UniSA - Environment, Society and Climate
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Core or Specialist
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Subject Description
In partnership with the University of South Australia, Tenison Woods College will offer (subject to student numbers) a university level 10 credit offering, building pathways towards careers in science, ecology and environmental stewardship.
This course provides students with an interdisciplinary approach to understand and critically evaluate environmental problems and issues, with particular reference to climate change.
It uses both a local and global scale to examine relationships between society and our environment. The course aims to promote a sense of personal responsibility towards the attainment of just and sustainable societies and to develop critical thinking skills to assist in this process.
The course will cover content related to the role of society in environmental problems and their
solutions, conservation psychology, implications of climate change on a local and global scale,
circular economies, ecological economics. The course will be taught onsite with a combination of
online lectures, online learning material and internal tutorial, scheduled around the university semester period (SP) 2 which aligns closely with Terms 1 and 2. The course is a first year elective of a Bachelor of Science within the University of South Australia and may be eligible for credit transfer to other universities in a similar field of study.
Reflective journal (1500 words) 30%
Group presentation (15 minutes) 30%
Written assignment (2000 words) 40%