WISY1001 Introduction to planetary well-being (2025-2026)

01.09.2025 – 30.09.2026
Online Courses
Free of charge
Open University

The course explores the global environmental crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, their causes and historical development pathways. The course will also explore international agreements on sustainable development and environmental and nature conservation, the global challenges in achieving sustainable development, and the concept of planetary well-being.

Credits: 1 ects

Registration requires a valid passport or an EU identity card, or a Finnish bank ID (verkkopankkitunnukset). Please read our registration guide before starting.

This course is equivalent to BENY2021 Introduction to planetary well-being.

Course information:

  • Workload: ca. 27 h
  • EQF level: 6
  • Assesment scale: 0–5
  • Prerequisites: none

This is a self-paced online MOOC course. The course can be found on the JYU Online Courses learning platform at onlinecourses.jyu.fi. Remember to log in to the learning platform to complete the assignments.

The deadline for the assignments is 30.9.2026.

The course is available in the JYU Online Courses -learning platform: https://onlinecourses.jyu.fi/. The direct link to the course page will be shown after your registration.

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Course has a limited amount of available spots

Registration:

01.09.2025  -  31.08.2026

0 €

Online registration instructions

Start the process by registering and creating a JYU user ID. Registration requires electronic identification (online banking identifiers or mobile ID). If you do not have Finnish online banking identifiers, you can use your passport or EU ID card for the identification process. Please note that you cannot use a Finnish passport or ID card for identification.

If you already have a JYU user ID, start the registration process by signing in with your email address and password.

Jyu Online Courses learning platform

You will find the study instructions from JYU Online Courses learning platform. You can sign into the e-learning environment with the JYU username and password, which you receive when you register for studies.