SLE742 - Systems Thinking for Sustainability and Resilience
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Study commitment | 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. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | 1 x 1 hour online lecture per week, 1 x 2 hour seminar per week. |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | Online independent and collaborative learning including 1 x 1 hour online lecture per week, 1 x 1 hour online seminar per week. |
Content
To deal with wicked problems linked to unsustainable resource use, pollution, and environmental degradation, sustainability practitioners need to effectively manage the complex interrelationships between humans and the environment in a climate-challenged world. Students will develop the ability to see the “big picture” and to think in terms of systems, characterising and quantifying the key components, linkages, and processes operating in social-ecological systems. Causal loop diagrams and systems dynamics models will be introduced as tools to crystallize components and interactions, project future dynamics, and assess the effectiveness of solutions for a range of sustainability issues. This unit is designed to equip students with systems and futures thinking skills they will need to deal with the uncertainties and dynamics underpinning complex and messy sustainability problems in local, regional, and global contexts. The unit focusses on system dynamics modelling, scenario framing, participatory techniques, and knowledge co-production and will provide students with critical skills to pursue careers in the sustainability industry.
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