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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Introductory
Former School/College
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
- A historical perspective of environmental issues
- The knowledge base for environmental issue enquiry
- Socio-political responses to environmental issues
- Identifying stakeholders
- Indigenous knowledge
- Working in teams and reflection
- 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.
| 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 | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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identify and define environmental issues
- GA3:
- GA6:
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use and evaluate the sources of scientific and social evidence
- GA3:
- GA5:
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identify stakeholders and the social processes affecting an environmental issue
- GA6:
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communicate environmental issues in a professional manner
- GA3:
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understand how to work in a team in a scholarly and professional setting
- GA6:
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.