HSH202 - Creating Sustainable Futures

Unit details

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2021 unit information

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Last updated: 4 June 2021

Enrolment modes:Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 2: Sonia Nuttman
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: 2 hours per week of seminars for weeks 1-11
Scheduled learning activities - cloud:

2 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.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Appraise major global environmental and social justice issues and their relationship to future global sustainability.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO8: Global citizenship

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
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO4

Compare the contributions that different disciplines can potentially make to sustainable outcomes in local and global settings.

GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO5

Integrate a systems thinking approach to sustainability issues and solutions.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Individual report Written report (1500-word minimum) 30%
  • Week 6
Assessment 2: Individual journal Six journal entries, (2000-word minimum) 35%
  • Weeks 8 and 12
Assessment 3: Group oral presentation 10 minute collaborative oral presentation 35%
  • Week 11

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.  

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