Open University: Environment, groups and well-being, autumn 2025
- Credits:
- 5 ECTS credits
- Location:
- -
- Continuous learning category:
- Law and society
- Teaching format:
- Independent learning, Online teaching
- Price:
- 100 € (VAT 0%)
This course is part of the YUFE Skills of the Future Programme.
The course is open for anyone interested in the subject.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will:
- identify phenomena related to environmental social psychology
- understand how group processes and material environment interact with each other and how they interact with individual well-being
- understand how the material environment shapes the group processes
- know how to apply social psychological knowledge to achieve sustainable development goals
Course develops the following generic skills: Digitalization, Internationality, Sustainability and responsibility, Critical thinking.
Course content
Introduction to environmental social psychology. Natural and built environment and group processes. Psychosocial well-being and material environment. Environmental disasters, identities and social support. Global environmental threats and pro environmentalism.
Ways of completing the course:
The course is conducted online in eLearn/Moodle once every academic year. All student groups participate in the same interactive online course which requires active weekly participation.
The course is built on the basis of weekly changing thematic sections, which include online lectures (5 h), study of literature, learning tasks and group discussions.
Time and location
27.10.2025 - 12.12.2025, online
Evaluation criteria
On scale 0 (fail) 5 (excellent).
To pass the course (grade 1) the student must complete the compulsory learning tasks based on lectures and literature in each course section. Grades 2 to 5 additionally require accepted completion of voluntary learning tasks and active participation in group discussions of those tasks.
Further information
The course is organized online and requires students to participate actively on a weekly basis.
A maximum of 10 students from the Open University will be selected.
Teacher
Postdoctoral Researcher Paula Paajanen
Learning materials and recommended literature
All studying materials will be provided through the Moodle platform.
For more information
Registration and other practical matters:
Maarit Kankaanpää ([email protected]), Student Affairs Secretary, UEF Open univeristy
Veera Kiiski ([email protected]), Continuous Learning Specialist, UEF Open University
Content of the studies:
Paula Paajanen ([email protected]) Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
NB! Are you registering for the course through YUFE Skills of the Future Programme? Please, register to the course filling this form.
The course is suitable for anyone interested in the subject.
Register for individual study units. Study units cost 20 e / credit. This price holds for the academic year 2025–2026.
The length of a study right is determined by the length of the study unit so that it covers all teaching and exams. If the study unit has continuous registration, the study right is from 1.8.2025 to 30.7.2025.
For more information on study fees and payment and cancellation terms, please see: Registration, study fees and right to study | University of Eastern Finland (uef.fi).
Literature acquisition costs and borrowing fees are not included in the tuition fee. If your employer is to pay your tuition fee, please contact our Student Affairs Secretary. Contact details below.
The course is available online and can be studied between 27.10.2025 - 12.12.2025.
Open University registration is open 7.8.2025-20.10.2025 at Opintopolku and UEF website.
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