Sustainability Policy and Management
Subject 950-601 (2009)
Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2009.
| Credit Points: | 12.50 | ||||||||||||
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| Level: | 9 (Graduate/Postgraduate) | ||||||||||||
| Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009: March, - Taught on campus.
Intensive. Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here. | ||||||||||||
| Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: Approx 140 hours comprising time in class, preparation and assessment. Total Time Commitment: Approx 140 hours comprising time in class, preparation and assessment. | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisites: | None. | ||||||||||||
| Corequisites: | None. | ||||||||||||
| Recommended Background Knowledge: | N/A | ||||||||||||
| Non Allowed Subjects: | N/A | ||||||||||||
| Core Participation Requirements: | N/A |
Coordinator
Assoc Prof Simon P J Batterbury| Subject Overview: | The subject covers alternative concepts and definitions of sustainable practice; critical appraisal of approaches taken by different disciplines to environmental issues and their identification; the scoping of potential solutions; the evaluation of costs and benefits; and the implementation of solutions. It also raises challenges to sustainability, including the processes that operate at different scales. |
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| Assessment: | Assessment will involve an individual report (10%), group reports (30%) due after completion of the intensive teaching delivery in the first half of Semester one, and an individual essay assignment of relevance to the students chosen field (topic selected in consultation with an academic staff member from the course). Word length for the essay is 3-000 - 4,000 words. The essay is due in Week 11 of Semester one. |
| Prescribed Texts: | Subject readings will be available for students. |
| Recommended Texts: | N/A |
| Breadth Options: | This subject is not available as a breadth subject. |
| Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
| Generic Skills: | Objectives: On completion of this subject, students will gain a fundamental appreciation of concepts of sustainability and recognise appropriate (or best) practice ideas in implementing it. The subject covers areas of relevance to all disciplines and is consciously interdisciplinary and reflexive in its orientation. |
| Links to further information: | http://www.environment.unimelb.edu.au/ |
| Related Course(s): |
Master of Environment Master of Environment Master of Forest Ecosystem Science Master of Urban Planning |
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