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Sustainability: Criteria and decision-making course

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Project description

The Academic Credit Recognition course �Sustainability: Criteria and Decision-Making�, is an activity available for all bachelor�s students who belong to King Juan Carlos University (+ 40,000 potential students).SDG are integrated in the course units and in the subsequent evaluation of it, as test questions. More specifically, on unit one it is mentioned in especial through videos and didactic content related to 2030 agenda and SDG. In unit three, it is exposed a series of audiovisual contents obtained from United Nations where it is exposed the Sustainable Developmental Goal which is the main subject of the video. All of this frame formation in sustainable development.

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Location Spain

Organization King Juan Carlos University�

Project aims

The main objective: achieve to educate sustainable professionals regardless their background or studies origin, promoting awareness and knowledge about sustainability from education about sustainable development. The purpose of the course is to accomplish our students to acquire the capacity to integrate sustainability criteria as a basic element in decision-making.

Project outcome

� The Academic Credit Recognition course: �Sustainability: Criteria and Decision-Making� until nowadays (January 2019), has been done by 10,604 students. Of those students, approximately 88% had had a positive or very positive opinion of the course. � Some university centers have showed interest on applying our course in the academic content that they offer to their own students. From CRUE Sustainability, it has been made an agreement with King Juan Carlos University for applying the content of the course and integrate it in others universities. At an international level, also it has been requested with the same purpose in the Chilean university association, composed of ten universities. � The Academic Credit Recognition course: �Sustainability: Criteria and Decision-Making� has been referenced and presented as an example of a good practice in events related with sustainability. � An 89% of the students consider necessary or very necessary the education in sustainable development by the university.