Bachelor in Lifelong Learning and Sustainable Development
Joensuu, Finland
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
22 Jan 2025*
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 10,000 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* The next application period will be in January 2025.
** Please note that details regarding tuition fees, tuition waivers, and scholarships for the 2025 intake will be finalized and communicated at the earliest convenience.
Introduction
The Bachelor's program looks at education from the perspective of global education. Global education is a learner-centered approach to foster critical awareness of global challenges and a sustainable way of life. The key concepts are lifelong learning and sustainable development. The degree program is built to be integrated into the native Finnish Bachelor's program. Finnish and international students study the same courses together, which can also be completed in various ways through distance learning.
Some courses in the program are based on project-based learning (PBL) or service-learning, in which studying takes place in co-operation with working-life organizations, including planning, implementing, and developing national and international projects supporting sustainable development and lifelong learning.
Why study with us?
The program gives you an opportunity to learn, in a multicultural and diverse context, how sustainable development can be advanced locally and globally, using innovative out-of-school learning spaces and methods typical of adult and lifelong learning (intergenerational or informal learning, nonformal education, associations, workplaces, organizations, civic movements).
Curriculum
Structure of studies
During their studies, students will be able to create working-life skills and build their own working-life networks. The studies also provide methodological and theoretical skills to analyze and study education as a constructor of individuals and society. This makes it possible to continue studies in one of the university’s international Master's programs.
- Orientation, and language and communication studies (16 ECTS)
- Basic studies in education (25 ECTS)
- Methodological studies (20 ECTS)
- Intermediate subject courses (34 ECTS)
- Minor subject studies: Either a basic and intermediate study combination, or two sets of basic study combinations (50-60 ECTS)
- Other studies: Any university studies or a study unit (25-35 ECTS)
The program does not confer teacher qualifications.
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