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Course Overview

The course LD1002 Environmental Psychology and behavior analysis is a 4.0 credit course that focuses on psychological strategies for promoting and maintaining sustainable behavior change.

Information per Course Offering

The course is offered in different semesters, including Autumn 2025, Spring 2026, and Autumn 2026. Students can choose their preferred course offering and view current information, such as the course syllabus, study period, and application information.

Course Syllabus

The course syllabus is available in an accessible format on the course page. It outlines the course contents, learning outcomes, literature, and examination details.

Content and Learning Outcomes

Course Contents

• The course covers environmental psychology concepts and theories with a focus on strategies for creating more sustainable behaviors.
• Lectures and exercises explore consumption behavior, energy usage behavior, attitudes, decision-making, and environmental psychology concepts.
• A case task requires students to design an intervention to improve the target group's behavior with respect to environmental impact.

Intended Learning Outcomes

1. Understand and explain psychological mechanisms that influence consumption and energy usage behavior, and other behaviors with environmental impact.
2. Analyze how attitudes, cognition, and social context influence decision-making and behaviors connected to sustainable development.
3. Give an account of and discuss sustainable development based on environmental psychology theories and research results.
4. Create strategies to change attitudes, decision-making, and behaviors connected to environmental impact.

Literature and Preparations

Specific Prerequisites

General entry requirements only.

Literature

Course literature information is available in the course memo or in the course room in Canvas.

Examination and Completion

Grading Scale

P, F

Examination

• INLA - Assignment A, 2.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
• INLB - Assignment B, 2.0 credits, grading scale: P, F

The examiner may adapt the examination format for students with documented disabilities and apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

Examiner

Björn Hedin

Ethical Approach

• All group members are responsible for the group's work.
• Students must honestly disclose any help received and sources used in assessments.
• In oral assessments, students must be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further Information

Course Room in Canvas

Registered students can find further information about the course implementation in the course room in Canvas.

Offered by

ITM/Learning in Engineering Sciences

Main Field of Study

Technology and Learning

Education Cycle

First cycle