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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Advanced
Former School/College
Pre-requisites
POL10244 - Australian Politics AND 84 credit points in any SCU units
Unit aim
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
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 | 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:
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demonstrate an understanding of the origins of environmentalism and the green movement
- GA1:
- GA3:
- GA4:
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articulate the ideas, concepts and values that underpin political thought in relation to environmental concerns
- GA1:
- GA3:
- GA4:
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understand and analyse key themes and issues in environmental politics
- GA1:
- GA3:
- GA4:
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discuss the major policy responses to environmental problems at both the national and international level
- GA3:
- GA4:
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develop and evaluate possible solutions to major environmental dilemmas.
- GA1:
- GA3: