Social Innovation and Social Responsibility (5cr)
Code: A9311-HYA21821
General information
- Enrollment
- 26.11.2018 - 06.01.2019
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 07.01.2019 - 21.06.2019
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- RDI proportion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Campus
- Laurea Leppävaara
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 15 - 35
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Service Innovation and Design (HYA2), Laurea Leppävaara
- Teachers
- Virpi Kaartti
- Melanie Wendland
- Study unit
- A9311
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
Time and location
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.
Student workload
5 ects credits = 135 hours (1 credit = 27 hours of work)
Further information
The instructors of the course are Melanie Wendland and Rose Matthews.
This course is only for the students who make their master's degree.
Evaluation scale
H-5