Health and Environment, 5 cr

Tampere University

Description
Completion options

Teaching periods

Course code

PGH.104

Language of instruction

English, Finnish

Academic years

2021–2022, 2022–2023, 2023–2024

Level of study

Advanced studies

Grading scale

General scale, 0-5

Persons responsible

Responsible teacher:

Jutta Pulkki

Contact-info:

Meri Koivusalo

Contact-info:

Tarja Kinnunen

Responsible organisation

Faculty of Social Sciences 100 %

Coordinating organisation

Health Sciences Studies 100 %

Common learning outcomes

International outlook and global responsibility

Sustainable development

-Local and global environments and their impact on health

-Ecological changes, such as climate change and biodiversity loss, and the key drivers

-Policy initiatives and strategies to prevent and mitigate damaging changes in local and global environments and the health consequences

-Assessing health and environmental impact

-Key concepts, including Planetary health, One Health, EcoHealth, planetary boundaries, environmental and ecological determinants of health, sustainable food system

Learning outcomes

Further information

Learning material

Equivalences

Studies that include this course

Completion option 1

The course consists of lectures, flipped classroom sessions, groupwork and presentations, and an exam.

Participation in teaching

Lectures (English)

08.03.2022 – 01.05.2022

Completion option 2

Independent work, exam.

Independent study

Independent project (English)

01.05.2022 – 30.06.2022