What everyone needs to know about climate change? The Climate.now course provides solid scientific background on the basics of the climate system, its change and the effects of the change. The course approaches major questions of climate change through different perspectives, given the complexity and multidisciplinary nature of the phenomena. It also encourages to reflect on one’s role and points out the urgent need for mitigation and adaption to changing climate.
Learning goals:
- Understand climate change from many different perspectives and create connections between them as well as look for solutions for the climate challenge in a variety of ways.
- Reflect on one’s own role in climate change and apply what has been learned on the course to your own field.
- Examine different perspectives, solutions, information sources and the current debate on climate change critically.
Course level: Bachelor
Pre-requisities: No pre-requisities
Scope: 2-5 ECTS
Available languages: English, Finnish, Swedish
Authors: University of Helsinki, LUT University, Aalto University and Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. The course was funded by the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra.
Where to study:
- Häme University of Applied Sciences. Course code: KK00BW09.
- LUT University. Course codes: BH60A5900 / BH60A2601.
- Savonia University of Applied Sciences. Course code: JD00BA30-3001
- Tampere University. Course code: FYS-3300.
- Turku University of Applied Sciences. Course code: TE00BT85.
- University of Eastern Finland (course code 3352703)
- University of Jyväskylä. Course codes: BENA4036 /CEMY5120)
- University of Helsinki. Course codes: ATM302 (5 ECTS) / ATM386 (2 ECTS)
- University of Oulu. Course code: 766383A.
- University of Turku. Course code: MAAN6570.
- MOOC
- Open access materials