Micro-credential in Sustainability
Provider
UNA EUROPA
Creator
KU Leuven, Belgium University of Helsinki, Finland Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France Free University of Berlin, Germany University College Dublin, Ireland University of Bologna, Italy Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland Complutense University of Madrid, Spain University of Zurich, Switzerland Leiden University, The Netherlands University of Edinburgh, UK
Partner
UITM
Hei category
Green skills courses
Quote
Cutting-edge courses and programmes to give you the skills you need to embrace the opportunities of today – and the confidence to tackle the challenges of tomorrow.
Languages
English
Url initiative
https://www.una-europa.eu/study/microcredential-sustainability#content
Resources
Available resources include online materials, textbooks and engaging exercises.
Url resources
https://www.una-europa.eu/study/microcredential-sustainability/courses#content
Target audience
Students, Teachers
Type of initiative
Course
Thematic focus
Sustainable development as a concept, Environmental Education and Awareness, Climate Change Mitigation, Biodiversity Conservation, Policy and Governance, Community Engagement and Outreach, Social and Political Role of Art in the Ecological Crisis
Green skill specificity level
Transversal, Domain Specific for Arts
Location
Online Mooc
Content
The Micro-credential programme consists of 5 MOOCs 1. Introduction to Sustainability 3 ECTS 2. Climate.now 2 ECTS 3. Biodiversity.now 2 ECTS 4. Political Economy of Sustainability 2 ECTS 5. Sustainability and the Arts 1 ECTS
Duration
Total duration of the initiative depends on a student own learning path (around 250 hours / 6 weeks)
Cost
The course is free for students of Una Europa partner universities, Climate University, and Biodiversity Education Network. For students outside these institutions - fee apply
Creator role
Consortium
Contact email
una.europa@helsinki.fi
Funded by
European Commission under the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union; funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme and co-funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ Programme’s European Universities Initiative.
Recommendations
The course critically discusses the concepts of sustainability, responds to the demands of green transition (including general and transversal skills), offers a flexible way to supplement the degree from any discipline with research-based knowledge (as a module of the masters’ programme).