SSUMS25HKI Planetary Health (5cr)
Code: SSU0005B23S-3003
General information
- Enrollment
- 03.03.2025 - 30.03.2025
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.10.2025 - 31.10.2025
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 4 cr
- Virtual portion
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- Terveys- ja kirkonala
- Campus
- Helsinki
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 0 - 50
- Teachers
- Margarita Sakilayan-Latvala
- Paula Ropponen
- Course
- SSU0005B23S
Realization has 2 reservations. Total duration of reservations is 5 h 30 min.
| Time | Topic | Location |
|---|---|---|
|
Wed 27.08.2025 time 14:00 - 15:30 (1 h 30 min) |
SSU Planetary Health BIP, Information session for Diak students |
Zoom
|
|
Wed 01.10.2025 time 10:00 - 14:00 (4 h 0 min) |
SSU Planetary Health BIP, Online Kick-off |
Zoom
|
Evaluation scale
0-5
Objective
After completing this course, the student is able to
- understand and apply the framework of planetary health into real-world scenarios
- collaborate in an interdisciplinary, inter-university team, which will facilitate a mutual learning exchange within the team members’ own contexts.
- develop solutions to selected issues/problems and analyze the feasibility of these solutions.
- reflect on the ways planetary health framework can be applied to their own disciplines as well as reflect on their own professional development.
Content
The course is designed for students interested in exploring the intersections between health care, social services and sustainability. The course will enable the students to examine and show the connections between human health and the political, economic, and social systems, as well as the natural systems of our planet through the transdisciplinary framework of planetary health.
Qualifications
Minimum B1 English