ØKA202 Digitalisation and Sustainable Development (Vår 2026)

Spring 2026: This course will not be started.

Elective course for students enrolled in the Bachelor Programme in Business Administration with specialisation in economy and leadership.
If there is less than 10 qualified students to this course, it will not be started.

Passed all courses from the first year (full-time students)

Passed all courses from first and second year (part-time students)

This requirement does not apply to the exchange students.

Following courses are relevant:

• Bærekraft og foretagsstragi (sustainability and business strategy)
• Etikk, samfunnsansvar, bærekraft is relevant (Ethics, social responsibility, sustainability)

Through the Paris Agreement, the EEA and the UN's Agenda 2030, Norway has committed itself to cutting emissions and working towards a green and sustainable development. UN’s vision of sustainable development involves economic growth, social progress and promotion of environmental sustainability. A green shift requires deployment of technological solutions and restructuring of businesses, sectors and society that also opens up new opportunities in the years to come.

The course introduces a critical perspecitve on digitalisation and sustainable developement,

Knowledge The student

• is familiar with the key concepts within critical thinking regarding sustainable development.

Skills The student

• is able to analyse real-life cases critically using concepts on digitalisation and sustainability.

General competence The student

• is able to critically discuss the major problems of sustainability and digital development towards green transition
• is able to apply problem-solving and team-work capacities to study issues of relevance for sustainable development.

Lecture: Lectures will introduce and review key concepts, issues and practices related to digital transformation and sustainable development.

Seminars/case assignments: Students will work on assignments (groupwork) to enhance their problem-solving and collaborative capacities.

Individual written examination on campus A three-hour individual exam (Norwegian - English). Aids allowed:

• Calculator with empty memory, incapable of symbolic computation or wireless communication
• Mother tongue - English - mother tongue dictionary

An overall individual final grade is awarded for the course using grading scale A to F.