Environmental Risk Management (5 cr)

Learning outcomes

The student is able to:
- define environmental risk management compliance requirements, best practices and apply those
- define environmental threats and analyse their impact to organisations’ operations
- assess and manage environmental risks
- create environmental risk management procedures and guidelines

Teaching methods

This course is a fully automated MOOC implementation consisting of six modules, including orientation. The learning platform is Canvas. The objective of this course is that the student is able to:
- define and apply environmental risk management requirements and best practices;
- identify environmental threats and their impact on the activities of organisations;
- assess and manage environmental risks - create operating models and guidelines for environmental risk management;

Each module has tasks and a short exam, which you can successfully complete to move on to the next module. At the end of the course, there is still a final assignment that will put all the topics into line.

Exam schedules

The course will be completed according to the student's own schedule for the period 01.03.2022 - 31.07.2022.

Completion alternatives

According to the degree regulations “all students are entitled to demonstrate their competence. The recognition and accreditation of prior competence is initiated by the students themselves. The competence is recognised and accredited by the teacher responsible for the module or study unit or another person designated by the director of the UAS unit. The assessment is carried out according to the same criteria and grading scale as that adopted for the corresponding study unit.” For further information visit Students Intra.

Student workload

One credit corresponds to an average of 26.7 hours of work done by the student.

Content scheduling

The course consists of orientation and five modules as follows:
1. Key regulation
2. Environmental management and risk management
3. Sustainable development
4. Chemical safety and emission control
5. Final task

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

Before enrolling to this study unit, you should have adequate competence of safety, security and risk management, which you can acquire for example by completing study unit HT00BN79 Basics of Corporate Safety, Security and Risk Management (10 cr) or TO00BS57 Basic Theory of Corporate Safety, Security and Risk Management (5 cr) at Open University of Applied Sciences

Further information

The implementation is a pilot and is aimed at students in safety and risk management training. After feedback on the implementation, the necessary changes will be made and published a wider range of students. A feedback link can be found on the e-form in the last module.