
Sustainable Development Study Module (OPEN UNI)
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Study fee consists of the study fee of the single courses. Some of the courses are free of charge.
Education information
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
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
- 766383A Climate.now, 5 cr
Optional courses in English:
- 756347A Conservation of Biodiversity, 5 cr
- KE00AQ67 (Eco)critical sustainability, 5 cr (NEW!)
- 790346A Nature conservation: a geographic perspective, 5 cr
- 417144P Gender equality as a diverse phenomenon, 5 cr (NEW!)
- 790161A Tourism, development and sustainability, 5 c
The links to the course pages will be updated soon.
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. Further information and a form to request the compilation of the studies are on the Open University study instructions webpage
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Academic Year 2025-2026
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