ENV4020

Perspectives on Environment and Sustainability (6 points)

(ARTS)

Leader: Rebekah Brown

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2005 (Evening)

Synopsis:

Objectives: Students successfully completing this unit will be expected to demonstrate: 1. A thorough grasp of the ideas and assumptions behind a range of key perspectives on the environment and sustainability. 2. An ability to recognize and analyse different philosophical and ideological perspectives on the environment in use (in writing, in speech, in political positions…). 3. A capacity to understand the perspectives of different disciplines within an interdisciplinary context. 4. Skills in analysing the implications of differing environmental perspectives on practical courses of action and policy-making. 5. Skills in constructing critical and analytical arguments, in oral and written form, relevant to discussions of environmental worldviews and philosophies.

Assessment: Reading commentaries 1000 words 20%, Oral presentation (debate participation) Equivalent to 500 words 20%, Short essay 1000 words 20%, Critical research essay 2000 words 40%

Contact Hours: One 2.5-hour seminar per week