Sustainable Development (OPEN UNI)

The Study Module in Sustainable Development consists of a compulsory introduction course Principles of Sustainable Development (5 ECTS) and elective studies (20 ECTS) that you can choose freely from the course selection of the study module. The course selection includes courses both in Finnish and in English. There are also courses in which you can choose either language.

Please check the detailed information of each course. You do not need to study the introduction course as the first course of the study module. Please enroll on those courses that you choose from the course selection of the Study Module in Sustainable Development

Obligatory course:

• NP00AF43 Principles of Sustainable Development, 5 cr (Spring 2026)
  You do not need to study the introduction course as the first course of the study module.

Alternative courses:

• 687363P Humans and Environment, 5 cr (continuing implementation)
• 766383A Climate.now, 5 cr (Fall 2025)

Optional courses in English:

• AY00AM50 Thinking and Talking about Climate, 2 cr (continuing implementation)
• 756347A Conservation of Biodiversity, 5 cr (Spring 2026)
• KE00AQ67 (Eco)critical sustainability, 5 cr NEW! (Spring 2026)
• 790346A Nature conservation: a geographic perspective, 5 cr (continuing implementation)
• 417144P Gender equality as a diverse phenomenon, 5 cr NEW! (Spring 2026)
• 790161A Tourism, development and sustainability, 5 cr (Fall 2025)

After you have studied altogether 25 ECTS from the course selection of the Study Module in Sustainable Development, please ask the compilation of the study module. The minimum scope of the study module is 25 credits, but the scope can also be slightly more than 25. For more information, please visit For Open University students webpage.