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ENV103 - Environmental Issues

2022

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Environmental Science

(ENV205)

Unit Description

This unit investigates current global and national environmental issues from ecological, economic, social and cultural perspectives. Issues studied include global warming, over- population, loss of productive land, biodiversity conservation and environmental quality. National and local case studies are used to explore the issues of conservation of natural habitats, and conservation of culturally significant areas versus development. It is suitable for students from a wide range of disciplines since it aims to investigate and compare the approach that various disciplines have developed to interpret and address these problems.

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Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Understand some of the causes of the major global and regional environmental issues and problems, and identify some possible solutions.
2.	Evaluate the role of policy and policymaking bodies in both causing and solving environmental problems.
3.	Evaluate the role of technology in both causing and solving environmental problems.
4.	Use logical organised argument in discussion about environmental issues.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Environmental issue report (1,500 words)	20%	3,4
2.	Tutorial discussion board contribution x 3 (equal marks) (300 words each)	15%	1,2,4
3.	Presentation (10 minutes)	20%	1,2,3,4
4.	Final exam (2 hours)	45%	1,2,3,4

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2022	Semester 2	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR
2022	Semester 2	External	External Studies	OLR

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