From the Forest to the final Market (5 cr)
Code: AT00CY82-3005
General information
Enrollment
03.03.2025 - 30.09.2025
Timing
17.03.2025 - 30.09.2025
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
- Summer studies (in Finnish)
Teachers
- Ilkka Tarvainen
Groups
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TLABTO24H
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TLTIAVOVWU25KOpen UAS, Virtual Wood University, spring 2025, Lahti
Implementation and methods of teaching
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.).
Timing and attendance
10.3.-30.9.2025
Learning material and recommended literature
Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe: State of Europe’s Forests 2020;
Finnish Forest Industries Federation: Handbook of Finnish plywood, 2002;
Learning environment
LAB MOOC
Student time use and work load
About 100 total 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
Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.
none
Assessment criteria
Video about the complete supply chain of an exemplary company in the wood industry (approx. 15-30 minutes)
Achieving 50% will result in pass.
Assessment scale
1-5