HSH202 - Creating Sustainable Futures
Unit details
Year: | 2020 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne) |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Prerequisite: | Must have completed 6 credit point units at Level 1 or higher |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | SHD201, SHD301 |
Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 3 hours per week of seminars for Weeks 1-11 |
Content
Students will work in a multidisciplinary team to draw on their respective fields of knowledge and background to address current and future sustainability problems as they impact on human, natural and built environments. The issues addressed include climate change, food systems, consumerism, clean energy and models for current and future sustainability.
The unit entails activity based learning, opportunities for creative expression and employment preparation relevant to the student’s area of study.
These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this Unit | ||
ULO1 | Appraise major global environmental and social justice issues and their relationship to future global sustainability. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO2 | Identify and evaluate the impact of their personal behaviour on current and future sustainability. | GLO8: Global citizenship |
ULO3 | Develop an understanding of interdisciplinary collaboration and where it fits into tackling sustainability issues. | GLO4: Critical thinking |
ULO4 | Compare the contributions that different disciplines can potentially make to sustainable outcomes in local and global settings. | GLO4: Critical thinking |
ULO5 | Integrate a systems thinking approach to sustainability issues and solutions. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
Individual report | Written report (1,500-word minimum) | 30% |
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Individual journal | Six journal entries, (2,000-word minimum) | 35% |
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Group oral presentation | 10-minute collaborative oral presentation | 35% |
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The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSH202. Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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