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Unit of Study BIO10187 - Global Environmental Issues (2016)

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  • Enrolment information

    There will be a one day compulsory residential workshop for Distance Education (i.e. external) students that will be held on the Lismore campus. Please refer to the external residential timetable which can be found on the Environment, Science and Engineering Student Centre in MySCU.

Unit description

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, managing information and presenting findings in professional reports are assessed.

Unit content

  1. A historical perspective of environmental issues
  2. The knowledge base for environmental issue enquiry
  3. Socio-political responses to environmental issues
  4. Identifying stakeholders
  5. Indigenous knowledge
  6. Preparing professional reports
  7. Working in teams and reflection
  8. Pathways to professional life in environmental disciplines

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Lismore Session 1 Session 1
Online Session 1 N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

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.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 identify and define environmental issues
2 use and evaluate the sources of scientific and social evidence
3 identify stakeholders and the social processes affecting an environmental issue
4 communicate environmental issues in a professional manner
5 understand how to work in a team in a scholarly and professional setting
6 prepare a professional resume

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. identify and define environmental issues
    • GA3:
    • GA6:
  2. use and evaluate the sources of scientific and social evidence
    • GA3:
    • GA5:
  3. identify stakeholders and the social processes affecting an environmental issue
    • GA6:
  4. communicate environmental issues in a professional manner
    • GA3:
  5. understand how to work in a team in a scholarly and professional setting
    • GA6:
  6. prepare a professional resume
    • GA5:

Prescribed learning resources

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.