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Glocal Challenges and Applied Approaches to Sustainable Development, 15 Higher education credits

Glokala utmaningar och tillämpad hållbar utveckling, 15 Högskolepoäng

Established: 2023-01-18

Established by: School of Business, Economics and IT

Applies from: H23

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course the student will be able to:

Knowledge and understanding

• describe and reflect on glocal challenges and interrelations between them
• discuss possible strategies and other tools for dealing with glocal challenges

Competence and skills

• identify stakeholders affected by glocal challenges
• apply strategies and other tools to address glocal challenges based on economic, social and ecological dimensions of sustainable development
• formulate suggestions on how glocal challenges can be handled in a sustainable way

Judgement and approach

• evaluate different perspectives on global challenges from a sustainability perspective
• assess different strategies and other tools for managing global challenges from a sustainability perspective
• reflect on ethical aspects in dealing with glocal challenges

Entry requirements

General entry requirements

The forms of assessment of student performance

The course is examined through written assignments and oral presentations.

Course contents

Glocal challenges can be understood as a perspective on development and change where the interaction between challenges on a global and local level is in focus. The approach is based on the premise that glocal challenges, such as climate change or a pandemic, need to be addressed both at a comprehensive international level, together between nations, but also at local level in different countries, cities, governments, companies and between individuals.

The course aims to provide an overview of glocal challenges. It also provides in-depth knowledge of how glocal challenges are managed at a global level and how strategies and other tools can be used to deal with global challenges in local contexts. The course focuses on sustainable development and discusses economic, social and ecological dimensions of sustainability and how these can be taken into account when dealing with glocal challenges. The course is based on an economic perspective on global challenges, but is supplemented with knowledge from other social science fields such as political science, business administration, informatics, media and design.

Teaching takes place on campus through lectures, seminars and workshops. Students meet representatives from public and private organizations who work actively with issues related to glocal challenges. The course devotes special interest to apply WIL (Work Integrated Learning) for sustainable development in collaboration with society. The course requires active participation in conversations and written work.

Other regulations

Course grading: F/Fx/E/D/C/B/A - Insufficient, Insufficient- more work required before the credit can be awarded, Sufficient, Satisfactory, Good, Very Good, Excellent

Course language: The teaching is conducted in English.

General rules pertaining to examination at University West are available at www.hv.se.

If the student has a decision/recommendation on special support due to disability, the examiner has the right to examine the student in a customized examination form.

Cycle

First cycle

Progressive specialization

G1N - first cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements

Main field of study

Economics