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Unit of Study ENV03398 - Environment and Development (2018)

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  • Enrolment information

    This unit is offered only at the National Marine Science Centre in a three-week intensive mode, which includes a compulsory 6 day residential held outside normal residential weeks for Online and On Campus students. Please refer to http://scu.edu.au/timetables for further information on timetables.


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 critically evaluate and report on the links between the marine and terrestrial environment and human development
2 investigate the finite nature of the earth system and its limits to economic growth
3 examine the consequences of exploitation of environmental resources and human development
4 evaluate human responsibility for global inequality, and the implications for human security
5 explore the implications for Australia of a minimum of five global marine or terrestrial issues.

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

  1. critically evaluate and report on the links between the marine and terrestrial environment and human development
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA6:
  2. investigate the finite nature of the earth system and its limits to economic growth
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA6:
  3. examine the consequences of exploitation of environmental resources and human development
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA6:
  4. evaluate human responsibility for global inequality, and the implications for human security
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA6:
  5. explore the implications for Australia of a minimum of five global marine or terrestrial issues.
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA6:

Prescribed learning resources

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.