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Unit of Study POL30001 - Environmental Politics (2020)

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Unit description

Introduces students to the major streams of thought that have contributed to the formation of environmentalism. Aims to provide students with a knowledge of the political dimensions of key environmental issues and the institutional and non-institutional responses that have taken place, as well as equip them with the skills to critically and creatively explore issues of sustainability, including policy approaches to environmental dilemmas.

Unit content

Ideas and Activism
1. Concepts and philosophy
2. Green movements
3. Green parties
4. Case studies

Challenges
5. The environment as a policy problem
6. The environment vs the economy

Responses
7. Achieving sustainability
8. Environmental justice
9. Greening governments
10. International co-operation

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Location Domestic International
Online
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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 demonstrate an understanding of the origins of environmentalism and the green movement
2 articulate the ideas, concepts and values that underpin political thought in relation to environmental concerns
3 understand and analyse key themes and issues in environmental politics
4 discuss the major policy responses to environmental problems at both the national and international level
5 develop and evaluate possible solutions to major environmental dilemmas.

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

  1. demonstrate an understanding of the origins of environmentalism and the green movement
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  2. articulate the ideas, concepts and values that underpin political thought in relation to environmental concerns
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  3. understand and analyse key themes and issues in environmental politics
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  4. discuss the major policy responses to environmental problems at both the national and international level
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  5. develop and evaluate possible solutions to major environmental dilemmas.
    • GA1:
    • GA3:

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