Environment: A Human Perspective
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
ENVT 1013
Undergraduate
No
008664
4.5
Yes
School of Natural and Built Environments
This course provides students with an interdisciplinary approach to understand and critically evaluate environmental problems and issues at both a local and global scale, while examining the relationship between human society and the natural environment. The course aims to promote a sense of personal responsibility towards the attainment of just and sustainable societies and to develop critical thinking skills to assist in this process.
Contemporary environmental attitudes and value systems, environmental perceptions; critical thinking; enironmental research; sustainable societies; biodiversity and natural capital; population; energy options; changing climates; water resources (field excursion); urban ecology; environmental politics
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Component | Duration | ||
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INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES | |||
Lecture | 2 hours x 13 weeks | ||
Tutorial | 2 hours x 13 weeks | ||
Field Placement (Field work) | 3 hours x 1 week |
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Critical review of video, Environmental case study group presentation and ePortfolio, Final examination
EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.