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From Europe into the world (5 cr)

Code: AT00CU52-3002

General information


Enrollment

07.11.2022 - 17.02.2023

Timing

07.11.2022 - 17.02.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Unit

Faculty of Technology (LAB)

Campus

E-campus

Teaching languages

  • English

Degree programmes

  • Open studies, technology
  • Complementary competence and optional courses, Bachelors

Teachers

  • Ilkka Tarvainen

Groups

  • TLTIAVOVWU22S
    Open UAS, Virtual Wood University, autumn 2022, Lahti
  • TLABTO22H

Implementation and methods of teaching

Online course

Timing and attendance

10.10.2022-17.2.2023

Learning material and recommended literature

This module consists of seminar-style learning, readings, lectures, tutoring sessions,
independent study, group discussion, group work and web based learning methods
like Podcasts, Video-communication based lectures (Zoom, Microsoft Teams, etc.),
Learning Management Systems (like Moodle), Cloud storage, etc.).

Readings:
Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe: State of Europe’s
Forests 2020;
Finnish Forest Industries Federation: Handbook of Finnish plywood, 2002

Alternative completion methods

Achieving 50% will result in pass

Learning environment

LAB Mooc

Student time use and work load

5 ECTS
5 x 27 hours = about 135 hours

Contents

The lesson plan includes:
- The boreal forests;
- Forests and Forestry in Finland, Sweden, Estonia;
- The temperate deciduous forests;
- Forests and forestry in Germany and Austria;
- European Wood and Wooden products;
- Sawntimber-, Plywood-, Particleboard-, Fibreboard-, Gluelam-, CLT-
production processes;
- Forest Industries in Northern and Central Europe;
- International wood trade from Nordic countries, Germany and Austria

Assessment scale

1-5