IRI15517 Sustainable Innovation (Autumn 2026)
Facts about the course
- ECTS Credits:
- 10
- Responsible faculty:
- Faculty of Computer Sciences, Engineering and Economics
- Campus:
- Campus Fredrikstad and/or Campus Halden.
- Course Leader:
- June Merete Solberg Tolsby
- Teaching language:
- Norwegian and english.
- Duration:
- ½ year
Table of contents
The course is affiliated to the following study programme
Required prerequisite knowledge
Recommended previous knowledge
Teaching semester
Content
The student's learning outcomes on passing the course
After completing the course, the student has achieved the following learning outcomes:
Knowledge
The student has:
- knowledge of societal challenges that can be transformed into innovation opportunities
- knowledge of the relationships between innovation, sustainability, and social responsibility
Skills
The student can:
- analyse and describe needs, stakeholders, and formulate innovation objectives
- document and justify methodological choices
General competence
The student understands and can:
- reflect critically on the sustainable consequences of innovation
- assess ethical aspects of sustainable innovation
Teaching and learning methods
Workload
Practical training/internship
Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam
To be eligible for the examination, the following coursework requirements must be approved. The submission deadline will be announced at the start of the course.
- Project status presentation. Midway in the semester, each student must present the current status of their project to the class. The presentation material must be submitted three days before the scheduled presentation.
The coursework requirement are assessed on a Pass/Fail basis (Approved / Not approved). The requirement must be approved before the student is eligible to take the examination.
Exam
Practical examination: Academic poster conference
The examination is conucted as an oral poster conference based on the project completed by the student throughout the course. The examination consists of two individual activities:
- Individual oral poster presentation (elevator pitch)
Each candidate is given 2 minutes to present the project's background, problem statement, methodology, main findings, and recommendations to all participoants in a plenary session. - Individual oral examination at the poster
Following the plenary presentations, each candidate stands by their poster while the examiners circulate among the posters. Each candidate is allocated 5-7 minutes to elaborate on the project, followed by 3-5 minutes of questions from the examiners, for a total examination time of approcimately 10 minutes per candidate.
Allowed support materials: The candidate may use the poster and personal notes (manuscript) during the examination.
Both activities must be passed to receive a grade in the course. An individual grade (A-F) is awarded based on an overall assessment of the academic level.
The assessment criteria are problem understanding (about 20 %), subject content (about 25 %), analysis and reflection (about 25 %), poster design (about 10 %), and oral presentation (about 20 %).
Examiners
Conditions for resit/rescheduled exams
In the event of a fail grade or if a student wish to improve a grade the student must submit a new poster and take the exam again. Resit/rescheduled examinations are carried out according to the current rules for resits/rescheduled examinations at Østfold University og Applied Sciences.