Health and Environment, 5 cr

Tampere University

Teaching periods

Course code

PGH.104

Language of instruction

English, Finnish

Academic years

2024–2025, 2025–2026, 2026–2027

Level of study

Advanced studies

Grading scale

General scale, 0-5

Persons responsible

Responsible teacher:

Jutta Pulkki

Responsible teacher:

Meri Koivusalo

Responsible organisation

Faculty of Social Sciences 100 %

Coordinating organisation

Health Sciences Studies 100 %

Common learning outcomes

International outlook and global responsibility

Sustainable development

-Local and global environments and their impact on health

-Ecological changes, such as climate change and biodiversity loss, and the key drivers

-Policy initiatives and strategies to prevent and mitigate damaging changes in local and global environments and the health consequences

-Assessing health and environmental impact

-Key concepts, including Planetary health, One Health, EcoHealth, planetary boundaries, environmental and ecological determinants of health

Learning outcomes

Further information

Learning material

Studies that include this course

Completion option 1

The course consists of lectures, groupworks and presentations.

07.01.2025 – 23.02.2025

Completion option 2

Independent work, written assingments.

13.05.2024 – 31.08.2024

03.03.2025 – 27.04.2025