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: Thursday 4.4.2019 at 9-16.30
Day 2: Friday 5.4.2019 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. Collaboration with Swinburne University, Australia.

Students workload

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

Further information for students

The instructors of the course are Melanie Wendland and Rose Matthews.
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.