Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- explain the concept of social responsibility and social innovation
- learn to recognize opportunities to solve societal problems with innovations and understand their impact
- apply different tools to design sustainable innovations together with the (future) beneficiaries

Teaching methods

Lectures, group work, individual work

Location and time

Contact sessions at Laurea Leppävaara campus:
Day 1: Saturday 18.4.2020 at 9-16.30
Day 2: Thursday 7.5.2020 at 9-16.30
The participation to the contact sessions is compulsory.

Learning materials and recommended literature

Literature list will be provided later.

Co-operation with working life and/or RDI

Project work for a client.

Forms of internationality

International student group.

Students workload

5 ects credits = 135 hours (1 credit = 27 hours of work)

Further information for students

This course is only for the students who make their master's degree.

Grading scale

H-5

Evaluation methods and criteria

Evaluation methods and criteria will be discussed in the first contact session.

Evaluation criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Grade 1 - Student is able
Knowledge base: To gather, process, produce and evaluate information widely. To use concepts of the area of expertise systematically.
Problem solving: To solve problems in research, development and/or innovation activities.
Development: To recognise and analyse focuses of development making use of the knowledge base.
Communication: To communicate clearly both orally and in writing.

Evaluation criteria, good (3-4)

Grade 3 - Student is able
Knowledge base: To gather, process, produce and evaluate information critically and widely making use of both national and international scientific sources. To use concepts of the area of expertise fairly.
Problem solving: To solve problems in research, development and/or innovation activities by applying and combining information from different fields.
Development: To create target-oriented, justified development plans considering the community.
Communication: To communicate in a competent, clear and consistent manner both orally and in writing.

Evaluation criteria, excellent (5)

Grade 5 - Student is able
Knowledge base: To create a consistent framework/knowledge base making use of both national and international scientific sources in a critical analytic fashion.
Problem solving: To solve demanding problems in research, development and/or innovation activities where new knowledge and competence is created as well as to apply and combine information from different fields.
Development: To develop the activities of the competence area in a target-oriented and communal fashion.
Communication: To communicate convincingly both orally and in writing to audiences within and exterior to the field.