures deal with the topics defined in the goals of the course. The course has own Moodle implementation. Course tasks are a pre course task before the contact days, working during the contact days and final courseworks. The course contains four virtual contact meetings.

Ajoitus ja läsnäolo

There is an opportunity to follow the lectures online or listen the lecture recordings afterwards. If the student is not able to participate any contact days, it should be discussed with the teacher before the contact days.

Oppimateriaali ja suositeltava kirjallisuus

Study material will be specified in Moodle.

Toteutuksen valinnaiset suoritustavat

Alternative ways of performance have to be discussed and agreed with the responsible teacher.

Työelämäyhteistyö

Visiting lecturers from working life are visiting the contact days.

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

The student has to work before the contact days and after them. The total amount of hours is 5 x 27 hours.

Sisältö

The student is able to
- analyze and discuss contemporary phenomena like urbanization and urban sprawl, transitions in
urban areas and collaboration of professionals and stakeholders
- evaluate recent development and planning processes, their management and arrangement of participation in the processes
- reflect environmental issues from the professional point of view
- develop applications from theoretical background into practical situations

Lisätietoja opiskelijalle: mm. edeltävä osaaminen

Bachelor degree is demanded.

Arviointimenetelmät

Activity of the student in the course, given assignments.

Arviointiasteikko

1-5

Hylätty (0)

Courseworks have not been submitted or they don´t meet the requirements given.

Arviointikriteerit: taso 1: (arviointiasteikko 1-5)

Student
- Is able to describe what sustainable and smart solutions mean in urban environments
- is able to collect and evaluate information of research and technologies adaptable in urban environment
- is able to produce a case study or an implementation concerning sustainable and smart solutions in practical situations

Arviointikriteerit: taso 3 (arviointiasteikko 1-5)

Student
- Is able to describe and analyse sustainable and smart solutions in urban environments
- is able to collect and evaluate international information of research and technologies adaptable in urban environment
- is able to produce a qualified case study or an implementation concerning sustainable and smart solutions in practical situations

Arviointikriteerit: taso 5 (arviointiasteikko 1-5)

Student
- Is able to describe and analyse critically sustainable and smart solutions in urban environments
- is able to collect and evaluate critically international information of research and technologies adaptable in urban environment and their strategical meaning
- is able to produce a qualified case study or an implementation concerning sustainable and smart solutions in practical situations and evaluate its impacts