In this course, students acquire a solid understanding of what sustainability is, how it may be addressed
in an industrial context, and how a sustainability mindset may contribute to creating value for a company,
its customers and society as a whole.
ML111U Sustainable Transport Systems 2.0 credits
Information per course offering
Information for Spring 2025 Start 18 Feb 2025 contract education
- Course location
KTH Södertälje
- Duration
- 18 Feb 2025 - 20 May 2025
- Periods
- P3 (0.6 hp), P4 (1.4 hp)
- Pace of study
10%
- Application code
61052
- Form of study
Distance Daytime
- Language of instruction
English
- Course memo
- Course memo is not published
- Number of places
10 - 25
- Target group
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- Planned modular schedule
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- Schedule
- Schedule is not published
- Part of programme
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Contact
Course syllabus as PDF
Please note: all information from the Course syllabus is available on this page in an accessible format.
Course syllabus ML111U (Autumn 2021–)Headings with content from the Course syllabus ML111U (Autumn 2021–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )
Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Intended learning outcomes
After completing the course, the participant should be able to demonstrate a solid understanding of:
- basic concepts, challenges and opportunities that relate to the concept of sustainable
- development, with special emphasis on how a sustainability mindset may contribute to creating value for
- a company, its customers and society as a whole.
- frameworks of considerate importance to sustainable industry and transport, such as the
Sustainable Development Goals of Agenda 2030 and the Science Based Targets initiative. - how sustainability relates to the dynamics of complex systems, and how to utilize such
understanding in strategic thinking about future practice. - how differing world-views and perspectives among people and stakeholders drive different
conclusions on which actions to take.
After completing the course, the participant should also be able to:
- perform an analysis of conditions and preconditions for increased sustainability in an industrial
operation. - suggest changes in a company’s business strategy or business model to take additional steps
towards a transition to a circular economy. - actively assist in the company’s ambition to contribute to a more sustainable development.
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
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Literature
You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.
Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
P, F
Examination
- PRO1 - Project, 1.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
- SEM1 - Seminars, 1.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Examiner
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Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course room in Canvas
Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.
Offered by
Main field of study
Technology
Education cycle
First cycle