DEGREE STRUCTURE FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2016-2017
Master's Programme in Creative Sustainability (in Technology)
Creative Sustainability in Real Estate and Water Management
Creative Sustainability is a cross-disciplinary programme (120 cr) offered in English. The programme is organized
jointly by different schools of Aalto University and it is coordinated by the School of Art and Design.
The programme offers expertise in urban and industrial sustainability along with corporate responsibility. Students will
be encouraged to rethink design, architecture, business management, industrial management, and real estate
economics and water management, and to create new sustainable solutions for our various environments.
The programme brings together students from different fields to work in multidisciplinary teams, increasing their holistic
understanding of different fields and how they interconnect. It is built on a number of fundamental disciplines: real
estate economics, water management, urban planning, landscaping, design, construction planning and architecture,
responsible business operations, and industrial design in general.
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Major studies (60 cr)
Common studies (compulsory courses, 30 cr)
Code
Name
REC-E1010
REC-E1020
Yhd-12.3081
21E16000
MUO-E8000
Real Estate Economics
Property Rights, Cadaster and Planning
State of the World and Development
Sustainable Business and Consumption
Creative Teamwork
Sustainable Product and Service Design,
Theory
Sustainable Built Environment
MUO-E8020
WAT-E2060
Credits
Teaching term and school
5
5
2
6
2
Period I (autumn term), ENG
Period I (autumn term), ENG
Period I (autumn term), ENG
Period I (autumn term), BIZ
Period I (autumn term), ARTS
5
Period II (autumn term), ARTS
5
Period II (autumn term), ENG
Advanced studies (compulsory courses, 30 cr)
Code
Name
REC-E3010
Real Estate Business and Entrepreneurship
5
Period III (spring term), ENG
REC-E3030
Real Estate Development
5
REC-E4020
Environmental Law
5
Period III (spring term), ENG
I,II,III,IV,V (autumn or spring
term), ENG
I,II,III,IV,V (autumn or spring
term), ENG
REC-E7020
SPT-E1050
Special Assignment in Real Estate
Economics
Systems Thinking for Sustainable Living
Environment
Credits
2
Teaching term and school
5
Period III (spring term), ENG
25E18000
Sustainable Entrepreneurship
6
Period IV (spring term), BIZ
MUO-E8016
Knowledge-Making for Sustainability
2
Period V (spring term), ARTS
Master’s thesis (30 cr)
Code
Name
Credits
Teaching term and school
BE.thes
Master's thesis
30
Spring/Autumn (ENG)
DEGREE STRUCTURE FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2016-2017
Elective studies (30 cr)
Courses offered by Department of Design (ARTS)
MUO-E8021
Participatory Methods and Facilitation Skills
5
MUO-E8022
Creative Cooperation Methods and Skills
5
Period II (autumn term)
Period III (spring term)
MUO-E8012
Design for Government
10
Periods IV-V (spring term)
MUO-E8017
Eco-auditing
2
MUO-E8018
Sustainability Politics
5
Period II (autumn term)
Period III (spring term)
Courses offered by Department of Architecture (ARTS)
ARK-E3505
Sustainable Building Design
10
Periods III-V (spring term)
ARK-E5505
Sustainable Urban Design
10
Periods III-V (spring term)
MAR-E1024
Sustainable Landscape – EIA, studio
Cities in Transition - Research & Theory
(Notice: This course is a compulsory preknowledge for the corresponding studio
course, Cities in Transition)
Cities in Transition, Studio
10
Periods III-V (spring term)
5
Periods I-II (autumn term)
10
Periods III-V (spring term)
6
Periods III-V (spring term)
ARK-E5503
ARK-E5504
Courses offered by School of Business (BIZ)
21E12002
CAPSTONE in Creative Sustainability
22E29100
How to change the world: Innovating toward
Sustainability
Dialogues in Corporate Responsibility in
Global Economy
Accounting for Sustainability
51E00100
21E06050
Business Ethics
Responsibility Management (book exam)
21E10000
21E11001
6
6
Period III (spring term)
Period II (autumn term)
6
6
6
Period IV (spring term)
exams
Courses offered by Department of Built Environment (ENG)
WAT-E2070
Sustainable Global Technologies Studio
(“Yhd-12.3081 State of the World and
Development” and “WAT-E2060
Sustainable Built Environment” should be
completed first.)
Periods III-V (spring term)
10
ENG = School of Engineering, ARTS = School of Art, Design and Architecture, BIZ = School of
Business.
The courses take place in the three different campuses of Aalto University: in Arabia campus (Helsinki),
in Töölö campus (Helsinki) and in Otaniemi campus (Espoo).