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2024 unit information
Must have completed 6 credit point units at Level 1 or higher
Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
1 x 2 hour seminar in weeks 1-11
Students will work in a multidisciplinary team to draw on their respective fields of knowledge and background to address current and future sustainability problems as they impact on human, natural and built environments. The issues addressed include climate change, food systems, consumerism, clean energy and models for current and future sustainability.
The unit entails activity-based learning, opportunities for creative expression and employment preparation relevant to the student’s area of study.
ULO
These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:
Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1
Appraise major global environmental and social justice issues and their relationship to future global sustainability.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO8: Global citizenship
ULO2
Identify and evaluate the impact of their personal behaviour on current and future sustainability.
GLO8: Global citizenship
ULO3
Develop an understanding of interdisciplinary collaboration and where it fits into tackling sustainability issues.
GLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solving
ULO4
Compare the contributions that different disciplines can potentially make to sustainable outcomes in local and global settings.
GLO4: Critical thinkingGLO8: Global citizenship
ULO5
Integrate a systems thinking approach to sustainability issues and solutions.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinking
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSH202. Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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