EV2011 - The Case for Sustainability
Credit points: |
3 |
Year: |
2021 |
Student Contribution Band: |
Band
2 |
Administered by: |
College of Science and Engineering |
This subject will consider some of the most pressing sustainability challenges facing
the world today. Using a range of case studies from Australia and around the world
students will come to understand the complex and interdisciplinary nature of sustainability
problems. The case studies will demonstrate the inter-dependency of ecosystem functions
and services (e.g. climate, soils, biodiversity) and humanity's interactions (and
impacts) with these. Case studies, involving different approaches supporting sustainability,
will be drawn from a variety of contexts including: policy development, technology,
manufacturing, energy, community, resource management, conservation, consumption,
biodiversity management, urban development and living. The practical activities will
provide students with additional insights to these and introduce some of the techniques
utilised by sustainability practitioners involved in sustainable development initiatives
e.g. working with complex systems, sustainability indicator development and data identification,
management and interpretation, education and training for sustainability, 'triple-bottom-line'
(ecological, social, economic) accounting and reporting
Learning Outcomes
- critically appraise the role and relevance of sustainability and sustainable development
in local, regional and global society;
- retrieve, analyse, synthesise and evaluate information from a range of sources;
- plan and conduct reliable, evidence-based desktop and fieldwork sustainability investigations,
by selecting and applying methods, techniques and tools as appropriate to one or more
disciplines;
- organise, analyse and interpret sustainability data using mathematical, statistical,
technological and/or interpretivist skills;
- convey ideas, arguments and conclusions clearly and coherently through well-developed
written and oral communication skills and a variety of media;
- demonstrate a broad understanding of problem-oriented sustainability approaches, including
stakeholder analysis, values clarification, interdisciplinary collaboration, and systems
and futures thinking oriented sustainability approaches, including stakeholder analysis,
values clarification, interdisciplinary collaboration, and systems and futures thinking.
Subject Assessment
- Written > Test/Quiz 1 - (20%) - Individual
- Written > Research report - (25%) - Individual
- Field Trip Report (25%) individual; & Presentation (10%) group - (35%) - Group & Individual
- Performance/Practice/Product > Practical assessment/practical skills demonstration - (20%) - Group & Individual.
Availabilities
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Cairns,
Study Period 2,
Internal
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Census Date 26-Aug-2021 |
Coord/Lect: |
Dr Colin MacGregor. |
Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this
3
credit point subject is approximately
130 hours.
- 26 hours lectures (didactic or interactive)
- 24 hours practicals
- 8 hours fieldwork
- assessment and self-directed study
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JCU Singapore,
Study Period 52,
Internal
|
Census Date 05-Aug-2021 |
Coordinator: |
Dr Colin MacGregor |
Lecturer:
|
Ms Sangeeta Nair. |
Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this
3
credit point subject is approximately
130 hours.
- 58 hours - Combined Lectures; Practicals; and fieldwork
- assessment and self-directed study
|
|
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Townsville,
Study Period 2,
Internal
|
Census Date 26-Aug-2021 |
Coord/Lect: |
Dr Colin MacGregor. |
Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this
3
credit point subject is approximately
130 hours.
- 26 hours lectures (didactic or interactive)
- 20 hours practicals
- 8 hours fieldwork
- assessment and self-directed study
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Note:
Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process,
and in case
of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest
official information.