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There is no exam on this course. The grading is based on tasks/assignments. All assignments must be submitted by the deadline. If you do not meet the deadline, you will get one grade lower from that task that you would otherwise. All assignments have to be returned by the end of the course, unless otherwise agreed with the teacher before the end of the implementation. If you want to ask for this, contact the main responsible teacher (Piia Nurmi) before the end of the course. In this kind of a case your course grade will be one number lower than otherwise. If you do not take contact before the end of the course, you cannot pass the course. Assessment basis Self and peer assessment 30% Teacher assessment 40% Client assessment 30%

Solutions.now is a project course where students can take their expertise in sustainability and climate change into action by offering solutions for real-life challenges presented by companies or other employers/organisations. Students from several universities work together with their project in multidisciplinary groups in connection with the company. The course offers possibilities for students and as well for the companies to make a difference by inventing new, more sustainable solutions. Also for a teacher it is exciting to be involved as a mentor in this process and to be able to follow and support the projects.

The course is 5 ECTS, so the workload is 135 hours altogether. There will be online lectures and course work on some selected Tuesday evenings during that 9-week period (15 hours). Other work (120 hours) on the course will also be online, but you can do those in your own time and in groups regarding the assignment.

The overarching learning goal is being able to mitigate and solve sustainability problems. Learning takes place in a variety of ways: by self-study but also by learning from peers. Key competences developed on the course: 1. Creativity competence: Having completed the course, the student is able to combine knowledge from different fields to come up with novel solutions to sustainability problems. Student is familiar with different creative problem-solving tools. 2. Initiative competence: This project course is a flexible model for learning that does not offer straightforward answers but motivates the students to work towards goals and take responsibility of their work and learning. 3. Systems thinking competence: Having completed the course, the student is able to understand structure and dynamics of complex systems related to solving sustainability challenges in a real-life project. Student can describe given sustainability challenges from multiple perspectives. Students have improved their critical thinking. 4. Strategic competence: Having completed the course, the student is able to create transition and intervention strategies to enact change. Student understands the basic principles of project management and can plan and lead a project from beginning to end. Student feels comfortable using different project management tools and understands the basics of working with companies and other stakeholders. Student is able to reflect on, and deal with, possible risks. Student is able to manage expectations and anticipated results of projects. 5. Interpersonal competence: After the course, the student has developed his/her communicative and collaborative skills. Student is able to organize and manage working in a multi-disciplinary team of individuals. Student understands the basics of projects’ internal and external communications. Student can apply collaborative working methods in his/her work.

Innovation pedagogy. This means that learning takes place in a variety of ways: by self-study but also by learning from peers. This is a flexible model for learning that does not offer straightforward answers but motivates the students to work towards goals and take responsibility for their work and learning. The study methods consist of work in multi-disciplinary student teams, each of which is dedicated to a sustainability challenge presented by the company, students’ independent work, mentoring sessions, and joint meetings of the course. The course is implemented completely online. The course does not have any traditional lectures, but it provides self-study materials on the learning platform and includes a learning diary task that allows students to analyze what they have learned. USE OF AI: Artificial intelligence (AI) instructions for the course can be found on the Digicampus platform. The main rules are: - Use AI responsibly. The author is always responsible for the output. - Pay attention to ethical principles. The content produced by artificial intelligence may be biased and strengthen stereotypes. - Do not give secret, confidential or personal data to be processed by AI tools. - Students may use AI services for brainstorming, building the knowledge base and information search, but cannot replace your own thinking. Earlier publications must not be plagiarized, and the presented statements must be either justified, or they must have a reference. Students shall always use first-hand sources, keeping criticism of source in mind, and check the rights to use concerning the original source. If using AI, students must state it.

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