Study Guide

Objective

You become familiar with reindeer as an animal, reindeer husbandry, owners and cooperatives. You learn about the reindeer herding year, nutrition, breeding and economics in reindeer husbandry. You identify reindeer products and reindeer as a source of culture. You understand the relationship of reindeer husbandry and other livelihoods (e.g. tourism, forestry, agriculture) in the north. You identify the reindeer husbandry adaptions in changing environment.

Content

The course has nine modules.
1. Reindeer as an animal
2. Reindeer husbandry, owners and cooperatives
3. Reindeer herding year
4. Work in reindeer herding
5. Reindeer nutrition and breeding
6. Reindeer products and economics in reindeer husbandry
7. Reindeer in changing environment
8. Reindeer husbandry and other livelihoods
9. Reindeer as a source of culture

Location and time

Autumn 2022: 03.10.2022 - 4.12.2022

Materials

In Moodle

Teaching methods

100% Online course

Exam schedules

No exam, but written tasks in Moodle. Deadline for the written tasks 4th December 2022.

International connections

Aimed for international students

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

To meet the approved criteria:
You become familiar with reindeer as an animal, reindeer husbandry, owners and cooperatives. You learn about the reindeer herding year, nutrition, breeding and economics in reindeer husbandry. You identify reindeer products and reindeer as a source of culture. You understand the relationship of reindeer husbandry and other livelihoods (e.g. tourism, forestry, agriculture) in the north. You identify the reindeer husbandry adaptions in changing environment. 

Content scheduling

completed independently by a specified deadline (see course timing)

Further information

There is parallel course "Nature and Economic Life in Lapland, Reindeer Husbandry Case" that includes excursion and live lectures. The courses do overlap, so please select only one of the two courses.

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass/Fail
The assessment of the course: the groups hand in a portfolio based on the instructions available in Moodle.

Assessment methods and criteria

For passing the course you need to hand in 80 % of the written tasks (at minimum four out of five, all on a satisfactory level)
Tasks are given in Moodle.