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Unit Summary

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

AQF level

7

Level of learning

Introductory

Former School/College

Former School of Environment, Science and Engineering

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, 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

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.

GA1: , GA2: , GA3: , GA4: , GA5: , GA6: , GA7:
On completion of this unit, students should be able to: 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 texts

  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed texts may change in future teaching periods.