A Sustainable Future: Transdisciplinary Practices, 15 credits
Academic year 2021/2022
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Autumn 2021, 50%, Campus
Start date: 30 August 2021
End date: 16 January 2022
Application deadline: 15 April 2021
Application code: UU-18262 Application
Language of instruction: English
Location: Visby
Selection: Final school grades (67%) - Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (33%)
Entry requirements: General entry requirements
Fees:
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application or tuition fees. Formal exchange students will be exempted from tuition fees, as well as the application fee. Read more about fees.
Application fee: SEK 900
Tuition fee, first semester: SEK 32,500
Tuition fee, total: SEK 32,500
Please note: The course is suitable to study along with the course A Sustainable Future: Theory and Transdisciplinary Visions, that runs concurrently, to get the opportunity to work with theory and practice in tandem.
About the course
This course provides a practical entry point to real-world sustainability challenges through literature drawn from natural and social sciences and the humanities, from interdisciplinary theory, and from insights into cases of complex sustainability issues and social movements around the world. The course highlights and problematises the major relevant critical perspectives on sustainability and aims to go beyond simplified notions of sustainability. There is a strong focus on building collaborations with local communities with the aim of creating projects that are solutions-oriented. The course is suitable to study along with the course A Sustainable Future: Theory and Transdisciplinary Visions.