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2025 unit information
Energy and Renewable Resources
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1 x 2 hour on-campus lecture (recordings provided) and 1 x 1 hour on-campus seminar (recordings provided) each week.
1 x 2 hour recorded lecture each week and 1 x 1 hour online seminar each week.
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.
This unit begins by addressing the issues associated with future energy demand, supply, and prices. For example, how OPEC members determine production quota for themselves? How peak and off-peak electricity prices are determined? What are the consequences of fossil fuel consumption and challenges for renewable industries? The unit then progresses to look more generally at the use of resources as economies develop, by addressing questions such as: How market internalise the externalities? Is our resource use sustainable? What impact does resource use have on future generations?
Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
Explain critical issues relevant to global energy markets and environmental management.
Interpret and evaluate economic frameworks for managing natural resources in development process.
Analyse and propose solutions to energy market issues and environmental problems using appropriate economic tools.
Evaluate suitability of alternative models for solving a complex sustainability problem and solve it using the most suitable model.
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.
Hurdle requirement: Achieve at least 50% of the marks available on the end-of-unit assessment task to evidence a minimum proficiency in the aligned discipline learning outcomes included in this unit.
The texts and reading list for MAE305 can be found via the University Library. 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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