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Unit aim
Introduces students to environmental issues associated with the impacts of human use of natural resources. The unit focuses on the skills required for a graduate to explore an environmental issue (e.g. finding and determining the reliability of relevant information and identifying stakeholders). Teamwork and academic writing skills are assessed.
Unit content
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A historical perspective of environmental issues
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The knowledge base for environmental issue enquiry
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Socio-political responses to environmental issues
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Identifying stakeholders
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Indigenous knowledge
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Working in teams and reflection
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Pathways to professional life in environmental disciplines
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
GA1: Intellectual rigour,
GA2: Creativity,
GA3: Ethical practice,
GA4: Knowledge of a discipline,
GA5: Lifelong learning,
GA6: Communication and social skills,
GA7: Cultural competence| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 |
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| 1 | identify and define environmental issues | | | Ethical practice | | | Communication and social skills | |
| 2 | use and evaluate the sources of scientific and social evidence | | | Ethical practice | | Lifelong learning | | |
| 3 | identify stakeholders and the social processes affecting an environmental issue | | | | | | Communication and social skills | |
| 4 | communicate environmental issues in a professional manner | | | Ethical practice | | | | |
| 5 | understand how to work in a team in a scholarly and professional setting | | | | | | Communication and social skills | |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- identify and define environmental issues
- GA3:
Ethical practice
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- use and evaluate the sources of scientific and social evidence
- GA3:
Ethical practice
- GA5:
Lifelong learning
- identify stakeholders and the social processes affecting an environmental issue
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- communicate environmental issues in a professional manner
- understand how to work in a team in a scholarly and professional setting
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
Prescribed texts
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.